More Insane Uses For Statin Drugs

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More Insane Uses For Statin Drugs

by Joseph Mercola

 

The question, 'Should statins be in your medicine

cabinet?' has stirred up controversy and initiated

debates among doctors and drug companies.

 

More Red Flags Raised Over Statins

Bayer's statin, Baycol, was pulled from the market in

2001 after 31 deaths were reported from a harmful side

effect of the drug known as rhabdomyolysis, a

condition in which muscle tissue breaks down and could

result in kidney failure.

 

Doctors recommended taking AstraZenica's Crestor off

the market after cases of rhabdomyolysis surfaced in

trials of people taking 80-milligram doses

 

The FDA turned down the requests for over the counter

prescriptions for Mevachor and Pravachol stating there

wasn't enough documentation that the drugs were safe

to take without a doctor's supervision.

 

Other experts stated that non-prescription statins

were not a good idea because of all of the variables

that needed to be taken into account such as possible

health risks and benefits before a person decided to

take them

 

One doctor explained that the statins worked by

preventing the formation of cholesterol and that it

helped reduce LDL cholesterol, which is considered the

" bad " cholesterol. Past studies on statins have shown

that they had the ability to lower the levels of

C-reactive protein, a substance found in the blood

that acts as an indicator of inflammation and heart

disease.

 

What Statin Supporters Had to Say

A spokesperson for AstraZenica discounted those who

wanted Crestor removed from shelves and claimed that

it was just as safe as other statins They also claimed

that it was the hardest working statin in terms of

decreasing LDL cholesterol levels

 

The first over-the-counter statin, simvastatin

(Zocor), will be available in the United Kingdom

toward the end of summer

 

Merck spokesman is once again pushing for the sales of

an over-the-counter statin called Mevachor, a

20-milligram statin

USA Today, 28th June 2004

 

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT: Statins rake in about $15

billion per year in the United States, so I guess it

is no surprise that the drug companies feel the need

to expand their market even more. The drug companies

have been able to fund research supporting their

wonder drugs supposedly helping prevent a range of

other ills, including:

Alzheimer's

Glaucoma

Macular degeneration

Breast, colon and prostate cancers

 

Come on give me a break. Isn't $15 billion enough?

 

They did this in the past when they manipulated the

lowering of national cholesterol guidelines to start

their drugs. If it were up to them, they would sell

their drug in bulk to all local municipalities so we

could have it in our water supply.

 

They have brainwashed the doctors so effectively that

last week I had a new patient's wife call me from the

intensive care unit because her husband had a heart

attack and they wanted to put him on Lipitor even

though his cholesterol was only 150. Absolute

insanity.

 

Fortunately, information can make a difference and my

message is getting out that this is nonsense. If you

type in statins in Google there are a quarter of a

million hits that come up, but my page explaining the

truth about statins is number one.

 

Folks, just remember that virtually no one needs to be

on these drugs, including Dr. Agatston. You may or may

not realize that the clueless author of the South

Beach Diet actually takes statin drugs. Apparently he

is not aware that an optimized version of the low-carb

diet he promotes can normalize cholesterol in well

over 98 percent of people.

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