There are times when it seems like the only answer in medicine is another drug. For heart stuff this is unquestionably statins. Have high cholesterol? Take Lipitor. Have a family history of heart disease? Take Crestor. Your dog’s litter mates’ cousins’ owner had a heart attack? Take atorvastatin. You get the idea. But when it […]
JUST HOW OFF BASE IS MEDICINE? Keep in mind that this particular article is an editorial. The author is writing for the British Heart Foundation. He believes that the use of a statin can zero out the negative health effects of a Quarter Pounder with cheese and a small milkshake. Have we really come so far down […]
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF STATINS (LIPITOR, CRESTOR, ZOCOR, VYTORIN, etc…)? It should come as no surprise to regular readers of my posts that the research just does not support the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack. The data is very, very weak. Which would be fine if it […]
Ok, so maybe I’ve been too hard on statins. Just because they suck at preventing a first heart attack is no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water. The list of side effects continues to grow, with diabetes being the most concerning (unless of course, it is you personally who happens to die […]
Statins and risk of polyneuropathy This article adds more weight to the clinical observation of statin drugs having polyneuropathy as a side effect. A few important things to consider here…the statins lower activity of HMG CoA reductase (one of the enzymes responsible for cholesterol synthesis). They also lower synthesis of CoQ10 at the same time. […]
