I am very skeptical of statins. A number of my friends and family have had serious, debilitating side-effects that took months or years (after stopping the medication) to recover from, as a result of taking these medications. I think they are aggressively pushed by the pharmaceutical industry.
In my opinion, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to EVER take statins except as a last resort option, if one has already adjusted their diet appropriately, and undertaken a healthy aerobic exercise regime. Where statins have numerous dangerous side-effects, exercise and healthy diet have overall health benefits.
I have also seen recent research questioning whether or not statins or other cholesterol-lowering drugs do anything to lower mortality. The theory of high cholesterol as a cause of heart disease has been accepted as fact for so long, but the scientific consensus is breaking down, and new perspectives are being proposed. The theory that I find the most compelling is the idea that high cholesterol is a symptom, not a cause, of other health problems, which are in turn a cause of health disease. Statins thus treat the symptom without addressing the underlying cause--which is often a large amount of inflammation (known to cause both rising cholesterol levels and increased heart disease risk).
This article just adds icing on the cake. Don't take these drugs.
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I am very skeptical of statins. A number of my friends and family have had serious, debilitating side-effects that took months or years (after stopping the medication) to recover from, as a result of taking these medications. I think they are aggressively pushed by the pharmaceutical industry.
In my opinion, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to EVER take statins except as a last resort option, if one has already adjusted their diet appropriately, and undertaken a healthy aerobic exercise regime. Where statins have numerous dangerous side-effects, exercise and healthy diet have overall health benefits.
I have also seen recent research questioning whether or not statins or other cholesterol-lowering drugs do anything to lower mortality. The theory of high cholesterol as a cause of heart disease has been accepted as fact for so long, but the scientific consensus is breaking down, and new perspectives are being proposed. The theory that I find the most compelling is the idea that high cholesterol is a symptom, not a cause, of other health problems, which are in turn a cause of health disease. Statins thus treat the symptom without addressing the underlying cause--which is often a large amount of inflammation (known to cause both rising cholesterol levels and increased heart disease risk).
This article just adds icing on the cake. Don't take these drugs.
October 20, 2010 - 12:37pmThis Comment
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