On November 18, 2004, Dr. David Graham, associate director in the FDA’s Office of Drug Safety gave
senate testimony that Crestor was one of five drugs with safety concerns. The drug causes muscle
breakdown and renal failure. Now we hear the same warnings for Zocor.
The truth is that women don't benefit from Zocor, Crestor, Lipitor or any other statin drug for
elevated cholesterol. There are no statin trials with even the slightest hint of a mortality
benefit in women, and women should be told so. In the elderly, a lower cholesterol level is
associated wih higher mortality.
To read more: http://www.drdach.com/Cholesterol_Women_Dr_Dach.html
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On November 18, 2004, Dr. David Graham, associate director in the FDA’s Office of Drug Safety gave
senate testimony that Crestor was one of five drugs with safety concerns. The drug causes muscle
breakdown and renal failure. Now we hear the same warnings for Zocor.
The truth is that women don't benefit from Zocor, Crestor, Lipitor or any other statin drug for
elevated cholesterol. There are no statin trials with even the slightest hint of a mortality
benefit in women, and women should be told so. In the elderly, a lower cholesterol level is
associated wih higher mortality.
To read more: http://www.drdach.com/Cholesterol_Women_Dr_Dach.html
Jeffrey Dach MD
March 21, 2010 - 7:28amThis Comment
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