Treating people with them to prevent heart disease is a waste of time (and money). Not news to me, but it’s nice to see more people catching on. I’m still trying to get my brother to get off them.
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Treating people with them to prevent heart disease is a waste of time (and money). Not news to me, but it’s nice to see more people catching on. I’m still trying to get my brother to get off them.
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I’m still trying to get my brother to get off them.
I hope your efforts are restricted to encouraging him to get a second opinion. No matter how strong your opinions on this matter you should be uncomfortable about dispensing medical advice.
Based on discussions with a lot of doctors, I think my medical advice in this regard is at least as good as theirs. And that goes double for nutrition, a subject on which most of them are dangerously ignorant. But sure, he should at a minimum get a second opinion.
I had dinner with a friend of the family recently who was visiting from out of town. He’s permanently weakened now due to muscle damage from statins. At least he can still walk on level ground. I’m glad I stopped taking them a while ago.
Well, if he stops taking them, maybe it won’t be permanent.
No, that didn’t help (he stopped taking the statin as soon as they realized his was experiencing muscle damage; his blood CK level was sky high). The damage in his case is apparently permanent.
Patricia quit them years ago, and her muscle pains have gone away.
The doctors generally don’t actually read the research, and rely on brochures from the drug companies, or journal articles.
A few years ago, a cardiologist tried to get me to take Lipitor to reduce my cholesterol. I told her that there was no scientific evidence that it actually prevented heart issues. “Where did you hear that?” she asked. “At the Pfizer web site,” I replied. She was non-plussed.