New Cholesterol 'Guidelines' Promote Increased Statin 'Therapy'

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New cholesterol 'guidelines' will promote increased use of statins...

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Controversial revised cholesterol-treatment guidelines loosened the definition of who would qualify for statin drug treatment to prevent heart disease, greatly increasing the number of people who would be eligible for treatment.

Compared with the older guidelines, the new recommendations would increase the number of US adults eligible for statin therapy from 43.2 million to 56 million, with most of the increase occurring among adults without heart disease.

The new guidelines advise doctors to look at certain risk factors in order to determine if a person should be prescribed a statin drug, but the risk factors are misguided, and the new guidelines are at best 20-25 percent accurate, according to experts.

Statin drugs, touted as “preventive medicine” to protect your heart health, can actually have detrimental effects on your heart as well as other serious health risks.

There are far better ways to prevent heart disease than taking statins, including eating right, exercising, and maintaining healthy vitamin D levels.

Full article and video...http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...uidelines.aspx


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I can't take statins. I have difficulty walking when I take them & my kidneys start to shut down. My doctor told me I'm allergic to them. So for my cholesterol I take fish oil and Zetia.
 
There are far better ways to prevent heart disease than taking statins, including eating right, exercising, and maintaining healthy vitamin D levels.
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And when that fails, through it being hereditary, don't take Statins, just take your chances.? Not likely.
 
Cholesterol is not the cause of any heart disease deaths have not decreased from statins. Your doctor got a message from the FDA in2012 to take people off statins because of the side effects 52% chance of diabetes 100% chance of dementia [Alzheimers] but the kick backs stop them from telling you that.
There is no genetic caused disease and now that is being proven even Dr Wattson who got the Nobel Prize for discovery of the gene ohm said that all disease is a function of chemistry and not genetic. There is a new science which explains it call epigenetic.
Cholesterol is what the body uses to save you from bleeding to death. If the arteries get damaged usually from free radicals the body puts on a coating of cholesterol like a band aid to stop the artery from leaking. See the veins have the same amount of cholesterol and are never blocked if you ask the doctor he doesn’t know why.
 
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Ina said:
Lois, That sounds scary to me.
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Ina, my cholesterol was VERY high. Diet didn't help, it's genetic. At first I lost a lot of weight because I can't take statins. I dieted. I ate like a rabbit. Lots of salads and oatmeal which is supposed to reduce cholesterol. I weighed 104 pounds. Occasionally I'd dip under that weight. I'm 5 foot 4 inches. I was skinny. I continued to keep my weight down for many years. My cholesterol levels never changed. The doctor then told me to eat whatever I wanted. He said my cholesterol was not high because of any food. It's all in my genes. I had a heart attack at the age of 55. It was caused by 2 blockages in my arteries near my heart... the cholesterol. My heart doctor told me that there is only so much modern medicine can do. I must accept that. So I take that one risky little pill and I also take the fish oil. My cholesterol levels are no longer shockingly high, now it is just rather high. So something is working a little. I am no longer on that strict diet. I went off of it a few years ago. I am now 120 pounds. That's what I was through my 20's, 30's and 40's.
 
I took myself off statins about six weeks ago. I was having severe leg and foot cramps. The cramps have mostly stopped and when I do have one it's no longer severe.
 
I told my Dr.I wanted to come off of the statins. I had been on them for over twenty years. We agreed I would stop both of the med I was taking for very high cholesterol for two months. She will take blood test then to see how high it goes. IF I feel better I don't think I'll continue them.
 
This is my first post so hi everybody! There was a recent, fairly large scale, study released, in Sweden I believe. There was 100% no correlation between mortality and statins. If you do a bit of research the chances are you will conclude (I sure did) that statins may be the biggest scam ever hoisted on the medical community by pharma.

I go to a teaching hospital for my medicine and have asked a number of residents why they prescribe statins. These are the guys who are the next generation of our medical community! I have not once in the 5 years or so of asking the question received anything resembling a decent answer.

Niacin is a much healthier replacement for statins. Niacin can't be patented because it's a vitamin which is why most folks are blissfully unaware of it. Most of us simply won't hear about non patented solutions. There is a time release Niacin that's prescription but often results in liver damage.

Sorry to be so long winded, however I get a bit riled on the subject of statins. I'm no Dr. btw, just been studying nutrition etc. for more than 30 years now.
 
Hello Fhs3, welcome to the forum! :) I would try a natural alternative over statins any day if a doctor wanted to prescribe them. Niacin is so inexpensive, a half tablet can chase away a headache fast, that much I know. Don't like the redness and flush, but small price to pay for relief. Haven't had a headache in many years though, way back when I was still working, lol.
 
Thanks SeaBreeze, forgot about headaches. You're right, the flush rattles some people but the flush free stuff seems to cause liver damage... I'll take the flush :}
 
This is my first post so hi everybody! There was a recent, fairly large scale, study released, in Sweden I believe. There was 100% no correlation between mortality and statins. If you do a bit of research the chances are you will conclude (I sure did) that statins may be the biggest scam ever hoisted on the medical community by pharma.

Absolutely.
 
For the uninformed doctor included where did this idea of cholesterol start? A study done my Dr. Ansel Keys of 7 countries and showed a correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease but when the other 22 countries where included there was no correlation actually it shows a different result. The study was very slanted and why? At about the same time Proctor and Gamble soap makers were trying to sell a product call Crisco as food. They linked up with Keys and put millions of dollars into the American Heart Association which at that time was very poor to make it the power house it is to-day.
As far as good cholesterol and bad cholesterol the only difference is free radical damage to the cholesterol. It is free radical damage that causes damage to the artery walls and the cholesterol is there to repair the damage because the body is intelligent. Why is there the same amount of cholesterol in the veins as in the arteries but only the arteries have the problem if it was the cholesterol both should be equal. Heart disease is a profit maker for the people in the system. We have been listening to this non scene for over 60 years and still the #1 killer is heart disease. 75% of people who have heart attacks have average or lower cholesterol. Studies have shown that people with cholesterol lower than 200 have shorter live expectancy. This is all to make money peoples lives are not considered.
 
After 25 years of taking different kinds of cholesterol drugs, I told my Dr. that I wanted to quit taking statins for high cholesterol. For the last two years my Dr. had put me on two different kinds of meds for cholesterol, twice daily, and actually brought my numbers down to 180. But I felt awful.
My Dr. agreed that I could quit for a period of six weeks, and I will be taking blood tests on the May 19th. so my Dr. can reevaluate things. There is a history of very high cholesterol on both sides of my family. Even my 24 year old grandson, (who is tall and thin), was told he has high cholesterol.
I have begun to feel better, but I fear that number of 180 will have shot back up.
Can one of you give me a link to a site that explains why I should continue without the statins. I want something that I can print out, so that I can take it to show my Dr.
When I told my Dr. I had been hearing that statins were bad for people, and she ask me where I had gotten this information. I want to be able to back up my decision to stop the statins.
My Dr. is in her 30's, but I feel she would listen if I could back up what I'm saying to her.
So friends, I'm asking for your help. But I don't want to take something so large that she won't even try to read it.
I admit that I am afraid of Drs., and I need good paperwork to help me stand up against what she has been taught. She isn't in a private practice, she is part of a clinic for the poor. I pay 40% of cost. :help:
 
Ina,

I found a very Dr. oriented review of a book about statins. Rather than having to read the whole book, Zoe does an amazing job of reviewing its conclusions. It's pretty thick going if you don't have a background in biochemistry but you should read through it anyway. The conclusions are in very plain English. It will take your Dr. 5 or 10 minutes to read but it's written in Dr. So she should get the message.

http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2013/10/...-cholesterol-and-kill-you-one-cell-at-a-time/
 
Ask your doctor if he read the message sent to him from the FDA telling all doctors to get their clients off statins.
Or the fact that the studies show that cholesterol under 200 shortens your life.
There is no diseased caused by cholesterol.
When your cholesterol reaches 350 have him check your thyroid for a possible problem.
Eskimos have cholesterol 350 to 500 and are legendary for not having heart problems of course the eat fat and not oils.
 
DOug, I remember you or someone posting something about that. But I can't remember what thread it was on. I was hope to get a copy of that ruling. The more information I can give her the better. Do you remember which thread that was. Or where I can get a copy of that ruling? Thanks for your patience.
 
Here is some information first Dr. Mercola who has not bias
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/06/fda-warning-on-statins.aspx#!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QUChSlUEH0#t=133
Here is some FDA who are own by the drug companies and for them to say anything is a unbelievable
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm293330.htm
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm293101.htm
I can not find the particular website with the information on the percentages like 52% increase and 100% dementia [Alzheimers]
 
Thank you Fhs3, and dOug, I printed out the information on the link you provided yesterday, and I'll print the links from today so I can read them as well. This will give me more information to hand to my Dr. on Monday.
After six weeks of being off of the statins I feel a lot better. I want to continue to feel better. :wave:
 

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