Statin Drugs: "Unadvertised" Dangers - Part 2 in a 3-Part Series

 

You are receiving this because you or someone at your email address subscribed to HealthBeat News. If you are receiving this in error, or wish to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here to unsubscribe.  Special Report - Dangers of Statin Drugs: Part 2 In A 3-Part Series 02 September 2009 This Week In HealthBeat News: Dangers of Statin Drugs: Part 2 In A 3-Part Series Dangers of Statin Drugs: Part 2 In A 3-Part Series HealthBeat News is pleased to bring you Part 2 of a special report on statin drugs and cholesterol that comes to us by special arrangement and kind permission of the authors, Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, PhD.   In Part 1 we looked at the "problem" of hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), how statins work, and just what cholesterol is and why our bodies need this controversial substance. In this part, Part 2, we'll look at the statin drugs and some of their many side-effects, and in Part 3 we will review a large number of scholarly studies on cholesterol and statins that the drug companies would rather you don't know about as they plainly demonstrate the dangers of these drugs and of our wrong-headed obsession with reducing cholesterol levels to un-natural and un-healthy levels.   After you, our HealthBeat News readers, have received all three parts of this series we will post it along with the full list of references on our Wellness Club website - but HealthBeat News subscribers will have access to this important and informative article first!   Dangers of Statin Drugs: What You Haven't Been Told About Popular Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines By Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD Part 2 of a 3-Part series.   Enter the Statins Statin drugs entered the market with great promise. They replaced a class of pharmaceuticals that lowered cholesterol by preventing its absorption from the gut. These drugs often had immediate and unpleasant side effects, including nausea, indigestion and constipation, and in the typical patient they lowered cholesterol levels only slightly. Patient compliance was low: the benefit did not seem worth the side effects and the potential for use very limited. By contrast, statin drugs had no immediate side effects: they did not cause nausea or indigestion and they were consistently effective, often lowering cholesterol levels by 50 points or more. During the last 20 years, the industry has mounted an incredible promotional campaign-enlisting scientists, advertising agencies, the media and the medical profession in a blitz that turned the statins into one of the bestselling pharmaceuticals of all time. Sixteen million Americans now take Lipitor, the most popular statin, and drug company officials claim that 36 million Americans are candidates for statin drug therapy. What bedevils the industry is growing reports of side effects that manifest many months after the commencement of therapy; the November 2003 issue of Smart Money magazine reports on a 1999 study at St. Thomas' Hospital in London (apparently unpublished), which found that 36 percent of patients on Lipitor's highest dose reported side effects; even at the lowest dose, 10 percent reported side effects.2 Muscle Pain and Weakness The most common side effect is muscle pain and weakness, a condition called rhabdomyolysis, most likely due to the depletion of Co-Q10, a nutrient that supports muscle function. [...Read more here]

 

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