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<blockquote data-quote="AtkinsMo" data-source="post: 1661031" data-attributes="member: 104933"><p>I would do a lot of reading and research before I considered taking statins. Actually, that is quite untrue, there are no circumstances where I would consider taking statins. There has never been a clinical trial that has shown any benefits for statins for women, never. The women with the highest cholesterol have the greatest longevity. There is a tiny benefit for men who have never had a heart attack and a slightly bigger benefit for men who have previously had a heart attack, and this has been misrepresented as a 44% risk reduction, using relative risk measures, when it actually showed that 1% reduction in risk, as most of us would interpret it. Instead of 2 in 100 men having a heart attack not on statins, just over 1 in 100 will have a heart attack on statins. What all of these studies forget is that we all have a 100 risk of mortality! Statins frequently cause a rise in HbA1c. As Malcolm Kendrick says, Statins will not extend your life, they may change the cause of death that I write on your death certificate. The best things you can do, you are already doing, walk more, get good sleep, try to eliminate stress from your life as much as possible, get out in the fresh air and walk and of course, get your HbA1c down to normal.</p><p></p><p>Here is the video (previously posted on here) that explains it. Drug companies have a duty to make profits for share-holders not to make us well. Unfortunately, drug companies fund and provide most of the Continuous Professional Development for our Doctors and nurses, so they only get to hear one side of the story.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]SYlhG8_nZe0[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtkinsMo, post: 1661031, member: 104933"] I would do a lot of reading and research before I considered taking statins. Actually, that is quite untrue, there are no circumstances where I would consider taking statins. There has never been a clinical trial that has shown any benefits for statins for women, never. The women with the highest cholesterol have the greatest longevity. There is a tiny benefit for men who have never had a heart attack and a slightly bigger benefit for men who have previously had a heart attack, and this has been misrepresented as a 44% risk reduction, using relative risk measures, when it actually showed that 1% reduction in risk, as most of us would interpret it. Instead of 2 in 100 men having a heart attack not on statins, just over 1 in 100 will have a heart attack on statins. What all of these studies forget is that we all have a 100 risk of mortality! Statins frequently cause a rise in HbA1c. As Malcolm Kendrick says, Statins will not extend your life, they may change the cause of death that I write on your death certificate. The best things you can do, you are already doing, walk more, get good sleep, try to eliminate stress from your life as much as possible, get out in the fresh air and walk and of course, get your HbA1c down to normal. Here is the video (previously posted on here) that explains it. Drug companies have a duty to make profits for share-holders not to make us well. Unfortunately, drug companies fund and provide most of the Continuous Professional Development for our Doctors and nurses, so they only get to hear one side of the story. [MEDIA=youtube]SYlhG8_nZe0[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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