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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 999270" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>i disagreed with this bit where you said 'Medication is something we here are not qualified to give advice on <strong>that is something that should only be discussed with your doctor'</strong></p><p>If medication was only discussed with our doctors none of us here would be on low carb diets or have any idea that statins were maybe not the wonder drug they are touted to be. It is the very fact that so many people are unquestioning of doctors that allows NHS advice to be continually given out even though it is actually inappropriate for diabetics in many cases. If we don't challenge things then they can't and wont improve. GPs are generalists who probably have spent far less time researching the ins and outs of diabetes than we diabetics and may have no first hand experience. They rely on what they learn in uni which may be a long time ago for some and what they are told by drug reps (who obviously have an agenda) or by NICE whose panels are largely populated by those with links to drug companies so may not be impartial. </p><p>Add in the fact that practices get money for every diabetic on their books and for prescribing statins and I would very much want to discuss medications with others who may have taken such meds.</p><p>Yes we can research for ourselves but it is useful to be pointed in the direction of research which others have found helpful.</p><p></p><p>like this for example</p><p><a href="http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2013/10/how-statin-drugs-really-lower-cholesterol-and-kill-you-one-cell-at-a-time/" target="_blank">http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2013/10/how-statin-drugs-really-lower-cholesterol-and-kill-you-one-cell-at-a-time/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 999270, member: 195124"] i disagreed with this bit where you said 'Medication is something we here are not qualified to give advice on [B]that is something that should only be discussed with your doctor'[/B] If medication was only discussed with our doctors none of us here would be on low carb diets or have any idea that statins were maybe not the wonder drug they are touted to be. It is the very fact that so many people are unquestioning of doctors that allows NHS advice to be continually given out even though it is actually inappropriate for diabetics in many cases. If we don't challenge things then they can't and wont improve. GPs are generalists who probably have spent far less time researching the ins and outs of diabetes than we diabetics and may have no first hand experience. They rely on what they learn in uni which may be a long time ago for some and what they are told by drug reps (who obviously have an agenda) or by NICE whose panels are largely populated by those with links to drug companies so may not be impartial. Add in the fact that practices get money for every diabetic on their books and for prescribing statins and I would very much want to discuss medications with others who may have taken such meds. Yes we can research for ourselves but it is useful to be pointed in the direction of research which others have found helpful. like this for example [URL]http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2013/10/how-statin-drugs-really-lower-cholesterol-and-kill-you-one-cell-at-a-time/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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