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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 1816201" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>Nobody would ever disagree with that. </p><p></p><p>The situation isn't helped by "inaccurate" information. The major problem I had was muscle pain, something that hasn't completely gone after I stopped taking statins 4 years ago. Merck Pharmaceutical knew there was a problem with statins preventing the uptake of CoQ10 back in 1990, so I didn't appreciate my GP telling me that my muscle pain was down to my age, the next time I mentioned it, he said it was my weight, then finally it was because I exercise too much, so basically he didn't have a clue, but was sure it was not statins, despite the fact that Merck knew exactly what the problem was.</p><p></p><p>More confusion caused by people like the chap at the Clinical Trial Service Unit at Oxford University saying on TV (Trust me, I'm a doctor) that it only affects 1 in 100,000, only to be followed by Dr David Baily, a GP, reporting that 1 in 10 of his patients reported problems. That figure doesn't take into account that many patients, like my father (91) and my MIL (91) just don't take the things despite them being prescribed. In their cause I'm tempted to say "They got to their 80s without statins, do they really need them at 91?"</p><p></p><p>There seems to be different medical advice depending on who one talks to. I made my decision on my own experience, I was in pain and just wanted to live out my days without pain, even if my life was shortened, a figure that is also disputed, depending on who one talks to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 1816201, member: 245335"] Nobody would ever disagree with that. The situation isn't helped by "inaccurate" information. The major problem I had was muscle pain, something that hasn't completely gone after I stopped taking statins 4 years ago. Merck Pharmaceutical knew there was a problem with statins preventing the uptake of CoQ10 back in 1990, so I didn't appreciate my GP telling me that my muscle pain was down to my age, the next time I mentioned it, he said it was my weight, then finally it was because I exercise too much, so basically he didn't have a clue, but was sure it was not statins, despite the fact that Merck knew exactly what the problem was. More confusion caused by people like the chap at the Clinical Trial Service Unit at Oxford University saying on TV (Trust me, I'm a doctor) that it only affects 1 in 100,000, only to be followed by Dr David Baily, a GP, reporting that 1 in 10 of his patients reported problems. That figure doesn't take into account that many patients, like my father (91) and my MIL (91) just don't take the things despite them being prescribed. In their cause I'm tempted to say "They got to their 80s without statins, do they really need them at 91?" There seems to be different medical advice depending on who one talks to. I made my decision on my own experience, I was in pain and just wanted to live out my days without pain, even if my life was shortened, a figure that is also disputed, depending on who one talks to. [/QUOTE]
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