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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 1457103" data-attributes="member: 13582">Hi Zand!They do cause myopathy (muscle pain) directly because they interfere with the production of co-enzyme q10. And the drug companies know this; Merck registered a patent for statins and co-enzyme q10 in 1989 but then never released the combo-pill. Who knows why? Possibly because it's not good pr to say your wonder drug that stops heart attacks causes myopathy in case anyone notices what the heart is made of?!of <a href="http://weeksmd.com/2009/08/the-patent-for-statin-drugs-included-co-q-10/" target="_blank">http://weeksmd.com/2009/08/the-patent-for-statin-drugs-included-co-q-10/</a>If you are a woman and you take statins you will not live a day longer than if you didn't, if you are a man you live something like 3 months longer.The best absolute risk reduction for statins ever demonstrated was a 1.8% reduction meaning if out of 100 unstatinated people you might expect 4 fatal heart attacks with 100 satinated people you would expect 2 fatal heart attacks. [Absolute mortality reduction in the Heart Protection Study (HPS), the most positive statin trial, was 1.8% over five years]That's still a tiny impact if you think about it.If you've had a heart attack it might be worth using them, if you haven't the evidence is very poor for their benefit. Low carb, drink red wine moderately, do exercise in the sun eat more potassium; all of those have no side effects and will make you live longer and better than statins.</blockquote>

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