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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geocacher" data-source="post: 389069" data-attributes="member: 32611">According to a recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 20% of those who have taken Statins have experienced serious side effects.  And those side effects are not limited to muscle pain and weakness.  Loss of memory, nerve damage, increased risk of diabetes, high BG readings, liver damage, and a host of other unwelcome side effects appear on the list.  Many of those problems are irreversible, they don't go away when you stop Statins.It's also been found that the promised 30% reduction in heart disease is more in the range of 10% to 12%.  What that means is that a person has a one in five chance of serious side effects and only a one in ten chance they'll see any benefit from taking Statins.My GP tried to fob off the problems I had with Statins as poorly managed diabetes.  When I asked him to prove I was not managing my diabetes appropriately he couldn't.  My HbA1C is always within the recommended range and my daily readings are, with rare exception, within the expected margins.  It seems that once you are diagnosed as T2, diabetes becomes a catch all for every medical problem you have, even among the medical profession.  I suppose it's easier to arbitrarily place the blame than to consider whether or not there is evidence that T2 is the cause.Even the Mayo Clinic has revised their recommendations on Statins:<a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/statin-side-effects/MY00205" target="_blank">http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/statin ... ts/MY00205</a>It's a good article and worth a read if you want to make an informed choice on whether or not to take Statins.</blockquote>

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