Statins new Study

In my view it is a personal choice whether one chooses to go on statins or not. It’s your body, your choice, your risk. Some people really do need them and statins definitely do save lives. It is confusing because there are pros and cons to any medication, but statins have been singled out. Statin medications seem to me anyways, to have become a controversial topic along with whether LDLs are bad. Whether Drs get paid extra for every patient that goes on them and so on.

The YouTube frontage above reminds me of those sensational scandal magazines at the check out. Sorry @))Denise(( .

I am on 20 mg of Rosuvastatin because I have extremely high Lipoprotein (a) which can cause, amongst other things, vascular neuropathy and CVD as well as strokes. An ApoB test would give you a clearer picture as to your risk. I personally would not like to think that I was convincing someone to go against a Drs advice, when that person really does need to be on them, and not just simply being recommended to go on statins as a precaution.

Melgar said:

I personally would not like to think that I was convincing someone to go against a Drs advice, when that person really does need to be on them, and not just simply being recommended to go on statins as a precaution.

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This is something that concerns me, too.
The bad publicity as a result of objections to GPs being given pay enhancements for the blanket prescribing of statins to all deemed to be at risk of cardiovascular harm, can prevent those who truly are at risk, for example those with the condition familialhyperchoesterolemia , from accepting treatment.

))Denise(( said:

@Melgar have you actually watched the whole of the video I linked to? It is actually a very sensible in depth interview (all 1hr and 39 minutes of it).

In my situation, I feel that as someone with a low HbA1c and having had a heart scan as part of medical research (and told that my heart was healthy), checked my QRISK score (which lowers if you move to a more affluent part of your town and goes up if you live near social housing and doesn't ask how well your diabetes is managed), statins taking my levels to 2.6. I have taken the personal decision not to take statins and my GP offers them and I refuse (with a note in my records that it is amicable).

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As I said your body , your choice and your risk . Statins have helped bring down my Lipoprotein (a) , raised my HDL and contrary to what most people experience , stopped my aching legs. I simply don’t buy that high ApoB results are not a major risk factor for CVD and stroke. I’m simply not prepared to take that risk.