They do have some bad side effects. And those studies that are coming out that claim that statins, or lowering your LDLs, have no effect on heart problems, really make me question the statin push by DRs.
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They do have some bad side effects. And those studies that are coming out that claim that statins, or lowering your LDLs, have no effect on heart problems, really make me question the statin push by DRs.
My Dr. just prescribed 10mg of Crestor, it’ll be my first ever statin, so I’m doing some digging. The meta-analysis you refer to is also discussed at https://www.e-jla.org/pdf/10.12997/jla.2022.11.3.308 which you may find interesting.
Interesting article. I was just denied coverage for Repatha by the insurance company, so I'm going to jump through some more hoops and see what happens. Apparently it's not a statin but does what a statin does. I am done with statins.
Drs are part of the problem - "take these drugs or else. Why? Just take them." I had the heart attack on Dec 1, they put in a stent, then they told me to find a DR closer to my house (the DR that did the stent was 20 minutes from my house). Basically they booted me out. I saw a local cardiologist (well, his nurse) and she said keep taking the drugs and come back in three months. In three months, I requested that I see the actual DR. He said, Keep taking these drugs and see my nurse in nine months. OK.
My dog hurt his shoulder and the vet that treated him called three times a week to see how he was doing. I should grow a tail.
JimB that is an interesting analysis. It may be difficult for many to follow, so the basic results are that meta-analysis of studies in not the best way to evaluate research results. It is a good basis to look at studies, but needs to be used with other values as well.
At 70 and diabetes 2 I am on a statin, and have been for over a year. I have recently have been having leg cramps so I dropped my dose to every other day two weeks ago. I am seeing my MD next week, had blood work done today, so we will be having a conversation about my current use of the statin. I have been controlling my diabetes with exercise and diet for almost 20 years, so my MD understands me. She once told me that I was her only client who controlled his blood sugar over the holidays - and I have been doing that for the 20 years. I was originally resistant to statins when it was said that everyone with diabetes should be on one, but she convinced me that my cholesterol needed attention, so I started a low dose of a statin. It did drop my bad cholesterol. We may have an interesting conversation next week.
My blood sugar has been high the past week, but that is because I have a tooth infection. Seeing my dentist tomorrow.
I had a heart attack in 2014. Seven stents. I have been on 80MG Atorvastatin daily since. I do occasionally get leg cramps, but it is generally associated to when I have been out in the Florida heat and humidity a lot that day. Gatorade works wonders on that for me. While I don't like being on the statin, I don't like what the outcome might look like without it.
Meta-analysis of studies might not be the best way to evaluate research results, but, over the past few years, I, and many others, have come to understand that questioning the medical profession, and Big Pharma especially, is in our best interest. Those statin studies should not be ignored. I have a great deal of trust in Dr Malone.
My problem is that everything crept up on me all at once. BP 150/85, sugar 114, a1c 6.1, LDL at 105. Cardiac calcium thing came back at 25 or 30 in one artery and 1 or 2 in the others. Bought a blood glucose meter, but apparently within 20% is good enough, so while it says 95 almost all the time, it could mean 116. Just a lot of problems all at once and no way to question/challenge all the advice. Gotta wait for the stress test in a couple weeks to start exercising, but already working on the diet. Think I’ll start the amlodipine for blood pressure but hold off on the Rosuvastatin for a couple weeks just so I can distinguish side effects. LDL has been flat for a decade, another couple weeks probably won’t matter.
Sorry for the thread drift, just a little overwhelmed and rambling.
My BP is always high when I'm in a medical setting (dentist, dr, etc) and they have determined that it's White Coat Syndrome. At home, it's normal, at the Drs, it's very high. I told my old Dr once that if he stood behind me at a urinal, and I couldn't pee 'cause he was watching me, he'd probably tell me I had a urinary problem. He laughed.
I've had several really bad medical "mishaps", where the so-called "professionals" messed up badly, some in life threatening ways, to the point that I don't trust someone just because they have an MD after their name.
Dr's push what there taught to push! Big pharmaceutical, big agriculture, and big MD egos have been driving both research, medical guidelines, and medical school teaching for decades! It's amazing how much that's taken as irrefutable gospel by our Drs has NO true research to back them up. If you start digging it's amazing that research that has shown results showing negative outcomes, or results against the accepted treatment protocol, that are suppressed, or "just not published"! Why? Because it will cut into the money generation ability of a company, or the ego of some MD!
Money and power has so infiltrated every aspect of our wellbeing from government to the products we use, that we are ALL fools to not research every aspect of what we believe to be true in all aspects of our lives.
It sad to think, your government and Dr works for someone's bottom line, and not for YOUR wellbeing! After all, there's no money to be made if your cured!