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My doctor put me on generic Lipitor a few months ago. I keep seeing ads about law suits against them. I looked them up and there are a lot of down sides to taking statins. So now I'm wonder are they worth the risks?
Muscle and memory problems let alone lowering of CoQ10. I would take the CoQ10 supplement if it was at all affordable. Anyway, I have been up all night worrying about this. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks
Muscle and memory problems let alone lowering of CoQ10. I would take the CoQ10 supplement if it was at all affordable. Anyway, I have been up all night worrying about this. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks
There are so many natural ways to lower our cholesterol now and there are actually some doctors that no longer want to prescribe any of the statin drugs. Hugs GB
From what I've learned, I believe high cholesterol has little to nothing to do with heart disease. Half the people who have heart attacks have low cholesterol. Half have high. So it doesn't really make sense.
Drug companies often develop a drug and THEN look for something it can do rather than trying to find a cure for something specific. They found a drug that can lower cholesterol and by correlating cholesterol to heart disease they can make a boat load of money.
What we have known since the 1960's is that while cholesterol has little to do with heart disease (and people with high cholesterol may need it for proper brain and body function) high homocysteine levels are consistent with heart disease. The higher the homocysteine levels, the higher risk of heart attack. And homocystienes tend to go up with age. But the treatment can't be patented. So, no money is in it.
If you want to skip the statins, you might ask your doctor about homocysteines (or just research it online). You might ask your doctor to check your folate and B12 levels and see if you have the MTHFR gene mutation. And check the cholesterol particle density pattern. If you have pattern A, even if you have high cholesterol it's not the sticky sort that will build up as plaque in your arteries. If you have B type, you have the plaque forming sort.
The treatment for elevated homocystine levels is to take the right folate (doctors often say you get what you need from the folic acid in food but if you have the MTHFR gene mutation you can't convert folic acid into useable folate) and get B12 shots if needed. Then cut out sugars, stick with lean meats and veggies and exercise each day.
Some doctors are also saying triglycerides are the thing to watch but that may be motivated by profit (statins are used to treat high triglycerides as well).
Dr. Kilmer McCully wrote a book called "The Heart Revolution" which may interest you. You can likely get it used for next to nothing on amazon.
If you are on a statin, though, CoQ10 helps reduce the likelihood of the more severe issues that can result if the muscles collapse and muscle protein is released into the bloodstream.
Diabetes is another fairly common side effect of statin use. And diabetes radically increases your chance for a heart attack.
I think statins are worth the risk for men who have had a heart attack. It can be life saving. But in my opinion, they are incredibly overprescribed and should be the last line of defense.