Funny thing this Lipitor steamroller. Some medical group actually reccommends
that the entire adult population of the US should be taking Lipitor.
Listen carefully to those Lipitor commercials. They say it "MAY" help you avoid
another heart attack. Don't people who have had a heart attack generally make
other lifestyle changes that may help just as much if not more so?
Several older relatives of ours have been on Lipitor and have taken themselves
off it, after discussions with their physician.
All had severe leg and arm pain and most were experiencing falls. I believe
most physicians attribute those falls to plain old "old age" arthritis,
diabetes, etc. When those relatives came off Lipitor, their balance greatly
improved and no one has yet had a fall nor a heart event of any kind.
My wife, a nurse, has been saying for a long time that there is no study
linking high cholesterol and heart attacks. But she is legally prevented from
advising others, not family members, with this info. Some others do ask, but
she can't advise them other than to see their doctor.
George S.
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Now, don't jump off your Lipitor if you've had a heart attack. Studies
o show that statin drugs do reduce the incidence of another one.
owever, the effect is not very large and you can likely do as well with
ietary supplements like fish oil (and others) that are known to reduce
nflammation. Statins also reduce inflammation and that may be the
echanism. But fish oil is a hell of a lot cheaper and doesn't reduce
our body's COQ10 level. You see, there are other things that statins
educe besides cholesterol. If you're on statins next time you go to
he doc ask him why he hasn't prescribed supplemental COQ10... assuming
e knows about it. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
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