It worried me, too. Fortunately, my Family Practice Doc wasn't one of them. He
told me what the case was, and how it was all statistically based, but said
there was no way I should be on Lipitor, diabetes or not. <g>
--Bob
On Oct 20, 2011, at 3:12 PM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> t worries me to hear that the Docs actually had to debate whether or not
> to put someone with a cholesterol of 135 on a statin!? There's one movement
> that wants to put the entire population on a statin.
> They are either blind to or ignoring the many serious side effects of those
> meds. Approximately a half dozen family members and friends had been on a
> statin, and they had mental confusion, confusion as to what time of day it
> was, and episodes of falling. Doctors in every case said it was due to
> normal aging and diabetic neurapathy, but when their families insisted they
> be
> taken off the statin, all those other serious problems disappeared.
--
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