Statin Side Effects - Are The Benefits Worth The Risk Are Statins a Scam?
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Statin Side effects can be serious, in fact, side effects are the number 1 reason why patients quit statin drugs. The question is do the benefits outweigh the risks and should you live with these side effects to get the "benefits"?
You will be surprised to discover just how insignificant the benetits of statins really are!
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Doctors who strongly push statin should take statin themselves to feel the pain =)
I'm a 70 year old diabetic. My doctor just fired me from her care because I refuse to take a statin. Never was I counseled to stop eating sugar.
Your doctor did you a favour. Simple logic is beyond so many people.
At 52 I had 4 blocked arteries, and had to have 4 by passes. My cholesterol was 306. After surgery I was put on 1000mg of simcor. I felt like a zombie. The joint and muscle pain was debilitating along with severe fatigue. I lost all the muscle in my body. My blood pressure went up when I never had problems with it before. My memory got so bad, my son asked why I kept repeating things. I was unable to exercise because of the side effects. The Dr changed me to lipitor 20 mg after my brother in law died. I still felt bad. 2 yrs later another brother in law died. They both had the same problem as me. Heart disease and we were on statins.. A week before his funeral I quit taking statins. It’s been 4 months and I’m feeling a lot better. Soon I should be able to walk for exercise daily. My blood pressure went back to normal and I feel closer to getting my sense of well being back. This is more important to me than living longer.
I will Never take statins again! Everyone ‘s différent but if u feel bad All the time as I did. Get off statins for at least 6 months and see how u feel. It’s worth a try! GOOD LUCK
It's good to read about people who's conditions have improved through quitting these drugs. Your experience is much worse than mine, but like you, my condition has improved through the discontinuation of this drug. It' s been two months now and I felt better almost immediately. I see my primary care doc in another few weeks and he is not going to like what I have done. I hope to be able to keep him because he is a good person with a heart in the right place. But at the end of the day it's my life and I will make the choices with it.
And Yeah So What sugar and carbs are the real killers. Not cholesterol. I was on Crestor for a year, felt much of what you experienced. Removed carbs and sugar. Your body needs cholesterol. Stopped statins 3 years ago.
@ And Yeah So What.......Thank you so much for your commentary. As we all know, people experience the same or different side effects from all medications. I have been taking Crestor for 1 year and I also have to take 2 different high blood pressure medications (i have a thoracic aneurysm and a tear in my aorta). I know the blood pressure medications are causing me side effects however, I have to take them (have been on numerous ones). I am sure the Crestor is adding to my side effect problems. The most frustrating problems are severe swollen lower legs, swollen feet and ankles, excessive tiredness, fatigue, coughing, confusion and memory. I am stopping the Crestor. I need some quality of daily life.
Good luck to you
I highly suggest looking at a ketogenic diet or low carb to start at least. Sugar damages those blood vessels and harms circulation. Its scary but remember weve been lied to about a lot of yhings. I highly suggest watching "the obesity code" by dr jason fung on RUclips, it will explain everything. Its a six part series an hour each. So many lies..
Hi, I am 66 years old and since I was 38 years old my doctor wanted to put me on statins and have never taken that drug and the same goes with my wife. What we do is exercise and eat healthy diet, that's all you need to do.
I was prescribed a statin by a consultant, and me and my GP decided I shouldn't start it yet. I was talking to another GP today, and she asked me why I did not take the statin. I told her I had lot 16kg and got my BP under control, and she was underwhelmed, but that is so much more than taking this dubious drug.
This video was just what I needed.
i used it for 9 years and suffered from all the side effects you mentioned also calcification of arteries . my doctor said i will have a Hart attack if i stop. i stopped 5 years ago and i am working on my calcification.
BEST WAY TO PUT CALCIUM IN THE BONES AND NOT THE ARTERIES IS TO EAT SOY NATTO FERMENTED SOYBEANS BECAUSE IT SUPPLIES VITAMIN K2.
Blocking your liver from producing chloresterol and other hormones can't be a good thing.
Actually it works way higher in metabolic chain and lower production of many good chemicals in your body like COQ10 check this : ruclips.net/video/m3pHxF_syF8/видео.html
Ken Marriott ..blocking natural health..bad..
Doctors take an Oath to do no harm..clearly a conscience can be dulled with money.
I'm on keto... Lost 50 pounds, feel great, play tennis a lit, 62 year old grandma... Just got my labs back from wellness check.. ldl is very high.. all other things are good.. So if course my hubby who is a doctor said to me " maybe you'll have to go on stating". I said no. He gave me that "your stupid and I know better look".. I told him I'll talk to him about it after he looses the 50 pounds he needs to loose and lowers his high blood pressure. I said it gently since I know he doesn't mean bad... He is just repeating what he's been taught.
Amen..greed supersedes any conscience.
C Reinicke; Years ago, I did the Atkins diet, lost weight all right, however, 2 years ago I had a stent implanted in my left coronary artery due to 70% blockage. I'm on statin on and off and notice muscle weakness and brain fog. I no longer eat red meat; switched from butter to coconut oil, and rarely eat cheese (my favorite go to snack). When I do eat cheese, it's low fat mozzarella. Boring! I'm doing my best, going to the gym 5 days a week; 60 minutes of cardio and work out with weights also.
@@zeebee9356 I don't know about Atkins.. I hear it's similiar in some ways to keto.. but why are you staying on statins? Are you not able to wean off of it? From the bit I know.. excersise won't help.. the statin itself is causing muscle aches. If you can't get off statins it seems it's a waste of your time and energy to excersise so much.. take relaxing walks in the sun and enjoy life.. no one lives forever, so find a happy medium.. I understand your afraid because of the buildup in arteries that could kill you.. but it didn't happen overnight.. it was either from years before your atkins diet experiment, or just genetics.. some do everything bad and never get build up.. while others live very healthy lives and get the build up.
C Reinicke, I hear you loud and clear. Thank you for your input. I'm done with statins for good. And you're so right regarding the genetic aspect. My father had coronary artery disease and he was extremely thin all his life. He died at 67. His doctor put him on statins and other meds, but ultimately he died of leukemia. I can't wait to swim and be in the sunshine. I'm not stopping my visits to the gym though. Thank you again for your well thought out reply. P.S. I'm a Christian and not afraid to die. We all have an expiration date. God has numbered my days according to His will for me. Contentment is so key and in that aspect it is part of my emotional DNA. Life IS good!
Totally amazing amazing video
I’m a family med doc and it pains me to discover all this about statins
There is a mountain of evidence out there against status statin science and the fat hear hypothesis
Thank you for an informative and brave lecture
I'm 66 and was on Crestor for 6 months - in that time I lost a ton of muscle and lived on Tylenol and Advil for muscle and joint pain. I can remember taking my dog to the dog park I'd take my dog to the park and standing with my eyes closed thinking how good it would feel to just lie down in the snow. I took myself off the statins with my doc's knowledge. I went to a naturopath who recommended berberine, gave me a diet plan and took a blood test for food intolerance. Now that I know what how and what to eat for my body I feel 100% better. There's so much more to consider other than cholesterol levels before putting someone on statins - I read somewhere that physicians are like licensed drug dealers - not far off the mark in some cases.
I went to the doctor for a check up. He said I had high cholesterol and he wanted to put me on a statin drug. When I told him I would not take
statins he was disappointed.
Doctors should not be compensated for pushing
prescription drugs. We need a better system.
I was told to go on statins due to high cholesterol. I refused. 3 years later I had a heart attack. Causation or correlation ??? Personally I think the heart attack was due to a bad diet with lots of sugar and candy.
IT ABOUT THE MONEY
100%
DO DRS GET PAID FOR PRESCRIBING DRUGS? IN THE UK, DRS DONT GET PAID...SO WHY DO THEY RECOMMEND STATINS THEN? DO DRS IN THE USA GET PAID? IF. NOT, THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
No mate, they have no interest in helping or saving anybody, they just want to make money!
I started a new lifestyle at age 68y/o and 280lbs about 7 weeks ago, including eating ketovore, eliminating virtually all sugar possible and carbs, intermittent fasting from 6P-12P the next day, 1 mile walk every morning and drinking a ACV blend with lemon and water after my morning cup of black coffee. I stopped my Rosuvastatin about 5 weeks ago and will advise my doctor when I see him later this week. My Glucose has lowered from 112 (in Dec) to 106. My A1c is down to 5.5 from 5.8. My Total Cholesterol was 234 and LDL 167, both HIGHER than my last labs. But, that was expected based on the diet and quitting the statin. But, from what I have learned, I really don't need to worry so much about the choleserol numbers, at least on the surface. My next goal, besides my weight loss goal of 80 pounds (I'm down 22 pounds so far), is to get off of the Atenolol. I seriously don't think I need to be taking it anyway.
I was prescribed Atorvastatin 40 mg/day for elevated cholesterol by my VA Healthcare primary care physician. This diagnosis was the result of a complete blood panel that was done, which showed no other abnormality. After about 6 months another complete blood panel was done which then showed I was in stage 2 renal failure. At about that time I developed problems with urinary function, frequent and odiferous urination that was cloudy. Additionally, I started developing severe cramps in the lower portions of both legs with numbness of my toes at night when I slept and persistent itching of my skin on my back and upper arms. After these problems surfaced I stopped taking the drug, modified my diet(bland with no-salt and low-protein) and started getting regular exercise. As a result, I am feeling better and my leg cramps and toe tingling have subsided but my kidney function has not improved and probably never will. The best that I can hope for, realistically, is that I might have arrested the progress of my kidney disease. Because I disobeyed the instructions of the VA Healthcare, I have essentially burned my bridges with them. I'm probably better off having dissociated myself from those people, as I really never had confidence in their level of medical competence.
Jim Nesta ..exactly ..ditto.. plus ace inhibitors..
My husband died at the veterans hospital. I DO NOT trust them! He was at a civilian hospital before and he needed dialysis. When I took him to the VA hospital, because he begged me to, they took him off dialysis and said he don’t need it. On the death certificate it states that he died of kidney failure amongst three other things.
Thank you! I'm a heart attack survivor and I was percribed statins immediately after. Almost 2 years of taking statins, I had brain fog, painful muscles and i got so bad that I became bed ridden. I finally stopped the statins, but the leg pain continues to this day (6 months later). I recently had complete bloodwork and the results suggest that i may have lupus. After reseaching lupus, I discovered that there is such a thing as Statin Induced Lupus. We have to run more tests to confirm it, but I can tell you I'm very pissed. Like i needed another disease! 😠
You mentioned vitamin C and I totally agree with that. I've been following Dr. Rath's discovery on how it helps our arteries. He has a very in-depth presentation on youtube. I try and share his discovery with everyone that I think could benefit from it, but it seems to fall on deaf ears.
I was prescribed statin drugs..and within 3 or 4 weeks began having so much difficulty moving whether walking or even rolling over in bed..(could barely do either)..the symptoms I had seemed like how I imagined ALS might be..I kept complaining to the clinic doctor and he kept saying it wasn't the drug.."I was just getting older"...I was about 65 at the time..very active 20+ year old road cyclist and century rider, still working full time, and vibrant until I started the statin drug..atoravastatin..he NEVER did agree for me to stop the STATIN DRUG and even though the Clinics pharmacist and the doctors nurse all observed me and said "yes you're having a drug reaction"..stop taking it...I did but it took months of exercise and movement through a gymnasium warm water pool and such to regain much of my strength..I still work full time in a physical job..and am now 72 years old..I haven't gone back to a doctor since..I don't plan to unless its the emergency room...DON'T TRUST A DOCTOR
Tom E ..lot of that going around..
Dr. put me on Lipitor 10 years ago. I have developed insomnia and peripheral neuropathy
I don't have heart disease and nobody in my family ever did.
I'm going to quit this drug ... too many side effects. Thanks, Dr. Ray!
Muscle pain, muscle weakness are accepted. What is the heart made of ???? I would not touch these drugs .
Myself on Statin medication for more or less 5 years,and I have been suffering all the side effect almost make me dis functional for my day to day life.
@athena guan, I too have suffered with the side effects...memory loss, weak muscles. I stopped taking them. :-)
Wow. My doctor said I have to take them for LIFE. But no one mentioned side effects or what the benefit really amounts to in real life.
@Sprite Bonn Very good. The term Side-effects is too fluffy. It is Direct-Drug Effects and Statins are toxic in every which way. Everyone, or Every Doctor should read the book, "The Statin Damage Crisis", by Duane Graveline, MD. A NASA doctor who fell very ill from LIPITOR, after just 5 weeks and on only 10mgs.
>>Statins "inhibit" the enzyme to stop the synthesis of cholesterol... but everything below in this pathway that is so critical for health IS DESTROYED too.
The only thing wrong with LDL is that it can oxidize. Well, What is causing the oxidation? Sugar, Insulin, pollution, stress. We can quell inflammation and oxidation with soo many other natural bioactive compounds. We are Deficient in chemicals.
I had the same thing said by my cardiologist. However my research says that after 1.9 years the plaque is stabilised and statins have no affect after that (on the assumption that your diet is now good and remains so).
What is really sad is that for years the medical profession was telling us how great statins are and that there are no side effects.
Even sadder when doctors tell you that the pain you're feeling is all in your head
I was on crestor and had bad right shoulder pain, so much I couldn't lift weights.I thought maybe I was getting arthritis in my shoulder, but when I got off the meds it went away. I told my Dr and he asked me "How does the drug know to go to my shoulder? People always blame the meds!"
Thank you ! I will stick with a grapefruit every day, watermelon when in season, tumeric and green tea and a bit of exercise, .and eat better.
Denver Flipperer ..all things written as contraindicated on pill bottles..!
Well researched and explained. Doubt about the benefits vs harm of that drug are oftentimes concealed from us. I took STATIN for high cholesterol (6.5) as well as reducing meat and exercising more frequently for 1 year. My doctors NEVER told me of the potential harm outweighing the benefits. I had muscle tightness and frequent urination. I stopped thereafter. Lifestyle changes is my solution now.
Dr Ray,eight years ago I had a stent implantation and was prescribed statins. In those days I trusted my doctor and took them as prescribed! At that time my teeth looked like yours. Within three weeks of taking statins i was left with just six. They fell out cleanly with root ,no bleeding ,no pain. As a result I stopped taking the statins and eight years later at the age of 75 I am fit as a butchers dog.
Took me forever to figure out that all my symptoms were from statins.I had no idea for years what was going on with me. Took me another forever to convince my doctor.
Same here.
Took Lipitor with coQ10 - made me feel like a zombie. Went off and recovering. Not worth the side-effects. Watch your diet and walk uphill. Take one aspirin each day 👌
blaming cholesterol for arteriosclerosis is analogous to blaming firefighters for starting fires. being present at the scene does not equate with being the culprit. taking a statin caused constant pain & tenderness in my leg muscles which stopped soon after discontinuing them.
Good on you for making this video. My mother developed gallbladder stones and a pre cancerous growth in her bile duct. Once I connected the cause and effect I immediately took my mom off the statin drug. Doctors discourage me and in my mind I was telling them to go f themselves. I wanted to make them take the drug. I ask them if they would give it to there mothers and got no answer. I also detoxified my moms liver / kidneys and supplemented with Ubiquinal ( CoQ10), Vitamin D, Digestive Enzymes, EFA oil, R-Lipoic Acid, ate a lot of asparagus and six months later she is on her way to a healthier life. Lets pray that the growth doesn't turn into cancer. In conclusion Statin drugs are useless and do so much harm to the body that it's ludicrous that doctors prescribe it and people eat them everyday without knowing what they are taking. It absolutely insane!!!!!!!!
Doctors have their heart in the right place. Not yours when there is money involved.
Statistically you are right the benefits are dismal. However, doctors and hospitals are supported by large pharmaceutical corporations who pressure them to prescribe statin drugs. Statin drugs are a multi billion-dollars business and big pharma is not going to give that up.
Than everyone needs to stop taking the Statins and perhaps other medicines. Doctors work for us. Not the other way around. This will take time to effect the change. But we need to better discern if the medicines are worth it.
Thanks for a clear explanation. I had a lot of trouble convincing my doctors that I had side effects (mental confusion, depression, memory loss; a little muscle pain, but not much, but at least they believed that.) IN the end I just had to refuse to take them.
Confusio between accept or reject
I used to be a mathematician, and I still have lots of interest in the concepts of math. I didn't think the explanation in this video was clear at all. But speaking as a person very dedicated to careful precise logic, I have to dig into these issues more, much more. The conclusions most people will draw from this video might well have a lot of validity, but for myself, I have to dig more carefully into them.
But thanks a whole lot to the presenter in teh video. It shows me what concepts I must nail down more carefully in order to better evaluate these things.
By the way, about a year ago, I got so fed up and depressed with certain medical things, that I drew huge charts of huge number of my blood measures (taken every 6 months, over about 2 years), and I spent a huge amount of time analyzing all kinds of numbers,.
After quite a lot of analysis, - and I mean a lot - I saw that a lot of the important blood test measures moved in the bad direction, though over 2 years they all slowly moved back in the good direction. I eventually traced the bad movements all back to the same point in time. I dug back through my records to that point in time. And it turned out that was when I started taking the statin, a particular statin which was supposed to be safe for me.
After about another 6 months of evaluation, I was taken off the statin. The doc wanted to put me on a real new statin, but I resisted.
The value of the video is that it introduced important issues. And I now know pretty specifically what math I want to to carefully dig into and fully understand.
I think the vast number of people, even professionals, don't carefully know the math and logic issues fully.
Thanks Hinish, for a great video. (Not so sure about the hearts floating by).
The side effects are well-known by all competent physicians (M.D.s). I have excellent physicians and always began finding a physician in a new city by asking this question first:
"Are you board certified in Internal Medicine?" i.e a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. If he's not well educated enough to be allowed to sit for that difficult exam. and not smart enough to pass it, I'm not interested in him.
There is also an increasing epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency. Don't you need cholesterol to produce vitamin D? So if you are taking statin drugs you are making it difficult for your body to produce vitamin D. Then you are encouraged to take Vitamin D supplements. More tablets to consume! Thanks the statistical explanation was very comprehensive.
We are force to take vitamin D because we are told sun exposure causes skin cancer, use sun screen!. But in Australia, where sun screens were in use nearly a decade before the US, skin cancer rates are up. Why? Whose to day our endogenous vitamin d isn't better than something from a questionable source?
David Swarner k
Statins nearly killed me and i'm still struggling now. Stay well away from them, you will suffer the rest of your life.
I totally agree with you. I could write a book about how horrendous Atorvastatin was for me. It crosses the blood brain barrier (not all statins do that). Based on my current symptoms...I'm expecting a Parkinson's diagnosis in my future. I learned too late that there are clinical studies going on that suspect a link between statins & Parkinson's disease. Some believe stopping the statin after a short period might be relevant to getting PD. OMG! I am so upset.
I take 20 mg Atorvastatin and over the past few months have developed nocturnal leg cramps that sometimes cramp during the day too. It affects my sleep sometimes and is worse after I do exercise such as cardio. Do you guys think that it is the result of the statin?
@@Laura-nl8df Oh dear. Please Maximize your intake of Co-Enzyme Q10. Like up to 200mg/day; zero toxicity as we have Co-q10 in every cell of our body. Look up Dr. Peter Langsjoen, cardiologist.
@@starrynight8007 Thank you!
@@MarylandGuy-ey3st - Now that you mention leg cramps, I did have episodes of them while I was on Crestor/TriCor. I stopped taking them...they affected my muscles to the point where I was getting weak.
Awesome research and integrity... Thanks❤️✌🏼
flipping the coin, does make sense to me..I am loving the video.
Destiny, read the book "The Truth About Statins" by Cardiologist Dr Barbara Roberts MD who specialized in women
VERY GOOD INFO. I have been placed on it for almost two months, My cholesterol is 208, LDL is 75. I get constipation, muscle pain, memory problems, and nerve problems. I also have insomnia.
You said it high cholesterol LDL can't be the main reason for heart attacks or stroke. We have to look at the structure of the LDL A/B. Also a Clean Healthy KETO LIFESTYLE will help especially if your pre-diabete or type 2 diabete (like I was) healing in only 2 months of Keto, stop taking statin.
I just quit my statin due to muscular fatigue. I feel so much better without them and I rather take the consequences of a fatal stroke rather then the muscle weakness and loss of memory along with diabetes .
Rhondie Badcock
I have stent 2013 single artery.was put on statin been having mucsle pain lately liver problems.So decided not to continue taking it because of the side effects.Decided to go on garden foods.Thank you for your information.
Statins should be banned, the side effects are far far worse than any percieved benefits. Caused me to have 16 days in hospital with myopathy, and 18 months later my legs are still severely weakened causing me extreme mobility problems !!!
Please please get rid of those emojis floating across the screen.
MF Dixon I believe those are from viewers of the live broadcast and cannot be removed, but they are annoying.
Statins and fibrins, I read the label, it said can weaken muscles. In high school Dr in training class or health ed. a test answer was ...the heart is a muscle. So now you'r suppose to take a drug to weaken the heart so you dont have a heart attack. I told the Dr. that I read the label, I aint that stupid, I need help so I will find something better. The Dr said we'll just see how you do. I was like, sure sounds like fun, like... going on crack and never went back. Thats what the best health insurance got me. I Went on enzymes with lipase and dandelion, B-1 and choline from the wellness and fitness store up the street. Besides all that, the pharmacy wouldnt take the expired prescribed pills (that i never took) for proper disposal and the pharmacist actually told me to take them to the hazard waste site !!! Tells you a lot right there....
My doc put me ON statins after I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I’ve voluntarily come off them.
share me ur experience after stoping ststin .....I am also taking it for the last one & half months ......now I am feeling pulling in muscle entire my leg
I just started yesterday only 1 pill and now is 4 AM here I cannot sleep even single minute and this is the first time I experienced so bad, I feel so tired cannot sleep at all tomorrow I will no longer take this I just make diet and exercise
Same happened to me. You also can take one aspirin each day. 👌 I now use olive oil and stay away from sugar.
Best wishes -
I’m an I c u nurse who’s Dr wants me to start Statins for slightly increased cholesterol. I had an angio with only mild changes. I’m 57yrs old
I raised my concerns with GP re side effects which she assumed me were only mild but then went on to say I would need frequent blood tests???
Also I started taking note of pts coming into my unit with strokes or other vascular issues, they were ALL on statins!!! Most of them had type 2 diabetes dispute not being over weight!
I’m 56, and I’ve got plaque build up (sounds better than saying I have heart disease). Cholesterol is also very high. GP of course wrote me a script for Lipitor. Screw that. I’m going for lifestyle change.
iam 70 ,had valve replacement 4 years ago thats good , arota got enlarged up to 4.7 been like that for about year n half , chlosteral was a little high so changed diet to veggies, walk on tread mill 30 to fourtyfive min. a day stairs twenty five steps up n down 30 times , one day got cold sweats went to E.R. had scan have two arteries blocked 50% , was on veggie diet only bout five months, doc says stay on veggies diet eventually blockages will disapear over time went on a statin two weeks later hands hurt bad , doc said stop statin , went on betablocker slow down pulse after 6 months start getting asma, doc said stop, now doc want to give me crestor. i said NO! now my chlosterol in normal range , 45 min fast walk treadmill 5 days a week , had lung test , thats good , blood pressure very good with meds feel great! doc still insists statin, i said if i have only 50% blockage two arteries , chlosterol good blood pressure good everything else in check why statin? he said to prevent any problem in future. i said i think iam doing great considering the problems i already have. ( diabetes runs in family ).and don't need to ad on more like diabetes or other orgon damage . Doctors get a commission on prescribing statins? they sure push the issue.
statins are fantastic, what other shite has earned the drug companies so much?
Derek Gillan so called cancer treatments, i had chemotherapy i felt like death every day for weeks. That was 14 years ago and i am still having side effects, i wish i had never had it. I read a couple of weeks ago that chemo doesn't kill the core of a cancer cell. That was a cancer specialist he said it was making the drug companies billions, and that there would never be a cure because it makes them so much. The only way they would give you a cure is when a new disease comes along which is going to make them rich. Its just greed.
Superb quality explanation of this toxic mythology. Thanks.
Also statins kill your body’s CoQ10. Powerful anti-oxidant.
CoQ-10 is also used by the body to aid in cellular metabolism. That's all cells. But the biggest user of CoQ-10 are muscle cells. W/O CoQ-10 your muscles have reduced strength. Lowering cholesterol blocks the ability of cell wall repair. If you damage muscle cell walls, it releases cell content of myoglobin and K+. High concentrations of muscle cell damage can damage kidney function.
I've told my doctor if writes a Rx for statins I'll file assault charges (figuratively).
I had an anterior heart attack 5 years ago. My cholesterols and BP were normal and lower. put on statins, slowly became a cripple on them stopped taking them life returned to normal. my wife was put on statins as a prophylactic here blood sugar are very high now takes insulin and is an insomniac. Sadly she'll keep taking statins until the doctor says stop.
Tell her the truth and show her the video.
Tell her to see about keto diet !!!
+WinstonSmith, dear sir, I hope you can recover. Solutions: Magnesium acts as a NATUAL STATIN. Tell your wife to STOP NOW.
Magnesium doesn't not act as a statin. Statins stop the cholesterol pathway. Magnesium is an electrolyte and changes glucose levels in the blood. Statins don't work that way.
You need to tell her not take the medicines. The doctor is supposed to work for you.
After many years on statins, i just stopped last month…WITHOUT the permission of my doctor. After weaning myself, I am now completely off. Most of the neuropathy and muscle pain has gone. I’ll to going soon to get blood tests to see what my A1C is. I have been on a high protein low carb/sugar diet. Even before my bypass surgery 24 years ago, my cholesterol was never really high and I’ve never had a heart attack…knock on wood. I do have blockage in one artery so I’m taking slow release nitro for chest pain which i don’t have very often if at all.
This is the best assessment yet!
I stopped taking atorvastatin 20 mg after I tore my calf muscle while walking. The side effects are not worth the "benefits" of this drug. I don't like the way doctors try to scare you into taking these drugs saying you are going to get a heart attack or stroke. I now take a clove of garlic, teaspoon of black seed oil, and cinnamon tea with honey each day
Look up Dr Sanjit Gupta, a UK Cardiologist and his short youtube videos. (York Cardiology)
You watch these videos and don’t know who to believe.I suffered cramp in my legs and got to the stage I couldn’t walk for long.I had sciatica years ago and thought it was that that was causing the pain .But statin pain is different it was a horrible cramp pain in my shins.
51 year old male that recently had a triple bypass and normal cholesterol levels at the time the cardiologist is saying to take statins for life because he is susceptible to accumulating plaque at a norma cholestroll range. I put it down to high sugar diet many years ago since the last 10 years lifestyle diet and exercise has been improved substantially. Any thoughts on this anyone?
Statins, Satin. See the collation.
Statins side effects are well known. But the serious side effects of ACE inhibitors used widely for high blood pressure are known, but not widely. Complications like MI, strokes are recorded. Can you take the ACE inhibitors to discuss?
I'm backing off on mine, will ask the Doc to lower the dosage or else!
Ketogenic lifestyle works as well ! 👍
Wow talking about stats!... very good info thank you for this..
I quitted statins, took turmeric and probiotic instead for better liver and bile health, then gained normal cholesterol reading without having to continue suffer all those adverse effects.
Very good explanations and my sincere thanks!
I will now stop using statins. I will take ezetrol instead and exercise more and go further into Mediterranen diet. I do not have heart disease so the risks are far too severe vs the weak and uncertain benefits. Sorry but its shocking for me that sooooo many doctors still prescribe it despite the facts you bring. So are they stupid....or......just.....GREEDY?
Inflammation is the problem. I’ve been researching this for a while know. It would be better to aim for a no sugar and low carb diet. Very interesting video. Thanks 🙏🏼
one word remember it, Niacin
I have been on statins for five years and have had no side effects at all.
I told my doc to take all these BP drugs, statins , and another one I can't remember. With all due respect put all this dope and shove it where the sun doesn't shine. Drop the mic
I have stent in my heart artery.......I want to stop taking statin........But my doctor says it's very necessary to take station.........Don't know what to do.....!!
Hi Doc! Thank you for the awesome video. But what I would like to know is.. what is the normal cholesterol level please? And how low can we go?
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Keto diet made me myself again. No more meds. No more depression. Age 67. Do it. It’s not hard at all.
High chloresterol has been associated with longevity in elderly patients. Lowering chloresterol has no benefit.
Why doctors don't know better ...the pharmaceutical companies fund the medical universities.
That's a common myth that many alternative medicine people promote but it's not true
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Prove it , I'm sorry but both BIG FOOD and BIG PHARMA are killing us, it all about profit !!
@@davidahart2476 He CAN'T prove it. He's a Big Pharm stooge.. LOW Life garbage
3 years on Statin, have all side effects, switch to my third statin not any better…..
You have to flip a coin a minimum of 25,000 times to get close to 50 or 51%. 100,000 times is almost always 50/50
What's with the faces all over the screen, it's not a kids programme!
Michael Beeny The emojis are from those who watched this presentation live, I doubt the can be removed after the fact. I agree it is annoying.
They are emojis left over because it was live-streamed when originally aired.
There is a lot of research coming out about controlling calcium build up
with Vit. D3 and Vit. K2 (mk7) as well as using magnesium over 1000mg ( oxide is
almost worthless) glycinate or theronate as well as getting over a
thousand milligrams of potassium from vegetables. Can you comment on
this, other cardiologists seem to think this will resolve heart problems
for many of their patients.
HOPE THIS IS TRUE CAUSE I QUIT STATINS !!!
Jay Conley You better hope..no way am I taking medical advice from a you tube video.
Background: I have been on statins for about thirty years. Twenty years ago, I came down with glandular fever, which became ME (chronic fatigue sybdrome) and fibromyalgia. So I have felt like shit for many years. Three years ago, I went off statins as per the directions of the antibiotics I needed to cure long term bronchitis. Because this infection was repeated, I was off statins most of the year. Finally, I went for a walk on a hot day, had a headache, and this turned out to be a mild stroke. I was hospitalized for three days, after which I was much improved. My statin dose was increased fourfold, and I was put on a blood thinner. BTW, I have had diabetes for twelve years. I have had a bit of angina after exercise recently, so I now have a nitrate spray. I have never noticed any reduction in muscle aches or pain while off statins, nor after they were increased. All I know is that I don't want another stroke or a heart attack. I believe I have a net benefit from statins. Life is hard enough already. Any mental issues could well be due to ME.
Martin, you should check out Dr Esselstyn's book and his diet. I had an MI and have been on his diet for 4 months. Damn have I noticed a radical change to my health. Massive weight loss, and it's most definitely clearing out my arteries over time due to the low cholesterol and removal of refined carbs within the diet. The book is "Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease", By Dr Caldwell Esselstyn. This is no fad diet book, this is literally the best research out there today for Heart attack and stroke victims.
My spouse was on Atorvastatin - one of the other side effect I found diarrhea. Couple that with a hospital acquired C. Diff infection and we're talking rivers of excrement. And if you do the numbers in percentages it's between 6 tenths of a percent - and 1 and 2% - so statistical noise in essence.
And even the example of 45000/1000000 it's 4% again - if you understand probability as you get to .5 it is more likely, whereas .04 or .05 is essentially noise.
Tg medicine is it also a scam?
Why do people believe everything doctors tell them? We have the right to say NO! Doctors don’t suffer the consequences of their ‘treatment’.
Why aren't there any video uploads about this from British doctors?????????????
How about naming some of those Statin dugs, such as the ones I was prescribed for Atrial Fibulation?
atorvastatin (Lipitor)
fluvastatin (Lescol)
lovastatin (Mevacor, Altocor)
pravastatin (Pravachol)
pitavastatin (Livalo)
simvastatin (Zocor)
rosuvastatin (Crestor
@@christopherwunsch5077 thanks mate, for the list.
Hi Ray Thank you for the vedeio I am happy to see you talking about this such important info my Dr made a decision to put on Kestor and I have suffering a such insomnia its tereble I can't beat it & anything I try is not working... I will be in your store after new year & try to see you ! Happy New year
Is there any protocol to monitor or predict side effects?
What is the place for statins in familial hypercholesterolaemia?
For a number of years I had Rosacea skin rash. I went to dermatologist he prescribed a $100 small tube of medicine. This would not have cure me but only treated the systems. Shortly after I cured myself by eating large salads with spinach. Since this doctor should have known of this cure and all medications have side effects, was this doctor breaking his medical oath by not telling me?
I got a depression, and planned how to take my own life. Luckily I stopped the medication. I live on keto now.
Interesting
Ever since I took statin
I have depression anxiety
How are you now after stopping
Nice One !!! Thank You.
I’ve been taking Atorvastatin for over a year and have experienced no side effects.
My doctor just prescribed me statin drugs for high cholesterol, I’m a little concerned about the side effects, I want to try to reduce my it naturally
Remember this video is one guys opinion, always consult your doctor.
I explained to a hospital doctor that I had nasty muscle pains. He suggested that I go to a gym to build up my muscles. I voluntarily stopped taking statins.
Alan c ....I am from India ....just a month back i had to put in a stent .....after that as per doctor I am taking atorva 80 mg daily ....now I feel like my muscle around the entire leg is pulling.....whats ur take on it .......can u give me any suggestion .....although soon I will contact to the doctor
@@AnandKumar-sf5rk I switched to something called EZETROL which does the same thing apparently and in several years of taking it I am yet to feel any side effects. Good luck and be firm with your doctor. If your doctor will not change the prescription then just stop taking it. Also, consider taking something called Q10. Research it. It is very good stuff for me. My pharmacist advised me to take it.
I wish I could way earlier have a chance to watch this vedio,NO KIDDING !!!
I DO NOT BELIEVE DOCTORS HAVE THEIR HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE! THAT IS MERE PANDERING. IT IS ABOUT MONEY, BIG PHARMA BIG MONEY.
Thank you doctor 👍
OMG at the end of the video the guys says he is a pharmacist not a doctor.
I would think nothing of walking 20 miles and often did. At 76 I had a stent put in at Papworth Cambridge England now cannot walk to car without pain in my legs. Statins have caused this after taking them for a couple of weeks. Started on 80g cut to 40g must say it made a difference to my legs, since have stopped taking the tablets and now can walk nearly as I did. But am I undoing Papworth Cambridge hospital’s work? Do I live with bad legs or risk Stent going wrong
I could have DONE WITHOUT the "bubbles" flowing across the screen .........
WTH ???
Stats based on taking statins for 5 years....what are the changes to the stats over 25-30 years?