I never knew there was an issue with statins. Since my brush with death from congestive heart failure, I've been taking atorvastatin daily...along with four other medicines...for five years. My ejection fraction has steadily improved over that period of time till I'm now back into the range of a person with a normal heart.For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate (Published 2020)
There is accumulating evidence that the benefits of statins far outweigh possible risks, and nearly all statins on the market are now available as inexpensive generics.www.nytimes.com
There is accumulating evidence that the benefits of statins far outweigh possible risks, and nearly all statins on the market are now available as inexpensive generics.
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, already one of the most popular medications worldwide, may become even more widely used as evidence grows of their safety and value to the elderly and their potential benefits beyond the heart and blood vessels.
Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline of memory with age. Perhaps such reports will persuade a reluctant 65-year-old friend who has diabetes, and others like him, that taking the statin his doctor strongly advised is a smart choice.
In addition to accumulating evidence that the benefits of statins far outweigh possible risks for the vast majority of people for whom they are now recommended, nearly all statins on the market are now available as inexpensive generics.
Full disclosure: I have a strong family history of heart disease and have been taking a statin — atorvastatin, originally marketed as Lipitor — for many years after dietary changes failed to control a steadily rising blood level of artery-damaging LDL-cholesterol. My prescription is now fully covered by my Medicare Part D insurance with no co-pay.
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Statins like atorvastatin work by inhibiting the biosynthesis of endogenous cholesterol in the liver.
I've taken atorvastatin for years.
My cardiologist suggested I add a 10 mg Zetia (ezetimbe) in order to further lower my cholesterol level. Zetia acts by inhibiting a protein in the small intestine that transports cholesterol from food, called exogenous cholesterol.
The 2 drugs together succeeded in lowering both my total cholesterol & my LDL (bad cholesterol) to acceptable levels.
I never knew there was an issue with statins. Since my brush with death from congestive heart failure, I've been taking atorvastatin daily...along with four other medicines...for five years. My ejection fraction has steadily improved over that period of time till I'm now back into the range of a person with a normal heart.
All I know is my doctor tells me that Atorvastatin reduces cholesterol, which reduces the build up inside my blood vessels, which reduces the work my heart has to do when pumping blood throughout my body." Statins are the most profitable drugs in the history of Big Pharma. Statins fail to prevent or treat heart disease for almost everyone who takes them and they are causing more harm than any other class of medications. In fact, statins are effective for approximately 1% who take them. In other words, statins fail 99% who take them." ---Dr. David Brownstein "The Statin Disaster".
I'd like someone who knows about this subject, a scientist, and refute the data in this book. I've seen a small debate by Brownstein and another doctor. and Brownstein's arguments seemed
far more compelling.
All I know is my doctor tells me that Atorvastatin reduces cholesterol, which reduces the build up inside my blood vessels, which reduces the work my heart has to do when pumping blood throughout my body.
That sounds good to me.
I never knew there was an issue with statins. Since my brush with death from congestive heart failure, I've been taking atorvastatin daily...along with four other medicines...for five years. My ejection fraction has steadily improved over that period of time till I'm now back into the range of a person with a normal heart.
???Damn dude. Getting old really isn't for ******s.
???
I didn't say anything about getting old.
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