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Do Statins Save Lives? Doctors Don’t Agree!
How good are statins for preventing heart attacks in primary prevention? More important, do statins save lives? Read surprising new results.
Testimony:
One of the most surprising findings of this study is that the association between LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and heart disease is “weak or inconsistent.”
My brother was at his doctor's office & the doc recommended a statin. My bro asked if his cholesterol was high. Doctor's answer: no, statins are a preventative. My brother's next question: "are you taking a statin?" Doc's answer: "NO." Response from my brother, "then why should I?"
End of discussion. My brother has been a medical malpractice attorney for over 40 yrs with a degree in biology from Harvard & a law degree from UTexas. - [fren on another forum]
It is my understanding there should be a measure of the types of LDL you have. Not just the total cholestoral. I believe it is the smaller LDLs that will supposedly cause the atherosclerosis. Mine were off the chart. It is genetic, unfortunately and not controlled by diet.
I started taking statins last year finally after seeing very high levels of the smaller LDLs. I was reluctant for years to take it. But after being diagnosed with a left branch bundle block last year, I finally agreed to take them. Yeah, I am getting old.
My first blood test this year showed an increase in two liver enzymes. Now it could be a combination of things. I took the blood test three days into being sick with COVID. (no fever and no coughing when I went in to get the blood test a week before a physical) NOTE TO SELF: Never take a blood test when you are sick.
And also this blood test was taken the first day after I took Ivermectin. I also have been drinking a lot more alchohol these days, too. The night before my second blood test I was at a party and drank more than normally do. Anyway, My doctor believes it may be the Ivermectin I took... (high dose prescribed by Frontline Doctor) but I disagreed. I think it may well be the statin drug and/or having COVID. Instead of having a cough and runny nose with the COVID I got I ended up with stomach issues were I felt nauses but not throwing up. I had no appetite to eat.. except for crackers and soup for 10 days. So maybe it was the VID that did it.
I stopped drinking alchohol after the first blood test. I have been taking more blood tests. Upon which one liver enzyme level has gone back to normal. The second one is still elevated but has dropped twice during subsequent blood tests. I have another blood test coming up in May. If that one liver enzyme is still elevated, I am gonna go off the statin drug.