Pfizer is still fighting and settling lawsuits claiming Lipitor causes type II diabetes. Space Dr. Duane Graveline took Lipitor and claimed it causes memory loss. Let buyers beware.
https://www.classaction.com/lipitor/settlement/
https://spacedoc.com/articles/graveline-statin-side-effects
https://advancedq10.com/dr-duane-gravelines-video-on-cholesterol-q10-and-statins/
Statins are fake medicine. High cholesterol is not a health problem in and of itself; it's a symptom of a bigger health problem (usually heart disease, thyroid disease or kidney disease). Blaming high cholesterol for health problems is like blaming a fireman for starting fires because he's at every fire.
I staunchly believe that the American Medical Association deliberately waits to diagnose disease until people are so sick that they need regular drugs and doctor visits for a long time. Lowering cholesterol via statins is one of those strategies. Statins mask one of the most notable symptoms, allowing that the person to get sicker and sicker from the root problem.
Edit to add a reference article: https://chriskresser.com/the-diet-heart-myth-statins-dont-save-lives-in-people-without-heart-disease/
Sick care, not health care is what we have.
I believe it too. Mask the symptoms so you can be sicker with the problem.
This is what happened to me. When I went in for a check-up, my cholesterol was 405. The doctor told me to take a statin and I'd be fine. Turned out I had a kidney disease and by postponing diagnosing it, it allowed me to get to the point that I was literally on the verge of kidney failure when they did finally diagnose me.
they pushed all kind and never get to the root of the problems. Put a bandage on the cut and let the infection continues.
If I have a problem, I always asked, "What is the problem? Where or how the problem come about?"
After that, go to alternative doctor or research alternative treatments.
What about the kidney enzymes? How were those tests?
I'm not sure what you mean by kidney enzymes? In my case, my kidneys had holes. Protein and nutrients were leaking out of the holes. My body was making protein like crazy to make up for the protein running out of the holes, and cholesterol is a by-product of protein production. The cholesterol wasn't running out of the holes, though; it just built up in my blood stream. If my doctor had done any testing at all to see what the root cause of the high cholesterol was, I probably would have never gotten so sick.
Careful, you're getting awfully close to saying our white-coated healing gods don't know what they're doing.
I do not worship on the tabernacle of the white coats.
It follows the maxim "a patiend cured is a customer killed" so they're, of course, treating a symptom and not the disease.
You mean that high cholesterol can be a sign of magnesium deficiency? My understanding is that plaque is essentially a scab over a damaged part of the artery and the scab is made of cholesterol. High cholesterol can be a sign that your arteries are damaged.
Magnesium is an essential nutrient. So many body functions rely on magnesium, and as you said, if you are low on magnesium, you won't absorb calcium. You also won't make Vitamin D, either, and Vitamin D production is one of the ways that cholesterol is used up by the body. So I guess the lack of Vitamin D production can be a sign of low magnesium, too.
What is interesting is that most Americans are magnesium deficient, but the AMA doesn't recommend that people take a magnesium supplement. They do, however, recommend that women take a calcium supplement, which exacerbates the magnesium/calcium imbalance that already exists in the typical American diet.