Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs - The Facts (Part-1)
If what Prof Sir Rory Collins is saying is right - it may be possible that the critics have gotten it wrong on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
Or is it that the "Big Pharma" is at it again and hiding the dangers they may present?Let us investigate the pros and cons - or more so what the researchers are saying (to defend the drugs) and what the critics are saying - "the researchers have got it wrong again.
" Two critical articles were recently published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) doubting the abilities of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
However, Prof Sir Rory Collins (Oxford University researcher) was quick to their defence.
But Dr Fiona Godlee said "the articles were well written, well referenced, they were peer-reviewed.
" So who is right? What and who are prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In the U.
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, about 7-million people are offered these types of drugs - those who have a one-in-five chance of having heart disease in the next decade, and where - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that the use of such drugs should be increased to people with as low as a one-in-ten chance - 10% (for those who may have an elevated risk of either a heart attack or stroke).
- This new recommendation follows a recent study overseen by Professor Collins' team at the Oxford University in the U.
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What is the case AGAINST cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? There DOES seems to be a case against the use of such drugs, and more so the increased use of them, as some say that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs maybe "the biggest fraud in the history of modern-day medicine.
" The following are just some of the things that are claimed to be against the use of such drugs:
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being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs? and finishing with the conclusion.
Or is it that the "Big Pharma" is at it again and hiding the dangers they may present?Let us investigate the pros and cons - or more so what the researchers are saying (to defend the drugs) and what the critics are saying - "the researchers have got it wrong again.
" Two critical articles were recently published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) doubting the abilities of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
However, Prof Sir Rory Collins (Oxford University researcher) was quick to their defence.
But Dr Fiona Godlee said "the articles were well written, well referenced, they were peer-reviewed.
" So who is right? What and who are prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In the U.
K.
, about 7-million people are offered these types of drugs - those who have a one-in-five chance of having heart disease in the next decade, and where - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that the use of such drugs should be increased to people with as low as a one-in-ten chance - 10% (for those who may have an elevated risk of either a heart attack or stroke).
- This new recommendation follows a recent study overseen by Professor Collins' team at the Oxford University in the U.
K.
What is the case AGAINST cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? There DOES seems to be a case against the use of such drugs, and more so the increased use of them, as some say that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs maybe "the biggest fraud in the history of modern-day medicine.
" The following are just some of the things that are claimed to be against the use of such drugs:
- Bad cholesterol is actually believed to be a myth, as cholesterol is supposed to be essential to life (fact or fiction?).
- Although the brain contains only 2% of the body's mass, it also contains around 25% of the total cholesterol - lowering the cholesterol with these drugs maybe contributing to Alzheimer's disease (only a possibility).
- Their use DOES seem to raise the risk of herpes zoster ([shingles] researchers from St.
Michael's Hospital, Ontario, Canada, conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of Ontario residents which was published in the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases) - (fact). - It is known that statin drugs have serious side-effects - the FDA warns against: liver damage, memory loss and confusion, type 2 diabetes, and muscle weakness (fact).
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and the U.
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being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs? and finishing with the conclusion.
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