How many of statins' side effects are autoimmune diseases?

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I saw a rheumatologist yesterday for the first time re. my post-statins health problems and he made a preliminary diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. Almost all the symptoms that I've been attributing to the aftermath of statin poisoning also fit the profile of this type of rheumatoid arthritis. To me this indicates that what we may think of as mere side effects, as horrendous as they may be, very well could be, in fact, symptoms of a known disease that has been triggered by the drug. This is a somewhat subtle but I believe a very important distinction. . So many of the statins' side effects can be attributed to their devastating effect on the immune system that it is surprising there has not been more written about this aspect of the side effects issue. I remember the shock I felt when I first learned that statins were seriously investigated as a possible treatment for MS and organ transplant patients, for their

usefulness in dampening the immune response. While this seems to make sense for transplant patients, there are now many health experts who have come around to the understanding that autoimmune disorders, such as MS is thought to be, are caused by a weakened immune system, not an overactive one, as was previously the prevailing theory. So the question is, what kind of sense does it make to lower your immunity for any reason other than in the case of a life-threatening need to do so, which would apply to transplant patients only?! Autoimmune disorders run quite a gamut; among those diseases known or suspected to be of autoimmune origin, just a few are listed here: (From: http://dir./Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Autoimmune_Diseases/?skw=autoimmune+diseases+list) There are many more that are suspected of being autoimmune, which is the label applied to any disease process in which the body attacks its own cells and tissues, due to the immune system failing to differentiate the good from the bad Just since yesterday's doctor visit, I've come around to this awareness that some--perhaps many--of the effects of statins on the immune

system could more accurately be thought of as actual disease processes that have been triggered by statins' toxicity in our bodies, rather than mere "side effects" It might take a medical detective to unravel the tangle of symptoms and get to the root of the matter, but I suspect that's what it's going to take for many of us to be properly diagnosed and treated in the aftermath of our statins' poisoning. In looking at these conditions as the actual diseases that many of them actually are, rather than just a set of "side effects," I'm convinced we'll be much more likely to be taken seriously by some doubting doctors. Let's not give those doctors an excuse to dismiss our concerns as mere complaints of side effects. Instead let's give them the list of actual symptoms we're experiencing, and leave the fact that these all started after our being prescribed statins until after they've diagnosed the disease we now have. I must admit this did not

occur to me until after my doctor's visit yesterday, but fortunately this particular rheumatologist did not doubt that my illness resulted from statin poisoning. Most of us know all too well that's not always the case yet. Always before, I've thought of the side effects I've suffered as being due to the depletion of this essential nutrient or that one, without a thought as to whether these symptoms are adding up to a recognizable disease. Extend this same line of reasoning to other disease processes and it will have you wondering what poison might have triggered your migraines or your eczema or your heart attack. It's all too easy, at least for some, to focus on a disease as something that has happened to us and not as something that was done to us. Or that we might have done to ourselves. We encounter so many more poisons in our environment, in our food, in our water, in the air we breathe, than ever before in history. If statins hadn't been

invented, there are plenty of other poisons out there that we aren't even aware of yet. But I think we know enough about this particular one to put many in the medical profession to shame. If you have any symptoms that might add up to a disease brought on by statins, may I suggest that you try presenting just the symptoms to any new doctor you might happen to go to and see if you get a different response! Especially if your symptoms seem to add up to being one of the autoimmune baddies.-----

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