Statin Side Effects + Statins & CoQ1- Deficiency + Homocysteine + News Flashes

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Statin Side Effects

http://www.freewebs.com/stopped_our_statins/index.htm

While taking a statin, do/did you experience:

* Shoulder/neck or muscle pain?

* Difficulty turning over in bed?

* Difficulty walking (heavy legs)?

* Frequent fatigue for no apparent reason?

Just SOME of the most serious complications from statins:

* Rhabdomyolysis:

Muscle deterioration; severe cases can lead to kidney failure & death.

* Increased Creatine Phosphokinase [CK or CPK]:

Enzyme released due to damage of the muscles of the heart, body and brain

* Memory Loss, often mistaken for Alzheimer's

* Parkinson's type symptoms

* Cancer

* Heart Palpitations & Arrhythmias

* Migraines

* Digestive Disorders

Did your doctor...

Ever tell you that you should take CoQ10 when taking statins?

Explain all the possible side effects that might far outweigh any benefit?

Tell you that statins can make you exercise intolerant?

Ever ask if you were experiencing memory decline?

And when you complained of muscle pain...

Did your CK or CPK test come back NORMAL?

AND your Dr. said Statins are NOT the problem;

Must be arthritis? Old age?

Only you can answer these questions.

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Statins & CoQ10 Deficiency

CoQ10 (Also known as Coenzyme Q10 - Q10 Co-enzyme Q10 – Ubiquinone) plays a

critically important role in energy production and possibly an even greater

role within the mitochondria as an anti-oxidant, with a free radical-quenching

ability some 50 times greater than that of vitamin E. 

Statins & CoQ10 Deficiency

http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_CoQ10.htm

Homocysteine

Elevated homocysteine was identified over 40 years ago as a better indicator

of heart disease than high cholesterol. BUT the medical community took a

U-Turn and stayed with the high cholesterol theory. There are several books and

articles on this website that discuss (elevated) homocysteine, how it affects

your heart health and how to regulate homocysteine.

Read more at: Cholesterol & Homocysteine

http://www.freewebs.com/stopped_our_statins/cholesterolhomocysteine.htm

News Flash

Big Pharma Research Racket is Killing People [NEW]

http://www.sierratimes.com/06/06/24/75_7_241_211_29304.htm

Over the past six years, ten FDA approved drugs have been withdrawn from the

market due to deaths and injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not

doing its job in protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for

measures of improvement. Article written by Pringle ~ June 24, 2006

FDA accused of suppressing drug safety information (commentary)

http://www.newstarget.com/012467.html

Profits first, safety last...

News Target article posted 10/14/05 by Mike

Statistical Contortionism Among Statin Drugs

http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane17.htm

Article by Shane Ellison - April 23, 2005

" A veil of secrecy obscures the truth behind FDA-approved drugs, especially

the cholesterol-lowering drugs. "

Doctors in U-turn on advice for cholesterol

http://www.freewebs.com/stopped_our_statins/Sun%20Express%2017.4.05.doc

A study of 2,277 over-65's - the age when heart attack is highest -

discovered those with low cholesterol were twice as likely to die as those with

high

cholesterol. Newspaper article. [large file - takes awhile to load]

Deaths from heart disease 26% lower, but all cause mortality 31%

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/health/article.jsp?content=20050412_114548_532\

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High-dose cholesterol drug cuts heart attack risk, but doctor warns of

possible increased chances of death from other causes.

Statin Effects Study at UCSD

http://medicine.ucsd.edu/SES/adverse_effects.htm

A group of scientists, doctors, students, and others interested in

understanding the full spectrum of effects of statins and other

cholesterol-lowering

drugs - including good and adverse effects. Project Investigators: Dr Beatrice

Golomb & Dr Criqui ~ Statin Effects Study at the University of 

California, San Diego.

NOTE: If you know someone who may have experienced adverse effects on

statins, the " UCSD Statin Effects Study " would greatly appreciate it if you

would contact them at statinstudy@... or . Your input can

be of

great help to this study.

Deaths Linked to Heart Drugs

Sunday Times - Britain

March 06, 2005

Written by Lois , Medical Editor

Page 1: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1512613_1,00.html

Page 2: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1512613_1,00.html

Page 3: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1512613_1,00.html  

Frontline " Dangerous Prescription "

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/prescription/view/

Watch the full program online: Drug Safety, Baycol Study, Redux Story, Fen

Phen Tragedy, Stifling Dissent at the FDA, Reviewers hushed

National Institutes of Health: Public Servant or Private Marketer?

http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details & ID=4603 & typeID=62

Written By Willman Times Staff Writer ~ 12/22/04

For 15 million Americans, it is a daily ritual: gulping down a pill to reduce

cholesterol.

Note: If you read the article on the LA Times website, free registration is

required.

The link above is Georgia State University Library

FDA lax in drug safety, JAMA warns Independent agency is sought to prevent

conflicts of interest.  11/23/04

http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details & ID=4603 & typeID=62