Re: I Am Not a Garbage Disposal!

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My doctor wanted to put me on Lipitor. I had been on it once before and decided to stop taking it. I have done some reading about it. Apparently statins have been proven effective for men who have already had a heart attack. They have never been proven to be effective in women. And women are not simply men without a penis. For years women were dying from heart attacks because our symptoms are different from those of men.CaroleFrom: sanamu1234

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 11:47:54 PMSubject: Re: I Am Not a Garbage Disposal!I agree completely; this is all Big Pharma making billions more dollars a year selling statins. Same with lowering the #'s for blood pressure a few years back; made them even more billions and the pharmaceutical companies are on the boards that set the standards of care in medicine. Nasty.>> I'm a skeptic about cholesterol being 'an enemy' too. Its a NORMAL part of the body -

in every cell if I'm not mistaken. Its easier for me to believe that build up of plague is more due to inadequate Vit. C than 'excessive' cholesterol which is produced by our livers too. > > Katcha>

[Guest guest]

My doctor wanted to put me on Lipitor. I had been on it once before and decided to stop taking it. I have done some reading about it. Apparently statins have been proven effective for men who have already had a heart attack. They have never been proven to be effective in women. And women are not simply men without a penis. For years women were dying from heart attacks because our symptoms are different from those of men.CaroleFrom: sanamu1234

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 11:47:54 PMSubject: Re: I Am Not a Garbage Disposal!I agree completely; this is all Big Pharma making billions more dollars a year selling statins. Same with lowering the #'s for blood pressure a few years back; made them even more billions and the pharmaceutical companies are on the boards that set the standards of care in medicine. Nasty.>> I'm a skeptic about cholesterol being 'an enemy' too. Its a NORMAL part of the body -

in every cell if I'm not mistaken. Its easier for me to believe that build up of plague is more due to inadequate Vit. C than 'excessive' cholesterol which is produced by our livers too. > > Katcha>