B.C.
I'm not convinced that high cholesterol is the big bad thing they make it out to be.
People with low cholesterol have heart attacks too.
And some people with high cholesterol never develop heart disease.
When I finished breast feeding my son my Dr started me on Liptor and after awhile it stopped working - they raised the dose and my numbers stayed high anyway.
Then they put me on Zocor and it seemed to work.
So one Easter there was some bad weather somewhere and my mail order refill was delayed for 2 weeks.
I ran out and was off it for awhile.
I noticed the joint pain I'd been feeling disappeared and I'd been having some horrible memory problems (once I drove down a street that I'd traveled every day for over 10 years and for 10 min I totally had NO idea where I was).
My memory improved dramatically after a few days of being off the statin.
When my refill finally arrived I began taking it again and my joint pains and memory problems came back.
So I stopped taking it and told my doctor why.
She said she didn't believe the drug was causing my problems.
I said "I take the drug - I have these problems. I don't take the drug - I don't have these problems. Mystery solved as far as I'm concerned.".
I'll never take a statin again - the side effects are just not worth it.
My cholesterol is high and it runs that way in my family.
I think in 50 years (or when the profit goes out of pushing cholesterol drugs) the experts will find that lowering cholesterol is not a healthy thing to do.
http://feelgoodbasket.com/cholesterol-good-and-not-so-bad/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505142730...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/1...