Who’d of thunk they might be all tied together. The Healthy Skeptic comes out with more vital information.
He’s very good at articulating stuff I often read about in concise and clear terms complete with documentation. Cholesterol hype and the use of statin drugs are about as bad psychiatric medication scams and now we see that low cholesterol and therefore statins can be dangerous to those who might suffer from depression.
Hi Duane! Glad you found it interesting! I take niacin and niacinamide after reading recommendations from Gianna and yourself! Seems to do the trick!
There was yet another feature in yesterday’s Daily Mail (London) newspaper on the dangers of statins…….
The article in full, together with 55 overwhelmingly negative comments from readers, is here…
I can never work out the Daily Mail newspaper. It is owned by the Rothermere press dynasty, headed today by the billionaire Jonathan Harmsworth, the 3rd Viscount Rothermere.. Yet sometimes, especially on medical matters, the newspaper stands up for the little people!
Sloopy
Sloopy,
I always enjoy reading your stuff….you’re always on top of things over in the UK!
“Cholestorol” –
Niacin (flush-free if the flush bothers someone)…
Works good, and it’s cheap.
Which is why we aren’t hearing about it from the docs/medical community!
Duane
Hi Gianna!
I just read an article on statins in the popular national newspaper, the Daily Mail.
The article is titled “The Hidden (And Painful) Cost of Statins)” and was authored by Dr Andrew Bamji, a consultant rheumatologist in England.
Dr Bamji was taking statins until things went “horribly wrong”…
Like so many other users of statins, Dr Bamji suffered excrutiating muscle pain. Here’s the start of his article..
The article in full is here….
Of equal interest are the readers’ comments on that article..
So far, 20 of the 21 comments are very anti-statin. That’s an extraordinary ratio!
The solitary comment from the pro-statin camp doesn’t actually dispute the enormity of the problem but blames the government for not taking action. Don’t blame Big Pharma or us medics – it’s all the Government’s fault! This epidemic of statin damage could easily be avoided by simply screening for some crucial enzyme that our wonder drugs are believed to destroy!
yeah, The Healthy Skeptic is an awesome site…he’s in acupuncture school so he’s not a simple consumer…he’s studying from a alternative view…
Thanks for posting this, Gianna!
That’s a really good site you have discovered there. I just printed out half a dozen pages on statins for someone to read.
It’s so difficult to come by sceptical reports on the latest ‘wonder drugs’. By hook or by crook, the pharmaceutical industry has blocked most avenues for honest reporting in the media.
Thank God for consumer-run websites like this one!