Statins almost ended my ability to play

[Dave P]

Sometimes the side effects from drugs are worse than what I'm taking them for.

 

[Doc Sausage]

I too have been on statins for years. They pass them out like candy in the states. Also have some rheumatoid arthritis. Be 69 this year.

A couple of years ago I thought I would try an experiment. I quit taking the statins and within six months my cholesterol was well over 300. So then what do you do? I read that statins CAUSE heart disease. Who do you believe anymore?

ESPECIALLY post Covid!

 

[Tim]

I believe the evidence is starting to point toward inflammation being the culprit that causes the cholesterol to stick in the artery wall. Much of that is caused by diet, eating too much processed foods and carbs and will be indicated with high triglycerides. Tobacco as well as too much visceral fat also cause inflammation. The TG/HDL ratio is probably the best predictor of metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance) and chances of disease. I once saw a stat that most folks living to 100 have high LDL.

This video goes over a recent study showing high LDL was not a problem for folks eating a ketogenic (low carb) diet.

 

[Redhod]

My cardiologist says I'm one of 15% of the country that is allergic to statins. Some friends of mine can take them, no problem. Me? I've tried a number of times over the years and every damn time immediately turn into the Tin Man, begging for the oil can. I'm an instant wreck. The leg pains start and I don't even want to walk anymore. Which sounds like a great remedy for improved heart health!

I wonder far into the future we'll have to go before we move on something else. Statins seem to me to be a brutal way of achieving some blood number. What do they do? Inhibit your liver? So I don't take them and instead eat healthy as possible.

 

[Doc Sausage]

My cardiologist says I'm one of 15% of the country that is allergic to statins. Some friends of mine can take them, no problem. Me? I've tried a number of times over the years and every damn time immediately turn into the Tin Man, begging for the oil can. I'm an instant wreck. The leg pains start and I don't even want to walk anymore. Which sounds like a great remedy for improved heart health!

I wonder far into the future we'll have to go before we move on something else. Statins seem to me to be a brutal way of achieving some blood number. What do they do? Inhibit your liver? So I don't take them and instead eat healthy as possible.

Someone once described them as making your healthy liver sick. Kind of stuck in my memory.

 

[ch willie]

It's amazing that so many of us have experienced these problems with statins. I'm determined to take care of my heath with fewer medicines than I take now.