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Claims About Benefits & Harms of Statins are Not Evidence-Based

MyriiStorm
MyriiStorm Posts: 609 Member
edited November 13 in Social Groups
Dr. Aseem Malhotra being interviewed by SkyNews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuhW4e-Ych0&feature=youtu.be

I think the most disturbing part of this interview is where he says that up to 29% of patients who take statins have adverse side effects, but the official literature says it is around 1%.

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  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited November 2016
    MyriiStorm wrote: »
    Dr. Aseem Malhotra being interviewed by SkyNews.

    I think the most disturbing part of this interview is where he says that up to 29% of patients who take statins have adverse side effects, but the official literature says it is around 1%.

    Interesting.....

    It's almost as if statins are the new butter. In the rush to villify statins and the scoundrels who begat them, I wonder if there aren't important distinctions among cardiac-risk subgroups being thrown to the wolves.

    On the other side, it sounds as if there may be a possibility of damage to lean tissue that doesn't produce cramps or noticeable weakness.

    As far as side effects that affect your daily life, I experienced nasty cramps with Lipitor but none to speak of with Crestor, so I can at least be pretty sure they're not all created equal for all people.....



  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Just read something somewhere re:. Statins only work on males. I'm at work right now but I'll see if I can find the references later.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited November 2016
    canadjineh wrote: »
    Just read something somewhere re:. Statins only work on males. I'm at work right now but I'll see if I can find the references later.

    Like super-testosterone? ;)
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    canadjineh wrote: »
    Just read something somewhere re:. Statins only work on males. I'm at work right now but I'll see if I can find the references later.

    I've read that statins are mainly helpful for males too. Especially middle aged males with a history of heart disease. As women get older, it appears that statins become less likely to help, more likely to have side effects, and more likely to create a problem since slightly higher cholesterol levels appear to be protective for women's health.

  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    canadjineh wrote: »
    Just read something somewhere re:. Statins only work on males. I'm at work right now but I'll see if I can find the references later.

    I've read that statins are mainly helpful for males too. Especially middle aged males with a history of heart disease. As women get older, it appears that statins become less likely to help, more likely to have side effects, and more likely to create a problem since slightly higher cholesterol levels appear to be protective for women's health.

    I think total cholesterol in the mid-200 range is associated with lower all-cause biting the dust for everyone as the years start to pile up (depending upon which edition of whose guidelines you follow, of course).

    (Being male, diabetic, scroogelike :s at Xmas , etc., I'm already at high risk, so I light up the statin scale on most scoresheets...)
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