Taking Cholesterol reducing Statin Drugs actually KILLS your Heart !

[GOD IS MY DOG]

For over 40 years, the myth of the primary cause of heart disease is that cholesterol "causes" plaque build up in the arteries, leading to obstruction of blood flow, and subsequent morbidity and mortality.

Drug companies profit from USD25 billion dollars in statin drug sales, annually.

While it is true that oxidized low-density lipoprotein is found within the atheromatous plaque found in damaged arteries, it is only an effect of heart disease. The underlying damage to the lining of the artery, which could be infectious, chemical, stress and/or nutritionally-related, comes before the immune response that results in plaque buildup there. Blaming LDL cholesterol for causing heart disease, is like blaming the scab for the injury that caused it to form !


Statin drugs damage the muscles and nerves in the body -- a dose as low as 5 mg a day can kill a human !


Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, statin drugs increase the risk of diabetes by 48%. This adds to growing clinical evidence that statin drugs are fundamentally diabetogenic.

Statin drugs contribute to insulin resistance, elevated blood sugar, and full-blown diabetes, are not only diabetogenic but cardiotoxic, as well.

Cardiotoxicity is characteristic of statin drugs. Because the most well-known adverse effect of statin drugs is their muscle-damaging (myotoxic) properties, it is commonsense to deduce that statin drugs are toxic to the heart muscle and actually weaken the heart muscle.

What is the most important nutrient widely recognized to benefit cardiovascular health? Coenzyme Q10 would be the correct answer.

And statin drugs suppress the production (via mevalonate pathway inhibition) of this indispensable factor in mitochondrial ATP production. The heart muscle is so ATP-dependent that each cardiac muscle cell has as many as 200 times higher levels of mitochondria than skeletal muscle cells. It is, after all, the muscle that never stops working.

There are a wide range of nutritional deficiencies statin drugs induce, including selenium, zinc, and vitamin E deficiency -- all of which may profoundly harm cardiovascular function.

 

[johnny333]

And statin drugs suppress the production (via mevalonate pathway inhibition) of this indispensable factor in mitochondrial ATP production. The heart muscle is so ATP-dependent that each cardiac muscle cell has as many as 200 times higher levels of mitochondria than skeletal muscle cells. It is, after all, the muscle that never stops working.

There are a wide range of nutritional deficiencies statin drugs induce, including selenium, zinc, and vitamin E deficiency -- all of which may profoundly harm cardiovascular function.

If you are taking statins you need to supplement with C0Q10 because statins deplete the body's CoQ10.

 

[Leepotism]

New Blood Thinner Linked To Higher Heart Attack Risk





But benefits of Pradaxa still outweigh risks for those with atrial fibrillation, experts say



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MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) is associated with a small increase in the risk of heart attack, a new review finds.

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio looked at seven trials involving Pradaxa that included more than 30,000 patients. This process, called a meta-analysis, uses data from published clinical trials to tease out a pattern that might not show up in a single study.

The researchers found Pradaxa was associated with an increased risk of heart attack or acute coronary syndrome (heart attack or angina), compared with two other commonly used blood thinners, warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven) and enoxaparin (Lovenox).

Among those taking Pradaxa, 1.19 percent had a heart attack or suffered from acute coronary syndrome compared with 0.79 percent of those taking either of the other drugs, they noted.

Although there was a 33 percent increase in relative risk for a heart attack among those taking Pradaxa, the absolute increased risk -- that is, the added risk for any one individual of having a heart attack if on Pradaxa -- was 0.27 percent, researchers said.

Pradaxa was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2010 for people with a common heart rhythm problem called atrial fibrillation. People with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk for stroke and are often prescribed medication to prevent clotting.

Pradaxa is often prescribed as an alternative to warfarin, a medication that has been used for a long time but which can raise the risk of bleeding and is difficult to dose properly.

Pradaxa is also used to prevent blood clots in people who've had joint replacement surgery.

"For persons with atrial fibrillation, dabigatran has a favorable benefit-risk profile, but for other uses the risk of heart attack has to be taken into account," said lead researcher Dr. Ken Uchino, director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Training Program at the Cleveland Clinic.

The report was published in the Jan. 9 online edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

In the large study that led to the approval of Pradaxa, there was a suggestion that Pradaxa might be associated with an increased risk of heart attacks, Uchino explained.

However, the drug's benefit for patients with atrial fibrillation outweighs the risk, he said.

"The increase of [heart attack] risk associated with dabigatran is small, and the benefit in prevention of stroke among persons with atrial fibrillation is greater," Uchino said.

Why Pradaxa is associated with an increased heart attack risk isn't clear, they say. It's possible Pradaxa doesn't increase heart attack risk directly, but it may not be as effective as warfarin and aspirin in preventing heart attacks, he added.

Dr. John Smith, senior vice president for clinical development and medical affairs at Boehringer Ingelheim, the makers of Pradaxa, said that "we don't agree with the conclusion and the method used for this meta-analysis. Based on all the data, we conclude that heart attack is not an adverse consequence of Pradaxa treatment."

Another expert said that the risk of heart attack does not outweigh the benefits of the drug, especially taking the risk of serious bleeding with warfarin into account.

"I would be cautious about this meta-analysis. It doesn't convince me," Dr. William O'Neill, a professor of cardiology and executive dean for clinical affairs at the University of Miami School of Medicine, said. "I am unimpressed by the data."

Warfarin, O'Neill added, "is a pretty lousy drug."

Although he estimated about one in 10 patients can't tolerate Pradaxa because of severe gastrointestinal side effects, "you don't have to monitor it the way you have to with warfarin. It's a big improvement over warfarin."

Dr. Jeremy Jacobs, a lecturer in geriatric medicine at Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem and author of an accompanying editorial, said the study shows the importance of continuing to track new drugs after they've been approved and placed on the market.

"The dabigatran debate is a good example which raises issues concerning post-marketing surveillance, and pharmaco-vigilance," Jacobs said. "Who takes responsibility? Industry? Independent researchers? National bodies?"

"I personally tend to favor the latter, since the stakes are very high for new drugs, and it is difficult for industry-backed research to overcome conflicts of interest that inevitably arise," he added.

As far as dabigatran is concerned, Jacobs said that physicians should be cautious, especially when prescribing it to patients with known heart disease. The issue will only be clarified as more data about the risk accumulates and how it measures up against the dangers of bleeding posed by warfarin, he said.

More information

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[Agoraphobic]

My Ah Kong never was on any kind of medication (except Cigarettes, heheh) - and he lived till 90. He finally died of a lung infection, but I remember him to be exceptionally fit till the last two months of his life. Thinking back, he ate simply, porridge and veggies. A little fish and meat. And he walked a great deal, even in this eighties. Was slim, talkative, and always put up a happy front.

It is our modern lifestyle, excessive indulgences, and sendentary lives that cause all the health problems we see today. And instead of cutting down on these, we resort to pills.

Cheers!

 

[johnny333]

My Ah Kong never was on any kind of medication (except Cigarettes, heheh) - and he lived till 90. He finally died of a lung infection, but I remember him to be exceptionally fit till the last two months of his life. Thinking back, he ate simply, porridge and veggies. A little fish and meat. And he walked a great deal, even in this eighties. Was slim, talkative, and always put up a happy front.

It is our modern lifestyle, excessive indulgences, and sendentary lives that cause all the health problems we see today. And instead of cutting down on these, we resort to pills.

Cheers!

In those days all foods was organically grown, not like today where you have genetically modified foods with all kinds of insecticides, hormones, irradiation & pesticides thrown in. Plenty of additives like msg, sugars, salts & additives included in foods to enhance the taste:(

It's really, really difficult to shop for healthy foods

 

[tonychat]

But benefits of Pradaxa still outweigh risks for those with atrial fibrillation, experts say

what kind of freaking expert is that? eating trash and called trash gold?

so who approved this drug..

once approved, billions of $ rolled in and see people drop dead.. no difference from murder and robbery.


speaking of which, where is that sinkie goon who loves to read journal and need others to feed him information (so much for the work of a researcher). Maybe he should show off his xyz drug to this expert and be named expert among expert.. hehehhe

 

[Agoraphobic]

In those days all foods was organically grown, not like today where you have genetically modified foods with all kinds of insecticides, hormones, irradiation & pesticides thrown in. Plenty of additives like msg, sugars, salts & additives included in foods to enhance the taste:(

It's really, really difficult to shop for healthy foods

When I was a kid, meat was relatively expensive and we ate mostly fish (ikan bilis, kuning). Chicken was a treat, unlike today it is almost everyday it is consumed. And to cater to this, the farms go "high-tech" with growth hormones and whatever drugs they add to the feed to make the chicken grow fast, and fat. Then, I don't remember any fat Malays kids, unlike these days.

At home, my wife takes care of the menu and I'd say we eat relatively healthy. It is eating out that is not, even morning porridge (congee), I've seen them add MSG to the bowl. And those Ya Kun eggs, I think they're kinda big for chicken eggs, something is not normal.

Cheers!

 

[laksaboy]

Because regular exercise and a sensible diet is too damn hard compared to popping a magic pill.

If people (especially those overweight American fuckers) die from statins, they deserve it.

[video=youtube;efyrzAewjz8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyrzAewjz8[/video]

 

[tonychat]

Because regular exercise and a sensible diet is too damn hard compared to popping a magic pill.

If people (especially those overweight American fuckers) die from statins, they deserve it.

[video=youtube;efyrzAewjz8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyrzAewjz8[/video]

just realise the girl behind only has one leg.