I have stopped taking statins three times. I am kind of gullible because I thought the doctors knew what was best for me. Each time I took statins I had bad muscle pain and quit but they convinced me to try again. The last time I quit was because a study showed that statins could cause permanent muscle damage. Considering that the heart is a muscle, taking statins seemed insane. I have since learned that statins only decreased the chances of having a heart attack by 1 percent rather than the 35 percent as claimed and that low cholesterol levels in seniors is dangerous.
Yes. Remember they get paid by the Pharmaceutical companies It is a mafia I always check what they give me on the internet . Keep a file of all your medical papers and prescriptions with your notes as to what your doctor told you!!!!!
see how they lured us into these poison? They let us spend a lot of money and slowly kill us as well. Statins are in fact causing heart attacks. High cholesterol is a myth. Our body produces cholesterol in certain levels for our muscles and brain to function normally. if you eat fatty foods, your body will produce less for balance, By artificially reducing it thru drugs, you run the risk of heart attacks. It happens really when even a 26 year-old athletic guy who suddenly collapsed due to heart attack. He was taking statins at the time and so sevely taxed his heart due to lower functions of his heart at the same time exertion thru his athletic chores. Deadly combination.
Atorvastatin gave me such muscle and joint pain, I was already debilitated. Couldn't carry, lift, push, pull, twist anything over a couple of pounds without severe wrist and/or shoulder pain beginning about 12 hours later and continuing for about 36-50 hours. This wasn't "Hmmm, maybe I have a touch of arthritis" pain. This was "Holy cow! how did I break my wrist?" pain. Entirely unacceptable.
Bro, please, could you reply to me?... I have been taking statins for 7 years, i am on my fourth day of not taking them. How did you stop taking them?... Suddenly?... little by little? Reducing the dosage?.... Please, i would really like you to help me on this. Thank you.
@@franklinruizbn857 i can share my story..i take medicine for almost 1 year..i experience a lot of issue...i mean damn a lot..like my entire body is failing on me..i stop cold turkey..i dont care about the risk about stopping it...i just cant endure the side effect..is way too much
I stopped reducing the dosage in half then half again then none. All of this within 4 weeks. It has been amost two years since my i started this. I have a stent on my left circunflex. It was put there back in 2013 and wa on statins for almost 7 years non stopping. My body couldn't hand it anymore. My joints, my lower back, my hands and wrist were a mess. I believe that even now after almost two years non taking statings side effects have remained. Just go for a 4 miles run every other day, cut sugar and simple carbohydrates, eat lots of sprouted veggies, green leaves, olive oil, salmon, lean meat, dried fruits, fresh fruits, seeds and nuts, dark bitter chocolate, oats. As supplements i take red yeast rice, vitamin d, cat's claw, spirulina, blackseed oil, aspirins and coQ10. I pray, i do not cheat on myself or wife and i accept life how it is and study and work within love and gratefulness ( which is the best medice amongst all)
I recently stopped statin use of 21 years and do not recall feeling better for most, if not all, of that period. If ANY DOCTOR had been so candid so as to explain that my chances of a heart event would have gone from 1 in 100 to 2 in 100 by discontinuing statins,.... I would have quit a long time ago. The side effects are not worth the miniscule benefit.
Here's some side effects that I suffered, how about being in pain every day with muscle weakness, not being able to recollect names that I could remember before taking statins.
I stopped taking stains and hypertension meds almost a year ago. I began with Crestor in 2002, but it was too powerful and my cholesterol went from 220 to 159 in three months. Switched to Lipitor, and cholesterol stayed in the 180s. This went on for 10 years, after which my blood pressure went up 140/90. So then I had to take Norvasc, which is a statin plus hypertension med. Three years later, my creatinine began rising. Now the kidneys were affected. And all this while following a low fat, low salt diet, with regular workouts. So I said F that, began doing my own research. Switched to higher fat foods, my carbs are just veggies, kept the workouts. My last checkup showed higher HDL, much much lower triglycerides, although LDL just slightly higher than normal. Blood pressure 115/77. And my kidneys' filtration rate went up 9 points, from 42 to 51. I can't really say that the statins and other drugs contributed to my other maladies, but I think I can safely say that I don't really need them. The key is lifestyle. It's not easy, but neither is it impossible. However, if you would rather take a pill, I don't fault people for that. I have friends that would rather do that than follow my lead. It's their life, right?
They put you on statins, it raises your sugar levels and they'll put you on metformin or insulin. 😅 Statin will decrease your vitamin D, K & A. Which is essential for your eyes health, Statins are responsible for alzheimers. ED in men, muscule degeneration. Muscule pains, I stopped. I want to remember my kids😁
Been eating a whole food plant based diet. My LDL is 62, total cholesterol 129. I stopped taking my med. and my doctor convinced me to go back on them at have the dose. I agreed and started them up again. I’m type two diabetic and have lowered my A1C from 6.1 to 5.6. I stopped taking Metformine too and again Dr. Wanted me back on, and again the dose was cut in half in a time released pill. The only drug the Dr. Let me stop was for high blood pressure. It’s amazing just how many chemicals are poor bodies have to put up with and does so pretty well for the most part. But....so many of us are living into our elderly years the major health problems when in the past we would have just passed away. 7/07/17 my beloved sister passed at 75. She fell and broke her pelvis, had to have surgery, picked up one of the most deadly infections, then more surgery. Her fight to live was around 10 months of pure pain and discomfort. In the end she was so emaciated and week she passed within two days of giving up. She’s my angel now... 😘
Im very sorry of your loss ! Wish you a long life ahead . Please can you tell me how you ve gotten to stop the Metformin ??you managed to do it without the high fat diet ?
I had terrible, Side Effects from taken, Zocor (Simvastatin) and my Doctor left me Suffering until I took myself off of it, do I have a Story, I suffered 3 years, sincerely, Diana Lipski 💕
Became a monk. Started Monk fasts on a constant frequency. Dropped 165 and repaired my metabolism. Still do Ketomad, and 2 to 3 days fasts. Cut my BP and Simvistatin in half. No problems after 9 days. Stopped taking the other half yesterday. Got the best sleep Ive gotten in years last night. No matter if I live or die, Im marked safe from letting an Astablishment Physician kill me for money today with experimental treatments. 😁
I always wonder, how in these studies, they know what would have happened if they would have stayed on the poisons.....errr.....I mean statins. They don't know.
65 year Mom non smoker, non drinker, cholesterol good. Taking statin since her stroke in March. She didn't know i was her son for a month. Improving every day. Im doing as much research as possible on statins
I have been on Lipitor since I had a Heart Attack and double-bypass surgery in 1995. I do not know that I would stop taking Lipitor with my medical history, despite the side-effects you indicate. I do have fatigue, and I am tired, but I think all of the prescription medications cause this side effect.
The problem I see with these studies showing increased cardiovascular event risk is that they don't appear to adjust for other factors that can impact outcomes. They only consider the overall binary choice of continue statins or stop statins. What kind of diet was being maintained before and after stopping statins? What were the exercise patterns before and after stopping statins. What other lifestyle factors changed, if any? Without considering other changes that might have taken place, uncontrolled variables are ignored. For example, if a group of people stopped taking statins but increased lifestyle changes that improved their risks, that group may have had very few or no cardiac events, while the group that made no changes may have experienced more events than the overall composite rate indicated. The blended average for the group who stopped taking statins is a useful statistic, but not nearly as useful as it would be with lifestyle change information factored in.
i talked to my new doctor today , she said don't take them and come back in three months time for blood tests and see if i need to go on medication other than statins
Actually cost is a big factor. Lipitor (90tabs, 40mg) that I was on is now $1380. Last year was $774. Same item in Canada and other countries, $86. I now take high strength (2gm) omega 3 oil for same benefit as lipitor. No side effects $40/mth.
Thanks for sharing that. John and others, are these good acquisition costs in your experience? Not to me. Clinically, I’ve only rarely seen Lipitor as the best choice.
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
On a statin after heart attack & stent one year ago. Always watched weight, 5’2 & 115 lbs, walked 5 miles per day, no junk . Always ate clean, no sugar or processed foods & no health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. Told inheritance was the factor no other damage after one artery repaired. Can I come off statins?
Within the low carb community, there seems to be a trend to dismiss LDL as a concern and instead focus on VLDL as a molecule that can lodge in the arterial wall. Dr Bickman and Dave Feldman have excellent presentations on this.
the biggest missing data in those studies is whether people just took it as a miracle pill so they could continue living the way they wanted versus people who stopped statins but actually changed their diet and life styles. If you take statins and keep on the same path dietarily and life style then stopping statins while living that way most likely will result in the tests outcome. If you learn the right way to eat and live you will naturally lower the cholesterols the body does not need and raise the ones it does need therefor making those numbers in the study data non pertinent to people who are taking control of their own health vesus taking a pill to live the way they want with no accountability.
It’s more than just muscle fatigue it’s dizziness unable to balance, Not being able to get up in the morning because you’re so tired, pain so bad you can’t put your leg down because your knee hurts so bad and more.
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
No Doctor ever seem to mention people affected by Familial Hypercholesterolemia like myself. If i made lifestyle changes, like improving my diet and exercising, can i safely come off the statins? I do take them following an heart attack, and i am a total wreck. Please help
@@RR-js9kl Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
@@maamedansowaa1520 Which is deficient in essential nutrients like: vitamin A (though some carotenoids do convert), B12, D3, and K2, fatty acids EPA (n-3), DHA (n-3), AA (regulated n-6), and saturated, and essential amino acids in the correct balance. Eating an entirely animal-based diet supplies you with all of this. Additionally, it's not inflammatory or antinutritious like plant-based can be.
I experienced side effects. Changed diet, exercised diligently, and dropped 20 pounds. Took myself off statins part way through that. Next blood labs, my doctor told me I could stop taking statin. Focus on dropping chol is like claiming trees cause forest fires. They’re both present, and used as fuel. But neither is cause. I believe real culprit is insulin resistance, not fat.
I am 39 years old. At age 37 I had heart surgery. I was placed on Lipitor and have been taking it ever since. Since then I have cut most carbs and almost all sugar from my diet and started exercising. I am currently in the best shape of my life, 5' 6" and down to 157 lbs., and feel even better than I did as a teenager. I have watched several videos and read about the dangers of taking statins and would like your opinion on whether or not it would be safe for me to stop.
I had a stroke 4 years ago and was put onto statins which bought my cholesterol down from 7.5 to 4. Came off them 3 months ago to try red yeast rice (told my doc) and my cholesterol shot up to a 6.3 so I don't have a choice sadly.
I had horrendous leg pains at 20mg. Also, lost a lot of muscle mass and some other side effects. About 9 months ago, I went down to 10mg a day. The leg cramps were almost immediately gone. I continue to lose muscle mass. Today, I have dropped down to 5 mg per day. I'm getting out of this drug.
I’ve only had 1 patient on 20 mg. That’s high. And he was that high because his cardiologist wanted to do that for his LDL. It wasn’t necessary. My typical dose is 5 mg. Or 2.5. Often dropping to every other day or twice weekly once CV inflammation is under control.
@@PrevMedHealth My DR has me on Atorvastatin 80mg, but tells me to break them in half and only take 40mg??? I was getting terrible leg cramps and am now taking 400mg magnesium which seems to help with the cramps, iI only take my 40mg a couple of times a week instead of everyday, and i'm going to be looking for another DR, I have a blockage in my femur aretery in my left leg and am going to see a surgeon in February 2019, I will ask him about the 40mg statin everyday pill, i don't feel good taking them and i find myself very light headed a lot of the time?? I live in Ontario Canada.I am covered to see any DR I need to see.
I've been taking rosuvastatin for 3 years, I had 2 heart attacks mainly from poor diet, I've completely reversed my diabetes and am no longer even pre-diabetic. I have heart failure with severe ketosis in 2 areas. My ejection fraction went from 10% to 46% over 3 years. my cholesterol is fantastic because of my diet, I've lost 175 pounds in 3 years. I want to stop taking rosuvastatin, would you see this as an issue? My diet is immaculate.
Thank you sir, i have tried to stop for a month and the LDL increased higher. I have an active live and always control my food i ate but still i require statin to reduce the LDL
Not all side effects are listed on statins, sexual dysfunction, neurologic problems such as dementia and Alzheimer, diabetes, cancer, liver enzyme elevation, co q10 depletion and recent study shows even more plaque formation. If you want to lower ldl then lower or cut off sugar and carbohydrates consuming more vegetables, doing fasting, and increase fat intake. LDL and triglycerides go up with high sugar and high carbs diet.
Can you expound on your observation? Intermittent fasting is probably the cheapest and practical way getting into ketosis by skipping meals or limiting feeding time to 5 or 6 hours a day. This lowers the insulin responsible for the rise of cholesterol and deposition of fats in the liver and other organs. Intermittent fasting lowers the weight, the BP and brings back insulin sensitivity to reverse diabetes. If it works for a diabetic client for 27 years resulting to removal of all medications I don't understand why this will not work for you. Thanks for your reply.
I have a simple solution to blood sugar monitoring you can use to adjust your carbohydrate intake. Monitor your blood BS before meal, write down what food you ate and amount and monitor 2 hours after. Do this in a week and you can have a clear picture of what food raises your blood sugar. The next week you can modify the amount and even add or take away what ever food you may want to try but keeping the same monitoring system. On the third week you will have a clearer picture what food and amount will maintain a normal range of blood sugar. You don't need to prick yourself for life if you have a good idea what food will work best for you. From what you told me the Mediterranean diet works well for you. You lost weight and had a1c of 4.8. This alone brings down lots of co morbidities in a diabetic person but essentially your diabetes would have been controlled. You said your blood sugar tends to go down further. In a normal person blood sugar remains with in 5 mmol/l even with prolonged fasting unless there are diabetics pills involved. The body will use our reserve fats (ketosis) thus resulting to loss of weight and insulin sensitivity. I hope you keep up with your Mediterranean diet in keeping your health in top shape. Thanks. FYI there are new studies about benefit of high cholesterol in older people so you may wanna consider looking into crestor use.
I was in zocor for a few months now and came across a you tube presentation done by an australian journo who had ties with the abc and it is a well presented and informative video...all of the problems associated with statins as in joint and muscle soreness as well as a fee others and i was putting it down to im getting old and shouldnt be working out as often or as heavy as i normally do because its taking me longer to recover...i stopped taking them for almost a week now and nearly all of those problems have gone plus im sleeping better as well
I am recovering for a quintuple bypass 4 weeks ago. I never had a heart attack or any symptoms. I just happened to get a calcium score done that came back at 2985. I was rushed to the cath lab. They found that I had 3 arteries that were 95% blocked and 2 more that were 85% blocked. I was immediately admitted into the hospital and 4 days later I had open heart bypass. I spent another week in the hospital before returning home. The first 3.5 weeks I steadily got better. Then 4 days ago I started getting stiff and having muscular pain and limited mobility. I stopped taking the 10mg Crestor today. I am not going to take it for a week or two and see how I feel. If the pain and stiffness goes away I will not take it anymore. There is so much information that shows that statins aren’t good for us. I am also diabetic and taking metformin, statins will increase blood sugar amongst many other bad side affect. It’s a shame that so many doctors are owned by big pharma and continue to prescribe statins and so many other supposed medications that do a lot more harm than good. I went to the ketogenic diet after leaving the hospital. I have lost 25lbs and my BP and blood sugar have dropped into accepted levels.
@@PrevMedHealth Update: I have lost a total of 100lbs on keto and intermittent fasting since my bypass. Never took statins again, am no longer a dietetic, no longer have high blood pressure and take no pharma meds. Eating the right foods and lifestyle are the key to health. Not saying keto is the right thing for everyone. That’s for the individual to figure out for themselves. I did whole food plant based for 3 years and lost 100lbs but I never felt good on it. I switched to keto/carnivore after my bypass and never looked back. I’ve lost a total of 200lbs over 5 years. Anyone can do it and you don’t have to starve. I eat all I want and am never hangry anymore.
@@hardtruth2039 would you mind sharing how old you are and when did it first happen? Thanx I'm in my 30s and wondering myself as I only have high cholesterol and hbp. Any tips and recommendations?
From what I have gathered in information about this issue of statins from several doctors that have discussed it on UA-cam is …. Some of the earlier studies on statins were funded by the drug companies that were manufacturing those various drug classes, that absolute and relative risk were not distinguished in advertising, that many primary care doctors didn’t even know the difference in those terms, that unless you already have a heart condition, the benefit is not worth the cost and potential side effects, that LDL is the fire fighter-not the fire so to speak, being that the cholesterol component goes to those areas of blood vessels that are already damaged and inflamed, that the main culprit of stroke and heart attack is metabolic syndrome, resulting in pre diabetes and diabetes. I may have missed other arguments that are out there but from what I have heard from those medical professionals against statins, I am now persuaded against them until I have heard evidence otherwise. I have reversed my own type 2 diabetes through simply low carb/keto and eating right is what everyone should be focusing on and the doctors, in my opinion should be preaching hard to patients.
I STOPPED STATINS AFTER 10 YEARS AFTER ANGINA , I GIT LEG FATIGUE NUMB AND BURNING FEET WHICH WAS HORRIBLE AT WORK, WHEN THEY DAY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM FOR LIFE ITS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO STOP, BUT I MADE THE MOVE TO STOP, BEST THING I DID AND TAKE MOST VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS FRESH FRUIT AND VEG BUT ALSO TO STOP DEPRESSION JAD SOME FAV FOODS,
I stopped mine for just one week and had a massive heart attack lucky my husband was quick to see what was happening. So please ignore calls to stop if you like living!
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As a Doctor first look the side affects of statin such as muscle weakness numbness on foot, some patients not able to walk even who is taking 10mg statin weekly once. When your statin drugs made people to be as Handicapped and gave dementia to the entire life. Better we can redy to be died without taking the drug of statin.
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I had some nasty side effects when I took statins I had a stroke in the 2011 I am still alive praise the lord it's not drugs that keep me alive but the Lord himself. I am made holy because I serve a holy God he has given me the right and the power to live as a matter of fact I had a massive stroke middle brain and I feel wonderful since stopping those drugs nothing can stop me I was misdiagnosed with diabetes and my endocrinologist took me off for the diabetic medicine and focus what I asked him to focus on which was my A1C my A1C is 5.9 for those who don't know that is lower than someone who has diabetes also my eye doctor sent them a note letting them know he has been checking my eyes since 2012 no diabetes ever you have to be your own health Advocate because your doctor may be trying to kill you when I was taking the statins and a diabetic medication I ended up in stage 2 renal failure I stopped all that mess and in two weeks I wasn't in renal failure anymore I'm not advocating stopping unless the Lord tells you to but if it sounds so much like your voice and not the voice of God then you do what he has directed your doctors to tell you to do mine was not that way
I was Prescribed lipitor 10mg, after angina events. Went off them because of side effects. Changed to APO Atorvostatin, 10mG, less side effects. I have been on and off again with these out of fear of long term damage. 2 years ago I started L Arginine and Citrulline for Nitric Oxide and now starting Niacin to raise HDL's and lower LDL's. I would go back on a low dose statin for medial anti inflammatory effects but at what dose? I don't want to compromise the function of my Liver with higher doses. If I'm on Niacin, (3 x 250 at the moment, getting used to flushes). Am I right in assuming I would not need higher doses daily once I'm up to 1500 mg daily or more, of Niacin?
Had I known that stent implants would require a lifelong statin prescription before, I might not have let them panic and threaten me into that proceedure.
octor, I had stents put in over 2 years ago and was put on statins and an aspirin and other meds which I am off of, but still on the Crestor 10 mgs even though my cholesterol numbers are amazing and I am lean and exercise daily, follow a plant based low salt diet. Can I quit the statin? Thanks
@@PrevMedHealth Thanks so much for you answer Dr Brewer, yes a very weird side effect I same to sporadically get, that is often combined with a head pressure/brain fog, type symptom.
I started the Keto diet 6 months ago, my latest blood tests show a much improved body. I'm leaving stain behind because my diet change and exercise are putting my diabetes in remission. The Doctor said it doesn't appear I need Statin but it's a good idea to take it. After the latest Medical Journal reports of the side effects and dangers of the drug. I don't appear to need it for cholesterol control so why put my body at risk. I'm NOT taking it.
I’ve gone down to 2x/weekly. Please keep a watchful eye on your diabetes. It could come back at any ti e, and is the most common cause of inflammation.
What is the deal with that naturals like cholesterol off or cholest lo that you can buy , a lot of people say that it works in especial the cholesterol off complete...
Am I missing something? Of course event rate would go up, you were not prescribed statins for no benefit. The real question is if your risk goes back to what it was before you started treatment or it rebounds even higher?
No. You're not missing something. Many people distrust statins. Very many. When they do, that often leads to the conclusion that they were put on them by mistake.
Yes indeed but I don’t here that in your video, also there are many experts out there that don’t think the numbers laid down re cholesterol are significant, and statins are much more harmful with life threatening risk attached to taking them. Lowering the cholesterol by chemicals is not they way forward. I personally know a person on statins who got the all clear but died of a heart attack. It does come over as if you are pro statins and you selectively choose what studies you are onside with
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
since 2 days i have been using xplended 10 mg..actually my ultrasound report showed increased liver parenchymal echogenicity with diffuse infiltrative process suggesting fatty change .. doctor prescribed me xplended 10 mg..what you think shld i continue the medicine?
It depends on why you were started. If you have plaque, it’s dangerous. If you don’t have plaque, it’s not. Some, not many - people are starting due to high cholesterol or other risk factors but no plaque. For them it is safe to stop statins.
Thank you for this great info, appreciate you replying....my husband had a,STENT PUT in one of his,arteries and it was 75 % blocked. He is also diabetic...now we really don't know is it because of high cholesterol or plaque.?,now the Dr put him on 20 mg of atovorstatin...it's 2 months now..I put him on a low carb , low fat diet and now his latest report ,total cholesterol 112..,LDL 70 AND HDL IS 41,Triglycerides were good ,I don't quite remember the exact #..His,AIC is 6.6 from 7.8..so is it the diet that helped or the 20 mg statin..? I would love for him to stop or cut down his medication..any advice or suggestion pls???
I cannot give personal advice except to my own patients. But I can say this. Anyone that’s had a stent probably has plaque (almost always). It would therefore be dangerous for them not to be on a statin. In addition, I have said many times I don’t usually use high dose statins or Atorvastatin. I have several videos on it. Google my name and Lipitor. And my name and statins.
@@PrevMedHealth If there is plaque and HMG CoA reductase inhibitor side effects are intolerable, is stopping the drug & swapping to another anti-inflammatory solution the best course of action?
I'm 45, at 42 I had my 1st of 5 heart attacks (last one was in June) and now have 7 stents. The cause? Plaque keeps sticking. (So I'm told by my cardio) I'm on 2 statins and they wanted to add a 3rd. The shot you give yourself. After some research I decided not to take it though. So, what is the best way to find a Dr. That doesn't promote these toxins? I still have a lot left to do!
Thank you for your response, I talked to my doctor he took me off it immediately. I still feel short breath. My whole body changed in 2 days to worse. Happy holidays!
Have you tried taking Magnesium for your leg cramps, I recently started taking 400mg magnesium and my middle of the night leg cramps (Charley horses) have really subsided a lot so far and it's only been 1 week of my taking magnesium.
This is what your doctor will never tell you....Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
@@PrevMedHealth I have been on Crestor for 10 years. I have had aches and pains during that time. Someone asked me if I were on a statin and I told them I was. They said this could be the cause. I will discuss Livalo with my Physician. I feel I am damned if I do and damned if I dont! Thank you!
Hi Doc, Enjoy your videos. 12/17 I had three bypass and a heart valve replacement (pig), aortic stenosis. The heart surgeon told my wife I only had a spray from the valve. He said my problem was most likely genetics from my mother. I'm taking a statin every night. Was not on statins before the surgery. I have been taking a 325mg aspirin for 25 years. I guess the aspirin saved my life . I'm 67 yrs old . Thanks again for the videos.
I've listened to 30 other qualified researchers and cardiologist who different studies have shown statins help 1% of the people.... Its not just malaise and muscle soreness its neuromuscular diseases liver damage kidney damage.... cancer... no I will never take stains again....
I just want to say that my mom was never taking medication, right well my mom arteries was clogged up but she caught it she felt something was wrong with her because she couldn't burp and something else she went to the doctor that she use to work for and sure enough her arteries was badly clog luckily she caught it because she would of had a heart attack and would of been dead, like my uncle he wasn't feeling well so he left work went home and laid down and never woke up he died. My mom is a nurse she knows about the human body she went to college for it many degrees on it, so when something is wrong with any of us or her family everybody call my mom. Anyway she had open heart surgery, she was put on heart medicine than two years later another open heart surgery and this time they took an artery from her leg so she is on 2, or 3 different heart medication and everything she eat is gluten free she can't stop taking her medication and she is 63, going on 64 Nov 2018, so she does take care of herself and I am happy that she does cause she would of been dead but she living life!!!
Any other meds to reduce CV INFLAMATION other than the Statins? Is statin the only meds?
ACE Inhibitors
Nattokinase
I have stopped taking statins three times. I am kind of gullible because I thought the doctors knew what was best for me. Each time I took statins I had bad muscle pain and quit but they convinced me to try again. The last time I quit was because a study showed that statins could cause permanent muscle damage. Considering that the heart is a muscle, taking statins seemed insane. I have since learned that statins only decreased the chances of having a heart attack by 1 percent rather than the 35 percent as claimed and that low cholesterol levels in seniors is dangerous.
Yes. Remember they get paid by the Pharmaceutical companies
It is a mafia
I always check what they give me on the internet .
Keep a file of all your medical papers and prescriptions with your notes as to what your doctor told you!!!!!
see how they lured us into these poison? They let us spend a lot of money and slowly kill us as well. Statins are in fact causing heart attacks. High cholesterol is a myth. Our body produces cholesterol in certain levels for our muscles and brain to function normally. if you eat fatty foods, your body will produce less for balance, By artificially reducing it thru drugs, you run the risk of heart attacks. It happens really when even a 26 year-old athletic guy who suddenly collapsed due to heart attack. He was taking statins at the time and so sevely taxed his heart due to lower functions of his heart at the same time exertion thru his athletic chores. Deadly combination.
@@arkangelgabriel8414 pp
So do u stop the medicine
Sources….?
I stopped taking statins years ago. I manage my health naturally, feel great, and all blood test values are always within the normal range.
Did the same. Very happy I did too.
Thank you so much I appreciate it I stopped taking it yesterday
I was prescribed lipitor 17 years ago, I'm been free for 16, I changed for good diet, exercise, managing stress .
Feel better than ever.
Thanks for sharing that.
Atorvastatin gave me such muscle and joint pain, I was already debilitated. Couldn't carry, lift, push, pull, twist anything over a couple of pounds without severe wrist and/or shoulder pain beginning about 12 hours later and continuing for about 36-50 hours. This wasn't "Hmmm, maybe I have a touch of arthritis" pain. This was "Holy cow! how did I break my wrist?" pain. Entirely unacceptable.
Thanks for sharing that.
Explains a lot. I stopped taking it 2 mo the ago and my a1c is normalizing. That drug is difficult to maintain.
That's exactly what I thought.
I stopped after nearly 10 years and have never felt better. The side effects were horrendous.
Thanks. Check your inflammation panel labs.
Bro, please, could you reply to me?... I have been taking statins for 7 years, i am on my fourth day of not taking them. How did you stop taking them?... Suddenly?... little by little? Reducing the dosage?.... Please, i would really like you to help me on this. Thank you.
@@franklinruizbn857 i can share my story..i take medicine for almost 1 year..i experience a lot of issue...i mean damn a lot..like my entire body is failing on me..i stop cold turkey..i dont care about the risk about stopping it...i just cant endure the side effect..is way too much
@@franklinruizbn857 yea, i also confuse how people off of statin so easly..
I stopped reducing the dosage in half then half again then none. All of this within 4 weeks. It has been amost two years since my i started this. I have a stent on my left circunflex. It was put there back in 2013 and wa on statins for almost 7 years non stopping. My body couldn't hand it anymore. My joints, my lower back, my hands and wrist were a mess. I believe that even now after almost two years non taking statings side effects have remained. Just go for a 4 miles run every other day, cut sugar and simple carbohydrates, eat lots of sprouted veggies, green leaves, olive oil, salmon, lean meat, dried fruits, fresh fruits, seeds and nuts, dark bitter chocolate, oats. As supplements i take red yeast rice, vitamin d, cat's claw, spirulina, blackseed oil, aspirins and coQ10. I pray, i do not cheat on myself or wife and i accept life how it is and study and work within love and gratefulness ( which is the best medice amongst all)
I recently stopped statin use of 21 years and do not recall feeling better for most, if not all, of that period.
If ANY DOCTOR had been so candid so as to explain that my chances of a heart event would have gone from 1 in 100 to 2 in 100 by discontinuing statins,.... I would have quit a long time ago. The side effects are not worth the miniscule benefit.
Here's some side effects that I suffered, how about being in pain every day with muscle weakness, not being able to recollect names that I could remember before taking statins.
Jason Paul exactly i thought i was going to die, the side effects were so bad.
I was taking 40 mg and felt the same way I just stopped yesterday
I stopped taking stains and hypertension meds almost a year ago. I began with Crestor in 2002, but it was too powerful and my cholesterol went from 220 to 159 in three months. Switched to Lipitor, and cholesterol stayed in the 180s. This went on for 10 years, after which my blood pressure went up 140/90. So then I had to take Norvasc, which is a statin plus hypertension med. Three years later, my creatinine began rising. Now the kidneys were affected. And all this while following a low fat, low salt diet, with regular workouts. So I said F that, began doing my own research. Switched to higher fat foods, my carbs are just veggies, kept the workouts. My last checkup showed higher HDL, much much lower triglycerides, although LDL just slightly higher than normal. Blood pressure 115/77. And my kidneys' filtration rate went up 9 points, from 42 to 51. I can't really say that the statins and other drugs contributed to my other maladies, but I think I can safely say that I don't really need them. The key is lifestyle. It's not easy, but neither is it impossible. However, if you would rather take a pill, I don't fault people for that. I have friends that would rather do that than follow my lead. It's their life, right?
The pills destroyed your kidneys..
They put you on statins, it raises your sugar levels and they'll put you on metformin or insulin. 😅
Statin will decrease your vitamin D, K & A. Which is essential for your eyes health,
Statins are responsible for alzheimers.
ED in men, muscule degeneration.
Muscule pains,
I stopped.
I want to remember my kids😁
@@jjcjr009 statins can also cause liver damage and lung disease.
The study shows that if you get off statins, your risk of death is 1% higher than if you stay on them? Not much of an incentive to stay on them?
Statins made me very depressed and anxious. Horrible brain fog, and muscle pain.
Thanks for sharing that
Nice, simple and easy to understand. Statins make me feel terrible but they're better than the feeling after my stroke.
Really appreciate your presentation and research based information. If I could make a suggestion. Use a projector to show your documents.
Been eating a whole food plant based diet. My LDL is 62, total cholesterol 129. I stopped taking my med. and my doctor convinced me to go back on them at have the dose. I agreed and started them up again. I’m type two diabetic and have lowered my A1C from 6.1 to 5.6. I stopped taking Metformine too and again Dr. Wanted me back on, and again the dose was cut in half in a time released pill. The only drug the Dr. Let me stop was for high blood pressure.
It’s amazing just how many chemicals are poor bodies have to put up with and does so pretty well for the most part. But....so many of us are living into our elderly years the major health problems when in the past we would have just passed away. 7/07/17 my beloved sister passed at 75. She fell and broke her pelvis, had to have surgery, picked up one of the most deadly infections, then more surgery. Her fight to live was around 10 months of pure pain and discomfort. In the end she was so emaciated and week she passed within two days of giving up.
She’s my angel now... 😘
I am sorry for your loss! NanaAnn
Im very sorry of your loss ! Wish you a long life ahead .
Please can you tell me how you ve gotten to stop the Metformin ??you managed to do it without the high fat diet ?
@@sofianenaifos833 Deactivated the Randle cycle by cutting one energy macro.
I had terrible, Side Effects from taken, Zocor (Simvastatin) and my Doctor left me Suffering until I took myself off of it, do I have a Story, I suffered 3 years, sincerely, Diana Lipski 💕
Became a monk. Started Monk fasts on a constant frequency. Dropped 165 and repaired my metabolism. Still do Ketomad, and 2 to 3 days fasts. Cut my BP and Simvistatin in half. No problems after 9 days. Stopped taking the other half yesterday. Got the best sleep Ive gotten in years last night. No matter if I live or die, Im marked safe from letting an Astablishment Physician kill me for money today with experimental treatments. 😁
Low cholesterol is dangerous
Yes, the unethical practices of our doctors who are in cahoots either big pharma is killing many. 😢
I always wonder, how in these studies, they know what would have happened if they would have stayed on the poisons.....errr.....I mean statins. They don't know.
65 year Mom non smoker, non drinker, cholesterol good. Taking statin since her stroke in March. She didn't know i was her son for a month. Improving every day. Im doing as much research as possible on statins
I have been on Lipitor since I had a Heart Attack and double-bypass surgery in 1995. I do not know that I would stop taking Lipitor with my medical history, despite the side-effects you indicate. I do have fatigue, and I am tired, but I think all of the prescription medications cause this side effect.
Consider reducing dosage if you want. IANAD tho
The problem I see with these studies showing increased cardiovascular event risk is that they don't appear to adjust for other factors that can impact outcomes. They only consider the overall binary choice of continue statins or stop statins. What kind of diet was being maintained before and after stopping statins? What were the exercise patterns before and after stopping statins. What other lifestyle factors changed, if any?
Without considering other changes that might have taken place, uncontrolled variables are ignored.
For example, if a group of people stopped taking statins but increased lifestyle changes that improved their risks, that group may have had very few or no cardiac events, while the group that made no changes may have experienced more events than the overall composite rate indicated. The blended average for the group who stopped taking statins is a useful statistic, but not nearly as useful as it would be with lifestyle change information factored in.
Why is it IMPOSSIBLE to find any protocol to get off statins? Everywhere on the web says, “talk to your doctor.”
are you on statins ?
i talked to my new doctor today , she said don't take them and come back in three months time for blood tests and see if i need to go on medication other than statins
Actually cost is a big factor. Lipitor (90tabs, 40mg) that I was on is now $1380. Last year was $774. Same item in Canada and other countries, $86. I now take high strength (2gm) omega 3 oil for same benefit as lipitor. No side effects $40/mth.
Thanks for sharing that. John and others, are these good acquisition costs in your experience? Not to me. Clinically, I’ve only rarely seen Lipitor as the best choice.
Ok. Thanks.
$5 for 20mg 30 tabs at Kroger with a $36/year discount plan.
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
Santino Rider ..50 percent to prescribing doctor..?. and mental fog enough toward dementia to continue..?.....taught by overseerer democidists.?
Sometimes I find your videos somewhat convoluted and I’m usually left conflicted. Are you pro or con statins?
I notice you clear your throat often. I had the same reaction with the ace inhibitors I was prescribed. I am on beta-blocking meds now.
On a statin after heart attack & stent one year ago. Always watched weight, 5’2 & 115 lbs, walked 5 miles per day, no junk . Always ate clean, no sugar or processed foods & no health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. Told inheritance was the factor no other damage after one artery repaired. Can I come off statins?
why my doctor insists that I must take statin for my high blood pressure, or these doctors dont know about it danger.
With only a one percent difference I would stop talking the statins. New English study states high cholesterol levels do not affect life expectancies.
Within the low carb community, there seems to be a trend to dismiss LDL as a concern and instead focus on VLDL as a molecule that can lodge in the arterial wall. Dr Bickman and Dave Feldman have excellent presentations on this.
Thanks. There are reasons for that. And they’re good ones.
It's the diet and lifestyle that needs to be changed. My patients who had heart attacks have been taking statins all their lives!
Lifestyle is FAR more important than medications. I agree.
the biggest missing data in those studies is whether people just took it as a miracle pill so they could continue living the way they wanted versus people who stopped statins but actually changed their diet and life styles. If you take statins and keep on the same path dietarily and life style then stopping statins while living that way most likely will result in the tests outcome. If you learn the right way to eat and live you will naturally lower the cholesterols the body does not need and raise the ones it does need therefor making those numbers in the study data non pertinent to people who are taking control of their own health vesus taking a pill to live the way they want with no accountability.
I get depressed and suicidal from statins beside other side effects, so I’ve stopped.
does he work for statin company
I stopped Crestor and got heart attack and pneumonia for the first time! They gave pneumonia shot a couple years ago.
I've been off statins now for 3 months. And the muscle soreness is still there.
It’s more than just muscle fatigue it’s dizziness unable to balance, Not being able to get up in the morning because you’re so tired, pain so bad you can’t put your leg down because your knee hurts so bad and more.
Thank you for sharing that.
I stopoed them mere days after being prescribed those things the oains in my arms and ill feeling was unbearable ..those things will kill you.
Thanks for sharing.
How does one know if their plaque is stable or has stabilized ?
What about replacing statins with a natural treatment of alma to lower the LDL and niacin to increase the HDL?
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
No Doctor ever seem to mention people affected by Familial Hypercholesterolemia like myself.
If i made lifestyle changes, like improving my diet and exercising, can i safely come off the statins?
I do take them following an heart attack, and i am a total wreck. Please help
I will take my chance. Statin side effects are the worst. You don't mention vitamin D and CoQ10 deficiency just two of many other issues.
I stopped taking mine also. Side effects are horrendous. I hope that I can recover from them :( still walk and feel like a cripple.
@@RR-js9kl Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
@@maamedansowaa1520 Which is deficient in essential nutrients like: vitamin A (though some carotenoids do convert), B12, D3, and K2, fatty acids EPA (n-3), DHA (n-3), AA (regulated n-6), and saturated, and essential amino acids in the correct balance. Eating an entirely animal-based diet supplies you with all of this. Additionally, it's not inflammatory or antinutritious like plant-based can be.
meat is not the problem its seed oil in chemicals@@maamedansowaa1520
I quit crestor 20mg due to side effects. Y ears later restarted crestor but only 5mg and I have no side effects.
Sure it can be done......I have done it!
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I experienced side effects. Changed diet, exercised diligently, and dropped 20 pounds. Took myself off statins part way through that.
Next blood labs, my doctor told me I could stop taking statin.
Focus on dropping chol is like claiming trees cause forest fires. They’re both present, and used as fuel. But neither is cause.
I believe real culprit is insulin resistance, not fat.
Thanks for sharing
' Just because cholesterol was at the scene of the crime doesn't mean that it pulled the trigger.' Researcher.
I am 39 years old. At age 37 I had heart surgery. I was placed on Lipitor and have been taking it ever since. Since then I have cut most carbs and almost all sugar from my diet and started exercising. I am currently in the best shape of my life, 5' 6" and down to 157 lbs., and feel even better than I did as a teenager. I have watched several videos and read about the dangers of taking statins and would like your opinion on whether or not it would be safe for me to stop.
So do u stop the medicaen
I had a stroke 4 years ago and was put onto statins which bought my cholesterol down from 7.5 to 4. Came off them 3 months ago to try red yeast rice (told my doc) and my cholesterol shot up to a 6.3 so I don't have a choice sadly.
Thanks for sharing that.
I had horrendous leg pains at 20mg. Also, lost a lot of muscle mass and some other side effects. About 9 months ago, I went down to 10mg a day. The leg cramps were almost immediately gone. I continue to lose muscle mass. Today, I have dropped down to 5 mg per day. I'm getting out of this drug.
I’ve only had 1 patient on 20 mg. That’s high. And he was that high because his cardiologist wanted to do that for his LDL. It wasn’t necessary. My typical dose is 5 mg. Or 2.5. Often dropping to every other day or twice weekly once CV inflammation is under control.
@@PrevMedHealth My DR has me on Atorvastatin 80mg, but tells me to break them in half and only take 40mg??? I was getting terrible leg cramps and am now taking 400mg magnesium which seems to help with the cramps, iI only take my 40mg a couple of times a week instead of everyday, and i'm going to be looking for another DR, I have a blockage in my femur aretery in my left leg and am going to see a surgeon in February 2019, I will ask him about the 40mg statin everyday pill, i don't feel good taking them and i find myself very light headed a lot of the time?? I live in Ontario Canada.I am covered to see any DR I need to see.
I've been taking rosuvastatin for 3 years, I had 2 heart attacks mainly from poor diet, I've completely reversed my diabetes and am no longer even pre-diabetic. I have heart failure with severe ketosis in 2 areas. My ejection fraction went from 10% to 46% over 3 years. my cholesterol is fantastic because of my diet, I've lost 175 pounds in 3 years. I want to stop taking rosuvastatin, would you see this as an issue? My diet is immaculate.
Thank you sir, i have tried to stop for a month and the LDL increased higher. I have an active live and always control my food i ate but still i require statin to reduce the LDL
Thanks for sharing that
What, that's crazy!
nicain works better
I’m in ding you very hard to follow with those papers which I can’t see
Not all side effects are listed on statins, sexual dysfunction, neurologic problems such as dementia and Alzheimer, diabetes, cancer, liver enzyme elevation, co q10 depletion and recent study shows even more plaque formation. If you want to lower ldl then lower or cut off sugar and carbohydrates consuming more vegetables, doing fasting, and increase fat intake. LDL and triglycerides go up with high sugar and high carbs diet.
Can you expound on your observation? Intermittent fasting is probably the cheapest and practical way getting into ketosis by skipping meals or limiting feeding time to 5 or 6 hours a day. This lowers the insulin responsible for the rise of cholesterol and deposition of fats in the liver and other organs. Intermittent fasting lowers the weight, the BP and brings back insulin sensitivity to reverse diabetes. If it works for a diabetic client for 27 years resulting to removal of all medications I don't understand why this will not work for you. Thanks for your reply.
I have a simple solution to blood sugar monitoring you can use to adjust your carbohydrate intake. Monitor your blood BS before meal, write down what food you ate and amount and monitor 2 hours after. Do this in a week and you can have a clear picture of what food raises your blood sugar. The next week you can modify the amount and even add or take away what ever food you may want to try but keeping the same monitoring system. On the third week you will have a clearer picture what food and amount will maintain a normal range of blood sugar. You don't need to prick yourself for life if you have a good idea what food will work best for you. From what you told me the Mediterranean diet works well for you. You lost weight and had a1c of 4.8. This alone brings down lots of co morbidities in a diabetic person but essentially your diabetes would have been controlled. You said your blood sugar tends to go down further. In a normal person blood sugar remains with in 5 mmol/l even with prolonged fasting unless there are diabetics pills involved. The body will use our reserve fats (ketosis) thus resulting to loss of weight and insulin sensitivity. I hope you keep up with your Mediterranean diet in keeping your health in top shape. Thanks. FYI there are new studies about benefit of high cholesterol in older people so you may wanna consider looking into crestor use.
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I think suggesting an LDL of 70 is ridiculous.
I was in zocor for a few months now and came across a you tube presentation done by an australian journo who had ties with the abc and it is a well presented and informative video...all of the problems associated with statins as in joint and muscle soreness as well as a fee others and i was putting it down to im getting old and shouldnt be working out as often or as heavy as i normally do because its taking me longer to recover...i stopped taking them for almost a week now and nearly all of those problems have gone plus im sleeping better as well
Thanks for sharing.
How do persons with high bad cholesterol that never took Statins compare with either group?
Renee half the people who die from heart attacks have low cholesterol
I am recovering for a quintuple bypass 4 weeks ago. I never had a heart attack or any symptoms. I just happened to get a calcium score done that came back at 2985. I was rushed to the cath lab. They found that I had 3 arteries that were 95% blocked and 2 more that were 85% blocked. I was immediately admitted into the hospital and 4 days later I had open heart bypass. I spent another week in the hospital before returning home. The first 3.5 weeks I steadily got better. Then 4 days ago I started getting stiff and having muscular pain and limited mobility. I stopped taking the 10mg Crestor today. I am not going to take it for a week or two and see how I feel. If the pain and stiffness goes away I will not take it anymore. There is so much information that shows that statins aren’t good for us. I am also diabetic and taking metformin, statins will increase blood sugar amongst many other bad side affect. It’s a shame that so many doctors are owned by big pharma and continue to prescribe statins and so many other supposed medications that do a lot more harm than good. I went to the ketogenic diet after leaving the hospital. I have lost 25lbs and my BP and blood sugar have dropped into accepted levels.
Thanks for sharing. That 25 pound weight loss is more powerful than any pill.
@@PrevMedHealth Update: I have lost a total of 100lbs on keto and intermittent fasting since my bypass. Never took statins again, am no longer a dietetic, no longer have high blood pressure and take no pharma meds. Eating the right foods and lifestyle are the key to health.
Not saying keto is the right thing for everyone. That’s for the individual to figure out for themselves. I did whole food plant based for 3 years and lost 100lbs but I never felt good on it. I switched to keto/carnivore after my bypass and never looked back.
I’ve lost a total of 200lbs over 5 years. Anyone can do it and you don’t have to starve. I eat all I want and am never hangry anymore.
@@hardtruth2039 would you mind sharing how old you are and when did it first happen? Thanx I'm in my 30s and wondering myself as I only have high cholesterol and hbp. Any tips and recommendations?
I appreciate your comments and update. I’m hoping all is still well for you
Dr., what do you think of Brilinta? It's so expensive!
From what I have gathered in information about this issue of statins from several doctors that have discussed it on UA-cam is ….
Some of the earlier studies on statins were funded by the drug companies that were manufacturing those various drug classes, that absolute and relative risk were not distinguished in advertising, that many primary care doctors didn’t even know the difference in those terms, that unless you already have a heart condition, the benefit is not worth the cost and potential side effects, that LDL is the fire fighter-not the fire so to speak, being that the cholesterol component goes to those areas of blood vessels that are already damaged and inflamed, that the main culprit of stroke and heart attack is metabolic syndrome, resulting in pre diabetes and diabetes.
I may have missed other arguments that are out there but from what I have heard from those medical professionals against statins, I am now persuaded against them until I have heard evidence otherwise.
I have reversed my own type 2 diabetes through simply low carb/keto and eating right is what everyone should be focusing on and the doctors, in my opinion should be preaching hard to patients.
How about reducing bad cholesterol? Who are the biggest drug pushers?
I STOPPED STATINS AFTER 10 YEARS AFTER ANGINA , I GIT LEG FATIGUE NUMB AND BURNING FEET WHICH WAS HORRIBLE AT WORK, WHEN THEY DAY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM FOR LIFE ITS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO STOP, BUT I MADE THE MOVE TO STOP, BEST THING I DID AND TAKE MOST VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS FRESH FRUIT AND VEG BUT ALSO TO STOP DEPRESSION JAD SOME FAV FOODS,
I stopped mine for just one week and had a massive heart attack lucky my husband was quick to see what was happening. So please ignore calls to stop if you like living!
That is terrible. Thanks so much for sharing that.
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Ruby59 ..how much money did that make them.
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As a Doctor first look the side affects of statin such as muscle weakness numbness on foot, some patients not able to walk even who is taking 10mg statin weekly once.
When your statin drugs made people to be as Handicapped and gave dementia to the entire life. Better we can redy to be died without taking the drug of statin.
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I had some nasty side effects when I took statins I had a stroke in the 2011 I am still alive praise the lord it's not drugs that keep me alive but the Lord himself. I am made holy because I serve a holy God he has given me the right and the power to live as a matter of fact I had a massive stroke middle brain and I feel wonderful since stopping those drugs nothing can stop me I was misdiagnosed with diabetes and my endocrinologist took me off for the diabetic medicine and focus what I asked him to focus on which was my A1C my A1C is 5.9 for those who don't know that is lower than someone who has diabetes also my eye doctor sent them a note letting them know he has been checking my eyes since 2012 no diabetes ever you have to be your own health Advocate because your doctor may be trying to kill you when I was taking the statins and a diabetic medication I ended up in stage 2 renal failure I stopped all that mess and in two weeks I wasn't in renal failure anymore I'm not advocating stopping unless the Lord tells you to but if it sounds so much like your voice and not the voice of God then you do what he has directed your doctors to tell you to do mine was not that way
My doctor told taking the pill every other day is not practical.is it true?
I was Prescribed lipitor 10mg, after angina events. Went off them because of side effects. Changed to APO Atorvostatin, 10mG, less side effects. I have been on and off again with these out of fear of long term damage. 2 years ago I started L Arginine and Citrulline for Nitric Oxide and now starting Niacin to raise HDL's and lower LDL's. I would go back on a low dose statin for medial anti inflammatory effects but at what dose? I don't want to compromise the function of my Liver with higher doses. If I'm on Niacin, (3 x 250 at the moment, getting used to flushes). Am I right in assuming I would not need higher doses daily once I'm up to 1500 mg daily or more, of Niacin?
The usual goal is 2 to 3 gm/ day. Some people do not make it that high.
@@PrevMedHealth I'm handling the flushes pretty well. I think I'm on track to get there.
Great!
Did the Lipitor worked for your angina ?
Had I known that stent implants would require a lifelong statin prescription before, I might not have let them panic and threaten me into that proceedure.
octor, I had stents put in over 2 years ago and was put on statins and an aspirin and other meds which I am off of, but still on the Crestor 10 mgs even though my cholesterol numbers are amazing and I am lean and exercise daily, follow a plant based low salt diet. Can I quit the statin? Thanks
Curious, anyone have a side effect of ear pressure/fullness on a statin?
I ‘ve seen hundreds of patients on them. I haven’t seen them.
@@PrevMedHealth Thanks so much for you answer Dr Brewer, yes a very weird side effect I same to sporadically get, that is often combined with a head pressure/brain fog, type symptom.
I started the Keto diet 6 months ago, my latest blood tests show a much improved body. I'm leaving stain behind because my diet change and exercise are putting my diabetes in remission. The Doctor said it doesn't appear I need Statin but it's a good idea to take it. After the latest Medical Journal reports of the side effects and dangers of the drug. I don't appear to need it for cholesterol control so why put my body at risk. I'm NOT taking it.
I’ve gone down to 2x/weekly. Please keep a watchful eye on your diabetes. It could come back at any ti e, and is the most common cause of inflammation.
B vitamins can work the same .
Thank you for the reviewed info
Thanks
muscle weakness from stroke...plus muscle weakness from statins....plus mental fog..?..dementia risk ...?
What is the deal with that naturals like cholesterol off or cholest lo that you can buy , a lot of people say that it works in especial the cholesterol off complete...
Is it safe or not?
Am I missing something? Of course event rate would go up, you were not prescribed statins for no benefit. The real question is if your risk goes back to what it was before you started treatment or it rebounds even higher?
No. You're not missing something. Many people distrust statins. Very many. When they do, that often leads to the conclusion that they were put on them by mistake.
Can i stop statin half way.meaning after 2 months if my figures are favourable.thanks.pls reply.
I stopped after 2 months......my figures were much better and decided I'll take them if my bad /LDL goes up again.
One percent!
Yes indeed but I don’t here that in your video, also there are many experts out there that don’t think the numbers laid down re cholesterol are significant, and statins are much more harmful with life threatening risk attached to taking them.
Lowering the cholesterol by chemicals is not they way forward.
I personally know a person on statins who got the all clear but died of a heart attack.
It does come over as if you are pro statins and you selectively choose what studies you are onside with
It comes off that way if you think statins are for ldl.
Can i stop taking statin i am 27 yrs as i am getting gases & stomach upset after taking it for 2 weeks plz reply
Easy - don't take them, ever.
Watch Dr. Jason Fung on curing the metabolic syndrome through diet and fasting .
Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
since 2 days i have been using xplended 10 mg..actually my ultrasound report showed increased liver parenchymal echogenicity with diffuse infiltrative process suggesting fatty change .. doctor prescribed me xplended 10 mg..what you think shld i continue the medicine?
Get yourself some Natto
Sure, stopping statins is safer than starting them😅- Phooey to the Doc- pharma nexus!
Difficult to listen to you clearing your throat throughout.
Side effect of statin
It seems like your advice gets lost in the weeds. Too many qualifications.
To be considered is Politics.
Serious drugs or supplements, you have a condition that you have to take something
Newer meta studies debunk this who-ha.
I just stop my rosuvastatin due to my high ALT side effects. Is it safe?
That depends on how high- & a few other things.
Notice he doesn't mention the actual study. Show us the Study!
What is a Stable patient?
If you decide to stop taking them, check out the research on taking CoQ10. Especially if your older
Didn't really come to a,conclusions!! Is it safe or not???
It depends on why you were started. If you have plaque, it’s dangerous. If you don’t have plaque, it’s not. Some, not many - people are starting due to high cholesterol or other risk factors but no plaque. For them it is safe to stop statins.
Thank you for this great info, appreciate you replying....my husband had a,STENT PUT in one of his,arteries and it was 75 % blocked. He is also diabetic...now we really don't know is it because of high cholesterol or plaque.?,now the Dr put him on 20 mg of atovorstatin...it's 2 months now..I put him on a low carb , low fat diet and now his latest report ,total cholesterol 112..,LDL 70 AND HDL IS 41,Triglycerides were good ,I don't quite remember the exact #..His,AIC is 6.6 from 7.8..so is it the diet that helped or the 20 mg statin..? I would love for him to stop or cut down his medication..any advice or suggestion pls???
I cannot give personal advice except to my own patients. But I can say this. Anyone that’s had a stent probably has plaque (almost always). It would therefore be dangerous for them not to be on a statin. In addition, I have said many times I don’t usually use high dose statins or Atorvastatin. I have several videos on it. Google my name and Lipitor. And my name and statins.
@@PrevMedHealth If there is plaque and HMG CoA reductase inhibitor side effects are intolerable, is stopping the drug & swapping to another anti-inflammatory solution the best course of action?
Suicidal thoughts on statins
I'm 45, at 42 I had my 1st of 5 heart attacks (last one was in June) and now have 7 stents. The cause? Plaque keeps sticking. (So I'm told by my cardio) I'm on 2 statins and they wanted to add a 3rd. The shot you give yourself. After some research I decided not to take it though. So, what is the best way to find a Dr. That doesn't promote these toxins? I still have a lot left to do!
Thanks for sharing that. Two statins together does not work. Are you sure they’re both statins?
@@PrevMedHealth Yes, I take 40mg of Lipitor and in the evening 40mg Atorvastatin. Along with other heart-related meds.
Guys am miserable after 2 days, I can’t breath tired, leg cramps muscle pain
I am literally struggling to breath
I got angry easily.
Thank you for your response, I talked to my doctor he took me off it immediately. I still feel short breath. My whole body changed in 2 days to worse. Happy holidays!
Have you tried taking Magnesium for your leg cramps, I recently started taking 400mg magnesium and my middle of the night leg cramps (Charley horses) have really subsided a lot so far and it's only been 1 week of my taking magnesium.
Drink tonic water that has quinine in it for cramps
@@floydforever5151 It also has a lot of sugar (or artificial sweeteners)
Reduction 2%
Hello
How about genetically very high triglycerides ? Is that true or destiny ?
What level? & what level HDL?
@@PrevMedHealth fasting level of TG is between 2000 and 3000. HDL is not measured due to high TGs
Thanks. That’s classified as VHTG- Very High TriGlycerides. That can be associated with genetics, diabetes, certain medications, etc.
This is what your doctor will never tell you....Dietary cholesterol is only found in animal products and animal by-products. Our bodies naturally make the amount of cholesterol that we need, however, humans increase the level by consuming animal products and animal by-products. Sooooo to reduce cholesterol naturally, simply switch to a non processed vegan diet.
@@maamedansowaa1520 Can you stop trolling?
I stopped Crestor for 1 week and felt much better. I have heart disease in my family so I am terrified to stop completley
Thanks for sharing that. Have you tried others, like Livalo?
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I have been on Crestor for 10 years. I have had aches and pains during that time. Someone asked me if I were on a statin and I told them I was. They said this could be the cause. I will discuss Livalo with my Physician. I feel I am damned if I do and damned if I dont! Thank you!
Learn how to add your data etc. on the screen. IMPOSSIBLE to see your wavy piece of paper being held up, and shaking.
I already did. Please learn to check more recent videos
It safe for the patients not safe for big pharma lose money
It depends on the reason you’re on a statin in the first place. If it’s from CV plaque, it’s patient risk.
Hi Doc,
Enjoy your videos.
12/17 I had three bypass and a heart valve replacement (pig), aortic stenosis.
The heart surgeon told my wife I only had a spray from the valve. He said my problem was most likely genetics from my mother.
I'm taking a statin every night. Was not on statins before the surgery.
I have been taking a 325mg aspirin for 25 years.
I guess the aspirin saved my life .
I'm 67 yrs old .
Thanks again for the videos.
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Thanks. Good luck.
I've listened to 30 other qualified researchers and cardiologist who different studies have shown statins help 1% of the people.... Its not just malaise and muscle soreness its neuromuscular diseases liver damage kidney damage.... cancer... no I will never take stains again....
I just want to say that my mom was never taking medication, right
well my mom arteries was clogged up but she caught it she felt something was wrong with her because she couldn't burp and something else she went to the doctor that she use to work for and sure enough her arteries was badly clog luckily she caught it because she would of had a heart attack and would of been dead, like my uncle he wasn't feeling well so he left work went home and laid down and never woke up he died. My mom is a nurse she knows about the human body she went to college for it many degrees on it, so when something is wrong with any of us or her family everybody call my mom. Anyway she had open heart surgery, she was put on heart medicine than two years later another open heart surgery and this time they took an artery from her leg so she is on 2, or 3 different heart medication and everything she eat is gluten free she can't stop taking her medication and she is 63, going on 64 Nov 2018, so she does take care of herself and I am happy that she does cause she would of been dead but she living life!!!
Thanks