Should you take a Statin? #shorts

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[kellyb]

I stopped taking statins. One Side effects is temporary memory loss. I took it for about a year. When I started to forget things, I stopped. Rather die early than live long in a comatose state with dementia/alzheimer in my 70-80-90. I eat more healthier foods, no sugar, use olive oil, no seed oil, more veggies, grass fed beef/lamb, growing sprouts + microgreens on my own.
Also exercise daily. No heavy weights, just 10 lbs, pedal on my cubii for an hour while watching tv. No need to sweat buckets of water.
Lost 25 lbs in 6 months (now 135 lb). Lost the back fat, double chin, love handles. Clothes are more loose.
No more huffing, puffing up the stairs😊

[rodhorton]

I would NEVER under any circumstance take a statin. We have been lied to about cholesterol causing heart disease. Diabetes is the #1 risk factor for heart disease, not cholesterol.

[libbyannstew]

The video I’m waiting for is the one discussing the recent research revealing that elevated cholesterol may very well NOT be the boogie man we’ve been led to believe it is. Decades ago, one junk science study amped up the prescribing of statins. It’s tough for non-medical people to trust the pharmaceutical companies after reading books like Empire of Pain (about the Sackler dynasty and the opiod crisis). The same overprescribing and brainwashing about statins (while minimizing side effect risk) is a real concern. You can’t even trust the FDA in the US or maybe not even Health Canada here to protect the general public from this stuff. It’s such a cash cow for the pharmaceutical companies.

[gryjim]

The huge question is, should physicians be prescribing statins to people with absolutely no cholesterol issues? This premise taught in U.S. medical (M.D., PA, NP, etcl) schools that nearly "everyone" should be on a statin is very troubling. Sadly, precious few patients know enough to question this recommendation coming from a medical professional.

[philliprickman]

Statins cause me to ache. I strained a hamstring Easter Sunday. It simply would not heal. I could hardly put my socks on and I had to walk down stairs sideways. I quit taking the statin (after consulting with my dr.). Within two weeks, the pain is gone in my leg and I have regained a significant range of motion.

[SemperFiBiologist]

I think at some point the medical community is going to have to admit that statins, and this obsession with cholesterol, is the biggest blunder they've ever made. High cholesterol on its own is not a risk factor. I'd be willing to bet if you looked at everyone who died from heart disease over the past 50 years who had high cholesterol you'd find 95% of them were smokers and probably all of them suffered from high stress. Smoking, stress, and sedentary lifestyles are the real problems, not cholesterol.

[Bhatmann]

Statins associated with increased risk of dementia. But you might live 1/2 day longer. 😂

[laurabattise]

Haven’t statins been debunked? I thought the studies were reviewed again. Most of them were reporting relative risk rather than absolute risk and it was determined that the actual improvement was minuscule therefore given the significant side effects, contraindicated. Plus now there are studies showing association with Alzheimer’s. I’d be cautious.

[dal]

Docs, i have had high cholesterol since 20s, prob younger, but mid-20s is when i started checking. My ldl is 190 my hdl is 42 and my total is 275. I am 52 years old now. i have had 2 calcium score tests in the last 6 years. 1 5 years ago and 1 recently and scored 0 both times, i can not tolerate statins, but if i took 1, wouldn't we be just treating a number and not an actual problem?

[joetaylor]

Many doctors would like to put Lipitor in the municipal water supplies, just like the expensive, caustic, and crappy industrial byproducts ("fluoride") are pumped in to supposedly enhance dental health.

[jaydubbelyoo]

I chose to go on statins after failing to get my levels down the conventional way of diet and exercise. I was closely monitored over a 12 month period, mind you, I was still smoking and binge drinking. I ticked all the boxes for heart disease, family history, ( I don’t know anything about the maternal side of the family), smoker, drinker and under abnormal types of stress. I knew I had to change before I suffered a slow, painful and undignified premature death. Now in my early 40’s I’m healthier than I was in my 20s and 30s. I quit drinking, smoking and do some form of exercise almost everyday. Even starting off slow making a change here and there is an improvement. I made note of how much time I spent sitting down each day. Even if you have nothing to do standing up, your body will always move into doing something. For me, statins were the kick I needed to get my health under control, before I started to develop hypertension.

[jlew]

Former statin taker. STAY THE F AWAY FROM STATINS is the simplest advice I can give you.

[pattihy]

Doctors never discuss how our brains need cholesterol and that the body makes cholesterol for this reason. The blood levels doctors check for cholesterol do not include the brain cholesterol because it does not cross the blood brain barrier BUT statins DO cross the blood brain barrier and lower brain cholesterol. Why is this and the affects never discussed?

[AFS-]

To me, statins were poison. Muscle cramps, memory loss, all over body aches, and difficulty walking. I refuse to take that poison. Now I feel soooo much better.

[Alligator]

Interesting since people with high cholesterol levels 200-300 live longer than people with low cholesterol...

[ellocodos]

Statins raise hard plaque by changing soft plaque into hard. Statins RAISE Lipoprotien

[KiKiQuiQuiKiKi]

For myself, I refuse to lower cholesterol with a pharmaceutical. A healthy, balanced lifestyle is the way to go. The brain is 25% cholesterol. 🧠 The few months that I was taking statins, I was extremely fatigued and practically incapacitated with shoulder & arm pain. NO THANK YOU

[KingArtexerxes]

My cholesterol is sky high and I took statins for many years. I took myself off statins about 8 years ago. Today I’m 71 and doing fine. There’s something like a .001 chance it’ll keep you from dying a week earlier.

[dannybryant]

Statins might damage nerve tissue (including brain tissue).

It may have contributed to my perifferial neuropathy.

[focusedfreebird]

Satin brought down my triglyceride numbers....however when I started on 20 mg pill, my muscles felt like cement. Could hardly get up in the morning. I immediately made my Dr. change pill to 5 I felt much better. No more muscle fatigue. It depends on the individual. Everyone is different. So I would say pay attention to the mg amount.