A close friend of mine revealed to a group of us yesterday that her doctor pestered her so much about not being on anti-cholesterol drugs that she finally went on them.

Now, five weeks later, and she has developed Bell's Palsy. She feels terrible, as she knew that these were risky. She had heard a lot of "anecdotal" reports about friends of friends, etc.

I myself would be on statins except for DU. Yes, several years ago, there was a discussion up about the new anti-cholesterol drugs. So many people here complained of first hand knowledge of huge decreases in people's health - including relatives that became ALS patients almost within a year of taking statins, that I realized as a patient, I MUST be wary of them. (I figure any topic that has only 250 responses with about 45 responses discussing huge risks points out huge dangers. Especially if it is not monopolized by one poster, but dozens of posters pointing out their family's bad experiences.)

My doctor of two years ago refused to back down: with my cholesterol at an "outrageous high" of 160, she wanted me on them or else to switch doctors.

So I switched doctors, to one of the better physicians I have ever had.

And now I came across this link:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread50...


And like one of the commentators over at the link is saying, now doctors are finding reasons to put children on these drugs!

Please note: Before you reply that the doctors have to prescribe these, as no one should have a heart attack, I know of no studies that show that the cholesterol drugs, used alone, help you avoid heart attacks. If you know of such a study, please reference it. Note that the ads even state that you must make serious diet changes and exercise, in order to be healthier.

Also, it is long believed in some circles that it is our homogeinized dairy products -that causes Americans to have so many heart attacks. (Also our stressful life styles, but living in such a crazy society, what can we do about that?)

In Denmark, where people's average cholesterol ratings are much higher, the dairy products are NOT homogenized. Therefore, the particles resulting from dairy products are not small enough to infiltrate the arteries, and the heart. Then there is also the fact that the Danes eat a lot more fish, with its healthy Omega fats, than we do.