Three years ago, my Doctor said he wanted my cholesterol lowered....

Good that you stopped that dangerous drug. Unfortunately, drs. continue to push drugs, because that's all they know. There are many natural products and alternatives. Sounds like you are on the right track.

Good luck.

As I think that most people don´t read earlier messages I enclose one that I wrote August 3, 2008.

Hope it will be useful.

When it comes to stopping medications - it`s always good to reduce the dosage little by little.

There is a suggestion at "Stopped our statins".

I think everyone should know why they they take a certain medication and why they stop!

All statins have similar side effects!

Unfortunately the webb-addresses will be substituted with ****, but you might find them if you search for the names of the authors and the book titles.

Good luck!
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Message from Aug. 3, 2008

I have never experienced side effects of statins myself.

I have never taken any - nor would I if my numbers should be too high.

I have had the opportunity - or rather was forced to - to "educate" myself on the cholesterol issue as i had 3 relatives suffering from side effects.

They were all over 70 and had taken Simvastatin (Zocor) for years.

In 2003, when I had just got an Internet connection, I started to look for information and was surprised to find these sites:

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I also found "Stopped our statins" (google for those words) where there is a lot of information.

Under print articles you will find a very informative article from The Weston Price Foundation about the different statin studies over the years and also about the side effects.

Are you sure that a high cholesterol will cause heart problems - or is it just propaganda from the pharmaceutical and health industry?

After having visited some of these webb sites and read some of the books you might have changed your mind - like I did.

Your cholesterol is very important for your body and essential for your brain among other things.

Why should you live better and longer if you use medications to lower it?

It`s just to read all these patient stories - what quality of life is this?

I would suggest that you also read the messages for the other statins such as Lipitor, Zocor (=Simvastatin) etc.

All statins have similar side effects.

Here are some books that you might find interesting. Some about the cholesterol issue.

The Great Cholesterol Con (Antony Colpo)

The Cholesterol Myths (Uffe Ravnskov)

Lipitor - thief of memory (Duane Graveline

Malignant Medical Myths (Joel F. Kauffman)

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Overdosed America (John Abramson)

The Truth about the Drug Companies (Marcia Angell)

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Bitter Pills (Stephen Fried)
about quinolone antibiotics such as Cipro, Ciprofloxacin, Levaquin etc.

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The Antidepressant Fact Book
Your Drug May Be Your Problem
Toxic Psychiatry
Medicine Madness
(Peter R. Breggin - all books about psychotropic drugs)
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What if medicine disappeared?
(Gerald E. Markle and Francis B. McCrea)

How doctors think
(Jerome Groopman?)

that is good you stopped the lipitor i would like to tell you that there are other natral alternative is avaliable to control cholestrol like turmeric,ginger,garlig and also very potent fenugreek seed,search and find more about them .i hope it is helpful for you and also these are natures wonderful drug without side effect.