I am 38 years old and had my second child 7 months ago. My family...
Unfortunately, I can´t help you with your question, but maybe I can help you with some hints as to where you can find more information.
All statins have similar side effects. Therefore, also read the patient stories about the other medications in the same family - Lipitor etc.
The side effects can come at once (lucky people) or after after many years and then the patient and the doctor will not see the connection.
I have never taken statins myself but I have seen side effects in people close to me and it made me very angry.
That`s when I turned to the Internet for more information - don´t forget it`s the pharmaceutical companies that runs the business and have the money.
I read a lot of patient stories on this site and others (I have nothing to do with the health- or pharmaceutical industry).
It`s always good to form your own opinion.
Is it really true that it`s high cholesterol that is causing heart disease?
You should know there are different opinions about that.
I hope these sites will not be erased:
www.thincs.org (a cholesterol sceptic network of doctors/scientists all over the world)
www.spacedoc.net (also a Forum with patient stories)
Google "Stopped our statins", a very informative and interesting site made by a patient.
Under "print articles", to the left, there is an interesting article from Weston Price Foundation about the different statin studies and side effects.
Here are som books:
The Great Cholesterol Con (Anthony Colpo)
The Cholesterol Myths (Uffe Ravnskov)
Lipitor - thief of memory (Duane Graveline)
Malignant Medical Myths (Joel F. Kauffman)
Overdosed America (John Abramson)
The Truth About The Drug Companies (Marcia Angell)
All that you describe can be side effects.
Please report them.
The best thing you can do for yourself and the people around you is to "educate" yourself on these issues and remember that is not just relevant to statins - but to all medications. '
An example - please visit www.fqresearch.org and www.fqvictims.org and look for information about Stephen Frieds book Bitter Pills (all about a certain kind of antibiotics).
Good luck!
Read the lipitor and zocor side effects these are all statin meds like simvastatin. In my opinion inhumane poison. CU
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