[spokeshave]

From the FDA :

FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins Tue, Feb 28 2012 By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss.

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday the changes to the safety information on the labels of statins such as Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, AstraZeneca's Crestor and Merck & Co's Zocor that are taken by tens of millions of people.

I use Niacin and Chinese Red Yeast for Cholesterol

and Hawthorn/Ginko/Garlic for BP

[djf]

Most people don’t know it, but the base for all the statin drugs was actually discovered in red-yeast rice.

In other words, statin drugs are naturally occurring substances.

I think the FDA banned imports of red yeast rice IF the concentration of the substance in question was above a certain limit, so most red yeast rice should be non or only minimally effective compared to a scrip for one of the statins.

I will say once again, BE CAREFUL!!