Posted on 03/14/2022 6:19:28 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has revealed that the link between 'bad' cholesterol (LDL-C) and poor health outcomes, such as heart attack and stroke, may not be as strong as previously thought.
Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the research questions the efficacy of statins when prescribed with the aim of lowering LDL-C and therefore reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Previous research has suggested that using statins to lower LDL-C positively affects health outcomes, and this is reflected in the various iterations of expert guidelines for the prevention of CVD. Statins are now commonly prescribed by doctors, with one third of Irish adults over the age of 50 taking statins, according to previous research.
The new findings contradict this theory, finding that this relationship was not as strong as previously thought. Instead, the research demonstrates that lowering LDL-C using statins had an inconsistent and inconclusive impact on CVD outcomes such as myocardial infarction (MI), stoke, and all-cause mortality.
In addition, it indicates that the overall benefit of taking statins may be small and will vary depending on an individual's personal risk factors.
The lead author on the paper is Dr. Paula Byrne from the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research based in RCSI's Department of General Practice. Commenting on the findings, Dr. Byrne says that "the message has long been that lowering your cholesterol will reduce your risk of heart disease, and that statins help to achieve this. However, our research indicates that, in reality, the benefits of taking statins are varied and can be quite modest."
The researchers go on to suggest that this updated information should be communicated to patients through informed clinical decision-making and updated clinical guidelines and policy.
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Statistical Medicine vs. Personal Medicine.
We were promised individualized Medicine, but now only have Fauxcy/CDC Big Pharma Medicine.
The patent must be about to run out on Lipitor.
There are certain genetic markers that some people have that will indicate if Statins have a therapeutic for those people. From what I recall reading, it's around 9-12% of the people. I believe it's people of a certain eastern European descent that predominantly carry these genes. It's been a while since I read the research though.
Everyone else is peeing expensive urine and making themselves dumber. Cholesterol is vital for intelligence and memory. Reduce it, you get stupid.
I know a cardiologist who speaks of statins the way Fauci speaks of vaccines. Maybe this article will turn on a tiny dim light.
I caught part of an interview recently on Prager’s radio show with a doctor from this group. Prager said he’d used them. Fascinating. https://www.paladinmds.com/
“Everyone else is peeing expensive urine and making themselves dumber.”
Statins gave me crippling muscle cramps so I quit them early on. Silver lining = I didn’t get any dumber (at least not from statins).
The Pharma statin lobby is so powerful that I don’t believe anything I’ve heard about statins in the past 3 decades at this point.
The talking points have gone out that any potential side effects are DEFINITELY rare and mild. BS.
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Sugar and carbs (which become sugar) cause ALL the problems.
Cholesterol tries to fix them, but does that poorly.
A few friends quit they’re statins...leg pains, hyper...
Yea, statins were debunked a while ago. They used deceptive marketing, to say the least, to get doctors to prescribe them.
“A few friends quit they’re statins...leg pains, hyper...”
Only 5% of the people who take statins have significant side effects based on certification data. Of course if you ask 100 people on statins whether they have significant side effects, 95% will say yes.
So the statins were causing leg pains?
and hyper; hyper as in hyperactivity?
So does the body turn sugars and carbs into cholesterol?
My doc wanted me on statins (Lipitor) some 20 years ago. I said no, and he never brought it up again.
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