Ten Lies About Statins Our Doctors Tell Us

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In this video I review 10 "assertions" I have been told or heard about statins over the years and why I reject each of these.
Quoted articles/studies/websites/etc.
Assertion 1: www.drugs.com/drug-class/hmg-...
Assertion 2: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
For assertion #2, note that "Shortness of Breath" is not specifically listed as an AE for Lipitor, though "unusual tiredness or weakness" and "fatigue" are. I would note that not all AEs from statins are known and doctors are reluctant to report potential AEs that are not already on such a list, thus suppressing many AEs from "making it." I have actually experienced a lot more of the symptoms that are listed as AEs, though to attribute them ALL to statins is probably not justified. After all, some symptoms really DO occur due to other causes. For example, heartburn: I doubt statins caused this for me. I'm sure it's eating too much chocolate. I had a bout of tachycardia for about a minute once. That was an isolated incident and seems to have been caused by my consume a highly-caffeinated product when I wasn't accustomed to such things.
Assertion 4:
Drugs.com defines "Rare" as 0.01% to 0.1% - i.e. 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 1,000;
Uncommon as 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 100.
Common as 1 in 100 to 1 in 10, though in one spot they inconsistently define "Very rare" as less than 0.1%
Assertion 5:
Paper on statins and brain research: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Report on BB permeability: www.researchgate.net/figure/S...
Note that "Lipophilic" = "fat loving"; "Hydrophilic" = "water loving" i.e. Fat Soluble and Water Soluble respectively.
Assertion 7:
FDA analysis of statins: www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety...
Assertion 8:
Ford Brewer RU-vid Video on statins and inflammation: • Statins & Inflammation...
Dr. Brewer is not the only Doctor who believes this.
Quick summary giving the 30-50% reduction figure: www.heartuk.org.uk/getting-tr...
Assertion 9:
Report on 50% compliance for statins: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Final Word: Dr. James Min is a former director of the Dalio Institute for Cardiovascular Imaging at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
His system for evaluating plaque is called "Cleerly": cleerlyhealth.com/
The quotes are from Page 12 of the AARP Bulletin Jan/Feb 2023 issue.
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DISCLAIMER: The following presentation and all presentations in this series are for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition. Please consult with your personal physician when deciding whether to treat or not treat any condition with pharmaceuticals or by any other treatment or therapy. In particular, never change dosage, stop taking medications, or change a therapy because of something presented in this series without discussing your options with your primary care physician or other health professional.
The author is not a medical professional and is presenting his own story, research, and opinions as they apply to himself, and himself alone.
If you think you may be experiencing a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911.
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@demonicsweaters Год назад

I was on statins for 6 months, experienced hair loss, increased blood sugar, and liver fat. All of these markers were fine before starting statins. My doctor said, 'oh it's not the statins'. Immediately after leaving that appointment I stopped taking them.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

An all-too common experience, sadly.

@pamelapasechnick6899 Год назад

I was on a statin for 6 years and within 6 months was having enough issues that every doctors Appt I was telling my doctors about how crappy I was feeling (Especially severe all over muscle cramps, pain and increasing weakness)! I had no idea it was the statin, and every doctor I saw had "no idea" what I was talking about. Finally, 3 years ago I just stopped taking it and within a week I felt better. But after 3 years, although I no longer have the constant muscle cramps, I still have not regain the muscle strength I lost. BTW, I HAVE lost a lot of faith in doctors.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Sorry that was your experience. Like you, I had no idea it was the statin at first. People have told me "It's the Nocebo effect", but if that was the case (and I'm sure it is in some instances for some people) it certainly wouldn't have taken us years to realize the connection. Do you supplement with Ubiquinol CoQ10? I don't know if that will help, but it might.

@pamelapasechnick6899 Год назад

I don't, but I will certainly check it out. Thanks!

@DanielaRicci-wx5zv Месяц назад

@@pamelapasechnick6899 Try magnesium glycinate. Intervention dose 800 to 1000 MG. At night !

@tfp0052 9 месяцев назад

In the shortest possible terms, 'The cure is much worse than the affliction!'

@yveclark Год назад

I was so crippled I couldn't walk. Two weeks after stopping them I was a different person

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

I have a brother-in-law who has trouble getting around, knows it's statins, but won't get off them. "It's the cost of being healthy" is his attitude. I'm glad you were able to figure it out so soon. I almost think people who get the adverse effects quickly are luckier (if there's no permanent damage) because it's more obvious what the cause is.

@tulasigovindasamy6186 8 месяцев назад

@@mystatinfreelife❤🎉

@DanielaRicci-wx5zv Месяц назад

Statins killed my husband. MASSIVE BRAIN HEMORRHAGE . NEARLY INSTANT.😢 He had a book case of symptoms and side effects . If only we knew...

@mystatinfreelife Месяц назад

Very sorry to hear these. Unfortunately, all too common.

@misterbaleize 7 месяцев назад

Having stumbled upon this video I have new subscribed to the channel - the points of view expressed here are too beautiful for words; thank you.

@mystatinfreelife 7 месяцев назад

Awesome, thank you!

@karimaogden3875 11 месяцев назад

The Nocebo Effect is a classic description of "Medical Gaslighting".

@mystatinfreelife 11 месяцев назад

Agree. I'm absolutely aghast at some of the studies of the Nocebo effect. I've devoted an entire video to a single study that was so flawed I can't believe it was published.

@jamesmacdonald5556 Год назад

Research vitamin K-2 and calcium in soft tissue; vitamin D and the immune system.

@denisethompson3439 Месяц назад

Doctors get a bonus $$ for each statin prescription they give out from the manufacturer. They really don't care about YOUR heart health. It's just a job.

@dogphlap6749 Год назад

That 36% figure is highly misleading.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Yeah, it's the Relative Risk Reduction claimed by the famous Lipitor ads. I call it the "Marketing" Risk Reduction, because it sounds so much better than the real risk reduction.

@caahacky Год назад

Thank you. Number three does it for me - just doesn't make sense.

@cadaankaa Год назад

Just commented on another one of your videos. I had the same experience about the "nocebo" effect you mention here. I just assumed my pain was from getting older. I'm sure my doctor recorded that as someone with no side affects.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

It's a common problem. The only way to get adverse effects known is to self-report. www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/

@cadaankaa Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife Thanks. I'll take some time to do that.

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

This unfortunately is what happens when medicine goes from not for profit primarily pre Nixon to for profit post Nixon. We cant even come up with a vax for malaria today and yet we came up with all kinds of vaccines that prevent polio, MMR, small pox, etc. Statins are pure and simply a corrolation of something being at the scene being blamed for the crime. I said it before and it seems very rationally apparent to me cholesterol is the repair mechanism for damage to the cardio vascular system. Just like blood platelets are the repair mechanism for a cut on your arm. The scary part to me is its obvious the importance of cholesterol and its many functions in the body. Yet what about the potential damage that isnt apparent statins are doing to peoples bodies. That to me is a far more concerning correlation. The medical and science community is completely lost from a prevmed perspective. Its so obviously tied to metabolic dysfunction and yet they keep the fool cholesterol hypothesis alive. No other animal on the planet suffers from health related issues related to diet and yet we think its from eating what lions, tigers and orcas live off of primarily is the source of our disease. Yet there is no reasonable explanation why humans who are omnivores get diseased from eating animals when it has been our diet foundation since the dawn of time. Im not trying to start a specific diet debate i am an omnivore and i eat as such, im just making a point that the science supporting the cholesterol hypothesis is archaic and its obvious the majority of the medical community are like government, unwilling to unvest time in any real research of exactly how our arteries get damaged aside from the one glaring obvious answer high blood pressure in arteries puts additional stress on arteries but that isnt the only part of the equation. I obviously think its tied to abnormal high levels of average/fasting blood glucose but there are other things. Not only are diabetics at far higher odds for heart attack and stroke so are people with sickle cell for example. The blood platelets are shaped like a sharp pointed sickle that damage the lining of the vessels. Why arent we looking at things from this perspective instead of some corrolation to a critical component to our bodies like cholesterol. No way everyones livers can be wrong about cholesterol production.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

A lot of RU-vid videos from Ken Berry, Sten Ekberg, Ford Brewer, Robert Cywes, etc. tackle the problem from this exact perspective: the biggest culprit is the Standard American Diet (SAD) and its high content of processed carbohydrates. Junk food really is killing us. And I remember the days when I thought "Gee, this Rice Krispy Square has no fat. It must be healthy!" I fear how much damage I did to myself as a sugar junkie all those years.

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife i just tell people quit all grain/seed based food and you will see an improvement. Im not fanatical i have a couple pints of heavy craft beer on occasion and a pastrami on rye but that is now a celebration rather than a foundation. You dont have to be an extremist but you do need to be rational. I think those of us who have consistently exercised the majority of our life in some form are at a huge advantage. My moms family all are contending with type 2 diabetes and yet she isnt at 83 because from her 30s she started going to aerobics 4 days a week. Its one of the main reason the animals are always healthy, they have to exercise or they die. Thats what we need, commercials during primetime. EXERCISE OR YOU WILL DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH 🤣

@dacisky Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife I feel the same way,been doing keto for 17 years..Docs still believe in Ancel Keys heart hypothesis,which has been disproved🙄.

@drfrank777 Год назад

I am impressed by your capacity for and use of basic logic in your discussion and conclusions. It's much more convincing than most other videos on this subject. And yes, my Dr. prescribed statins for me because my CAC was 150. He insisted. I didn't take them anyway. I have, instead, been implementing lifestyle and especially dietary improvements instead. I'm 77 and in great shape. Normal weight and blood pressure. I don't think I'll ever be interested in statins.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Thanks! I agree that lifestyle (which takes a lot of patience) will do much better for us than a lot of these drugs. I think for anyone over 65 (like us) Statins will usually do much more harm than good.

@kaychesnut2898 Год назад

Russ, what do you know about neurological effects?

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

I only really know what I experienced personally - and of course cognitive effects, at least, are very subjective. Also, I did have some neuropathy in my knees. It is less now that I am off statins but has not completely gone away. Mentally, I was making a lot of mistakes - some at work were safety issues, and I had similar mistakes around home and while driving. I felt I was in a fog, and was prone to bouts of temper and depression I understand that studies of lipophilic statins (such as Lipitor) are more prone to these things, whereas hydrophilic statins (such as Crestor) are less so. Our brains are heavy users of cholesterol for its normal function and the lipophilic statins are known to cross the so-called "Brain Blood Barrier" despite claims by many to the contrary.

@user-ot5wi7pd1x 7 месяцев назад

My cardiologist told me that he believed statins were such a wonder drug that they should be in the water supply.

@mystatinfreelife 7 месяцев назад

Sadly, that's a common attitude. There may be some who will benefit from statins, but as an upcoming video will tell, the % of people who are statin intolerant would make tgat a public health crisis. Also, check out my series on the 5 worst statin ideas. That's one of them.

@neilbanschbach1508 День назад

That is just plain evil! Period!

@billyjohnson9166 8 месяцев назад

What do you suggest for high cholesterol?

@mystatinfreelife 8 месяцев назад

I personally have improved lipid quality through diet and exercise. I don't worry as much about high numbers... the definition of high keeps changing and what is high for one person may be okay for another. If a person truly does have abnormally high cholesterol such as from Familial Hypercholesterolemia there are several alternatives their doctor can recommend such as bempedoic acid, ezetimibe etc.

@lisahowie-rigby5494 Год назад

My doctor claimed statins are wonder drugs. He said taking a statin is better health through science. He even went further by saying everyone over 50 should be taking them as a preventative drug. And yes, he said statins should be taken for life!!

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Unbelievable. I have a saying: "Just Say No." 😆

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

You should have asked him why other animals other than humans and our pets dont have diet related health issues.

@caahacky Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife If you read the long list of stuff that comes in the box with the statin (Atorvastatin in my case) it recommends not taking the drug without consulting your doctor - if you are 70 or older. Yet many elderly people are still being recommended to take a statin or taking them because of the 'take them for life' deal.

@gillianpope9039 9 месяцев назад

Don't they cause dementia in later life?

@janiceflores2468 Год назад

So why give statins. I personally refused. My doctor asked me why, and I told her there are too many article I've read that are against taking statins. That was the end of that.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

I wonder how many doctors are relieved when t hey hear that. They maybe have concerns but standards of care force them to prescribe. If you refuse, that gets them off the hook and you are both happy.

@yveclark Год назад

They have never been tested in women or the elderly and at best would lengthen my life by a couple of days. Also they don't improve all cause mortality. I'd be more likely to get diabetes or other life limiting conditions. I showed the GP reports and articles about this and they eventually stopped asking. They use relative risk results and present them as absolute.

@dacisky Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife I also wonder if any of them wake up one day and ask themselves;"OMG,what have I DONE!!?

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

@@yveclark Yes, there's all sorts of statistical tricks they use.

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

@@dacisky Well, my wife and I had the same doctor. She put me on statins, and gave my wife an equally or more dangerous treatment for something different, which ruined her quality of life for a couple of years (just like statins did for me, and we didn't know the cause at first.) After we moved and my wife went to a new doctor he freaked out at the meds my wife was taking for her condition and took her off it immediately, which pretty much fixed the immediate quality of life problem (the underlying condition still existed.) I doubt that first doctor has a clue, so she won't be saying "OMG what have I done?" 🤮 All we can do is look out for ourselves, unfortunately.

@mikesullivan6422 Год назад

I am taking crestor now don't like statins at all to many side effects. My doctor wants me to start farxiga, some of the side effects of farxiga can be fatal that sounds crazy to me my hdl 68 ldl 108 triglycerides are a little high I dont think statins are worth the risk for me. Probably going to lose my doctor all the cardiologists I know push statins there is just to much bad results

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Thanks for sharing. I just went on record saying I'm statin-intolerant and can't take them.

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

Low glycemic diet and lots of heart rate raising exercise for 6 months bet it reverses all your issues except cholesterol because they are chasing correlation not causation.

@walterzook7751 Год назад

Isn't Crestor rosuvastatin ? 3 different statins none worked without side effects, new cardiologist wants me to start injectable cholesterol Medication!🤣 not happening, I am very close to being completely off all prescription medications, A1c is 5.8 next labs May 2023 ? 5.0 or less complete reversal of type 2 diabetes! You should see med pros reaction ,😱 you can't do that! Really hmm, that isn't what my numbers say! There is no such thing as 100% safe meds, every one has possible side effects!

@walterzook7751 Год назад

@@mystatinfreelife that's what is in my med record, new cardiologist wants me to start injectable cholesterol Medication, no way it is going to happen, my pcp just took me off insulin and I am not interested in injectable!

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

@@walterzook7751 my A1C went down to 5.4 then back up to 5.6 and i eat only meat and non starchy vegs. My blood glucose meter shows a fasting and daily average blood glucose of low 90s so there is something hokey about how A1C is computed because a A1C of 5.1 is an average blood glucose of around 100 a 5.6 is around 117 i never see my blood glucose that high except for up to about an hour after eating.

@mrg7821 Год назад

What is your Calcium score?

@mystatinfreelife Год назад

Haven't had one yet, lining that up, but my current doctor is skeptical of a need. I recently was hospitalized for something totally unrelated and according to lab reports I have absolutely no blockages in carotid arteries at least (which would be from CIMT, not CAC, but is a good sign if true - not sure I believe it - I could have misinterpreted the lab report so I'm waiting to see a specialist.) I'm thinking of just paying for a CAC out of pocket.

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

I had one at 53 it was 3.

@kathygann7632 Год назад

Mine is 665 which puts me at 93% for risk, but my cholesterol is low, LDL is 51 and I wonder if it is a result of Covid. Lots of side effects so I quit.

@GregariousAntithesis Год назад

@@kathygann7632 if your score is that high then i would be doing far more extensive tests like a contrast angio stress test. The whole point of a calcium score is to see if there is a problem and then monitor it or in your case so more extensive testing.