Why is your doctor pushing statins on you? 6 reasons.

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In response to a viewer question, I discuss the reasons why Doctors are pushing statins despite their low effectiveness in preventing cardiovascular events.
Note: at around 6:15 I said "half of the bonus payments." I should have said "half of the medicine-related bonus payments" to be clearer.
References and other materials:
[1] Medical Malpractice: A Cardiovascular Perspective
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Volume 30m Issue 3, June 2012 S.Y. Tan
[2] How High Cholesterol Can Result in Cardiology Malpractice
www.girardslaw.com/blog/how-h...
Girards Law Firm Website
[3] The Standard of Care
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, July 2021, Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD
[4] 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/...
Circulation (AHA Journal), June 2019
[5] Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
Sang-Wook Yi, Jee-Jeon Yi, & Heechoul Ohrr
creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Nature, February 2019
[6] Taking a Brand-Name Statin? Your Doctor May Be Taking Industry Money
www.healthline.com/health-new...
Healthline, October 2018, Brian Krans
[7] How many patients does a doctor have a day?
www.elationhealth.com/resourc...
Web Article
[8] Flawed cholesterol study makes headlines
www.bhf.org.uk/informationsup...
British Heart Foundation
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DISCLAIMER: The following presentation and all presentations on this channel 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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@dodgeman338 2 месяца назад

1. Money 2. Money 3, Money 4. Money 5. Money 6. More money

@NineInchTyrone 2 месяца назад

And MO MONEY

@mariatolich4056 2 месяца назад

Money money money ain't it funny in a rich man's world 🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶 and yes it all about money. I don't trust their numbers anymore because they mess around in order to push drugs and crazy on to people 😡😡

@TheDeadMan3848 2 месяца назад

Not disagreeing with you, but alot of these meds are Generic, with a small profit margin 🤷‍♂️

@dennysmith5284 2 месяца назад

I was in that business, and you nailed it. Kudos

@catherinehazur7336 2 месяца назад

@@TheDeadMan3848 They do it because of deep love for us and a high level of concern for our well being.....gotta love and believe the best of the medical/pharmaceutical corporatocracy and worship its magnanimity and benevolence and infallibility in return

@patriciakinloch9896 2 месяца назад

I refused statins over 20 years ago when told that side effects include memory loss! I am now 82 and still healthy, active.

@dunkirk1581 2 месяца назад

20% of your brain is cholesterol, statin stop production of cholesterol, your brain dies, They have known this since the 1970s.

@beavisbrowne3497 2 месяца назад

My memory is shit taking them 10 years..10 years ago...still ruined my brain

@erice9536 2 месяца назад

I definitely had the memory loss issue in the couple months I took them. Keep on moving Patricia!

@user-zp8ee8oy7m 2 месяца назад

30 year ago i refuse statin I'm doing great I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE ANY CAN OF MED THANK YOU

@lumberdog198 2 месяца назад

I cant remember if I take statins

@saltandpepper1963 2 месяца назад

Been an RN for 16 years in hospital, the number of patients blindly prescribed statins is disgusting. I new Statins were being overprescribed when they were pushed on me at 30 years old. I was a gym rat, crossfit, aspiring fitness model lol. My life was fitness! Went to a primary care Dr concerning a rash and starting a statin was the Doctors concern. Its criminal!

@deryaner35 2 месяца назад

My Cardiologist’s TA pitched a fit when I told her I had stopped taking Atorvorstatin and would no longer had an interest in taking them. She got snotty and I refuse to see her again! She is not God and will not disrespect me for making my own life choices.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Sadly, your experience us all too common. Someday I hope the mainstream medical profession will understand that there is something drastically wrong with prescribing these drugs in most cases. Stay strong!

@christopherwunsch5077 2 месяца назад

So many doctors etc are indoctrinated to believe the false theory of heart disease, as an RN, I was taught this fallacy, reinforced by the several pharmaceutical conferences i attended, it wasnt until my life, my health, my career were destroyed by Lipitor that opened my eyes

@happycamper1372 2 месяца назад

I took that for a few months and my memory got so bad I quit taking it, the doctor then put me on a different one and it started happening again and I also started having ridiculous anxiety! I’ve been off them for 2 months and I’m still not 100%. I will never take them again! I wonder how many people are being told they have dementia or are being treated for anxiety and it’s being caused by statins.

@safianamani1375 2 месяца назад

Chang diet N exercise... Hydrate... Green tea with lemon is good.. True... A Dr. Isn't God....

@safianamani1375 2 месяца назад

Plant diet... Fish... Chick... 30min...work everyday

@jamestimmons6838 2 месяца назад

As a retired physician, I can tell you most of what is pushed as Quality is Quap.

@genigeni9335 2 месяца назад

Sadly it takes a retired doctor to tell the truth and not an active working doctor.

@scottmerritt9877 2 месяца назад

For the invention of “Quap” I award you the coveted Neologism Prize. 😊

@loriru3135 2 месяца назад

May I ask you take on Lisinipril which many take for decades?

@jamestimmons6838 2 месяца назад

@@loriru3135 Since hypertension is predominantly a disease of the elderly, and since everyone who survives with hypertension will eventually be elderly, I prefer to start treatment with the drug that is safest for the elderly. That drug would be a beta-blocker. Lisinopril is not on the Beers Criteria list of drugs contraindicated in geriatric patients, but the beta-blockers have a better safety profile. Hypertension is a major clinical risk factor for heart disease and stroke. I do not think there is much disagreement on the need to treat hypertension. Lisinopril is not an unreasonable choice and I would use it if a second agent was needed. In any individual case with any drug, it is important to make sure that it does not have a significant interaction with other drugs being taken and that the patient does not have a contraindication or an allergy to that drug.

@catherinehazur7336 Месяц назад

As a retired nurse, I determined awhile back It's quackery too🦆

@alangardner8596 2 месяца назад

People remark on how young I look, how active and healthy I am. That's probably because I stay away from sugar, vegetable oils, ultra-processed food and doctors.

@sherynkowatsch2970 2 месяца назад

EXACTLY!! PEOPLE MUST CHANGE THEIR DIET TO SAVE THEIR OWN LIVES! 🙏 LIVE LONG AND PROSPER! 👈 (always loved that line) 🙂

@bobs182 2 месяца назад

I have been damaged several times from procedures and surgeries that had no benefit. Beware of doctors.

@Lucky-wt6fg 2 месяца назад

Exactly true……also keep your pets away from vets if u can.

@herbbowler2461 2 месяца назад

If unrefined both simple and complex sugars and oils are essential to good health.

@alangardner8596 2 месяца назад

@@herbbowler2461 Seed oils should be avoided, they are highly processed and reliably thought to be the source of many modern diseases. Sugar is also known to have dire effects on health. We can get adequate sugar from ordinary plain food. Cancer also feeds on sugar .

@jerryshepherd1645 2 месяца назад

Yes I know my doctor got so mad he threw his pencil across the room when I told him I was going to quit taking the medicine But I feel much better today.

@darylfoster7944 2 месяца назад

I read that about 20% of statin users quit their medication due to side effects.

@christopherwunsch5077 2 месяца назад

Jerry and EVERYBODY, our doctors CANNOT force prescriptions down our throats! WE as patients have EVERY RIGHT to choose what we allow or do not allow in our bodys.

@debbycarathers9305 2 месяца назад

Read the book, “the great cholesterol hoax “ it speaks truth!

@jeffsmith8197 Месяц назад

My former cardiologist went insane with rage when I told him I wouldn't take statins. He sent the script to my pharmacy anyway and I told them to cancel it. I found a new, less corrupt, cardiologist and told him up front not to even mention the word 'statin' to me. How much of a kickback do these criminal doctors get from big pharma?

@bobo-si3kw 2 месяца назад

27 years ago they tried to get me on statins, never listened. Going to the gym for over 40 years is my Statin.

@darylfoster7944 2 месяца назад

My cholesterol was 202 and my doctor recommended a statin. She said it would lower my 10 year heart attack risk by a whopping 1%. Not much of a benefit when the side effects are taken into account. Even if there were no side effects, I still wouldn't take it.

@veronicastewart1112 Месяц назад

My doctor has been prescribing statins for several years, even though I told her I don't want them. So, I simply don't fill the prescription.

@shevawnprather7162 Месяц назад

3 words that say it all, money, power and greed. Very sad indeed. ❤️

@stephenodonnell619 27 дней назад

I believe it is just one word req. GREED the other two word are subsidiaries of greed imo, never the less you are right.

@catherinehazur7336 2 месяца назад

I retired in 2018 My eyes were opened about the medical pharmaceutical cartel corporatocracy. I dont take Big Pharma drugs or go to doctors. It suits me fine.

@lindadennis7435 2 месяца назад

People BEWARE!!!!! I got severly depressed, brain fog, horrible memory loss, stumbling, extreme exhaustion. I would have died on this drug ATORVASTATIN. After one month off the drug I'm back to me again. How many people don't know this? Doctos don't tell you.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your story. Brain fog and other cognitive problems are one of the adverse effects that is denied the most, and seems to be one of the most common. Watch my video on brain fog here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7feTATNJ9ow.html I also had this issue.

@kathleenking47 Месяц назад

Some don't know

@radiomanz117 Месяц назад

Stations caused my leg muscles to hurt incredibly. After stopping Im sure that's still causing problems.

@lindadennis7435 Месяц назад

@@radiomanz117dr put me on it for high cholesterol. Even when I was103 lbs I had it. Now I'm older and weigh more. I watch what I eat. Do I want to continue with the medicine induced depression and muscle PAIN and cognitive impairment and be in line with the numbers or be able to take care of myself thinking clearly. I'm 72 and grateful I lived this long.

@christopherwunsch5077 Месяц назад

@@radiomanz117 my legs stil hurt 24/7 still, 22 years later... and nearly every doctor Ive seen since simply refuse the FACT that statins can cause anything short of puppies and rainbows,

@susantubetop2055 2 месяца назад

The Framingham Study which was one of the longest running studies ever - concluded that women with the highest cholesterol lived the longest. Period. I'm sure they have corrupted those results over the years but that was the truth.

@ninfar0507 2 месяца назад

Yes both my parents had high cholesterol and my dad lived over 90 yes old n my mom 89 and never took statins. My mom was old fashion English. She always told me if you want to have a long healthy life,eat right,exercise and stay away from doctors unless it’s an absolutely emergency!!

@lizysaji8944 2 месяца назад

@@ninfar0507if I forget to take stating for 123 days, I start to develop some burning and pin pick sensations on my leg. When I take it correctly no isdues

@darylfoster7944 2 месяца назад

The question is, what is actually "high" cholesterol? The powers that be decided to come up with an arbitrary number of 200 so they could start medicating millions of people. I've done research of my own, and it seems that anything in the 180-280 range should be considered normal.

@bettyc.parker-young1437 Месяц назад

@@darylfoster7944Thank you. I was on 20 mg and my Dr doubled when it went to 250. It was 211. After a few weeks I hurt so bad . I read up on statins and I stopped taking them because I didn't want to take them anymore. Within days I was better. I'm just watching my diet like usual.

@soapsinbloom Месяц назад

@@darylfoster7944 just like blood pressure, they are always changing the numebrs for the better of PHARMA.

@lillian9221 2 месяца назад

I worked for Merck when the first product was launched, I saw doctors rewarded with holidays etc to prescribe.

@heatherjovero9379 2 месяца назад

Do you know about carbon copy prescriptions ?

@wendychan6679 2 месяца назад

That doesn't only happen with statins and it is a disgrace. They should change the Hippocratic Oath to the Hypocritic Oath.

@starlite556 2 месяца назад

One day those doctors will be rewarded with hell.

@MelissaR784 2 месяца назад

According to my sister-in-law who works in a doctors office, they still do give bonuses when patients take certain medications.

@wendychan6679 2 месяца назад

I don't know about you but that makes me feel sick. These doctors should be concerned about patient care but clearly they are not.

@douginorlando6260 2 месяца назад

My parents were relieved when my Dad stopped taking Lipitor. His declining short term memory quickly & fully recovered. They realized his declining short term memory was caused by Lipitor and not beginning of Alzheimer’s.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Very common experience. Unfortunately, many people never take the step of getting off them, believing rather that the memory was normal aging.

@btudrus 2 месяца назад

Not eating sugar is how I avoid heart attack...

@EDWARDmalinky 2 месяца назад

EXACTLY.

@lpg12338 2 месяца назад

Well said. 👍

@dpasek1 2 месяца назад

Chronic hyperinsulinemia is the major contributor to CVD, not "hypercholesterolemia".

@btudrus 2 месяца назад

@@dpasek1 »Chronic hyperinsulinemia is the major contributor to CVD, not "hypercholesterolemia".« That is incorrect: ] 1) hyperinsulinaemia is the primary cause of CVD, not just a "major contributor", 2) hyperinsulinaemis is ALSO the primary cause of what is called "atherogenic dyslipidaemia" (high LDL-C, low HDL-C, high TG). It is because hyperinsulinaemia causes rapid aging of mitochondria (through various mechanisms, the most important being the suppression of mitophagy). If mitochondria in the hepatocytes are unable to burn the substrate for energy because of this, it will spill out a large amount of citrate (through the "citrate shuttle") which then gets converted both into triglycerides and cholester and most of it exported out of the liver as (V)LDL into the blood stream...

@btudrus 2 месяца назад

@@dpasek1 Oh, I probably missunderstood what you wrote. I though you wanted to say that "hyperinsulinaemia is not the major contributor to hypercholesterolaemia". You probably wanted to say that "hypercholesteroleamia is not a major cause of CVD". With the later I do agree...

@dsanders755 2 месяца назад

''First do no harm..'' What happened to this statement?

@genigeni9335 2 месяца назад

cv was an eye opener where the medical industry stands in regards to their patients(customers) there is no denying.

@JigsawPuzzleConnection 2 месяца назад

All about the money and the harm. Then we get sick and need more care.

@tezzo55 2 месяца назад

REMEMBER - Just say "NO!" to drugs!

@lindap.p.1337 Месяц назад

Not ALWAYS. My husband has multiple myeloma, kidney failure and heart failure. RXs are keeping him alive. Use your head and read up! Many RXs are not necessary and I myself have refused one.

@tezzo55 Месяц назад

@@lindap.p.1337 This was a "drug safety slogan" aimed at getting youngsters to not use CERTAIN drugs in the 70s or 80s. I'm simply turning their own slogan back on them in irony. Statins paid for many a doctor and family's summer holiday! OF COURSE I know certain drugs are very useful and very good indeed. I have a lot of time for magic mushrooms! Best

@ronaldjones996 2 месяца назад

As a doctor, no matter how much I read, the research and statistics were biased and that was the main reason I prescribed and took statins. When I retired at the end of 2019, I went keto and am now off statin and BP Rx and am now 45# lighter and healthier!

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing! That could have been reason #7 I guess: biased statin research.

@ak-rx1ui 2 месяца назад

So nice to have some doctors come clean after retirement, just like retired govt. officials😅

@ronaldjones996 2 месяца назад

@@ak-rx1ui I take some offense at the comment come clean. Because doctors are ignorant, they don’t know how wrong they are and by far most doctors still mean well. The medical system as a whole is killing us! I was not coming clean, but am remorseful as to being part of a seriously flawed system!

@ak-rx1ui 2 месяца назад

@@ronaldjones996Dear sir, I agree with you: "The medical system is killing us", but I also remind you: "Medice, cura te ipsum". Staying within an eco-system and being blind/compliant to its faults is not responsible behavior for anyone, especially doctors- who deal routinely with life & death. Remember Dr. Semmelweis? And what his colleagues did to him? Be the change you want to see. No offense meant.

@stevetk8174 2 месяца назад

I have been doing Keto and found the same results

@dacisky 3 месяца назад

Good video.I see my cardiologist this summer and expect yet another statin lecture. I'm so sick of them.

@SET12DSP 2 месяца назад

I said no! And I'm reversing my CAC if I hadn't that score would likely be a 1000 and likely higher because statins just calcify the arteries all the more in the name of plaque stabilization and who knows stents and more drugs for sure. It's just a downhill slide, IMO on statins!

@jamescalifornia2964 2 месяца назад

I take niacin 👌

@SET12DSP 2 месяца назад

@jamescalifornia2964 Yes, while niacin can lower cholesterol levels, one must be careful with it as too much of it has been shown to do damage. Personally, I have no desire to lower my cholesterol because it is used to repair everything within the body. It is used extensively in the brain 🧠. My concern is the arteries themselves, and to repair them, they need vast amounts of Vitamin C. As Dr. Linus Pauling has suggested. With his protocol, I am successfully doing that as verified by CAC. A Coronary Artery Calcium score is the only thing that verifies what you are doing is successful, IMO. Anything else is a guess!

@lynnettespolitics9656 2 месяца назад

It's time to fire your doctor! If he's pushing these, what other crap has he prescribed that was bogus? Doctors fired all sorts of Americans because they didn't get the vaccine, so isn't it time we voiced our "rules"? Good luck!

@RealRavi 26 дней назад

Get a new doctor

@ellendubiel4224 2 месяца назад

The sad part is the doctors know the side affects and still push them on patients.

@melasaylor5984 Месяц назад

They may be getting "bonuses" for putting a percentage of their patients on them. My doctor dropped me when I refused. But hey, that improved her numbers, huh?

@Whatdoyouthink.687 Месяц назад

You hit the nail on the head Ellen, thanks for your comment.

@eleanorsmith971 2 месяца назад

My doctor tried to get me to take a Statin, I refused. According to him my heart was fine, my blood pressure was very good. I asked him why, he said something about my insurance company recommended it. He had never checked my cholesterol, I was pretty sure it’s fine, that’s why he never mentioned it in all my blood work. I’m diabetic, so he just assumed I had high cholesterol. I’m 72, he never mentioned me getting checked for cholesterol again. Maybe that’s why he canceled my last two appointments. Spoke to him over the phone instead of in person, that’s fine with me. The Medical field benefits the most in this greedy Commercial system. It all about them making money. I’m glad this information is on UTUBE alerting the public about this issue.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

That's sounds negligent - to try to put someone on a statin without even the bad excuse of a cholesterol level. And statins are known to increase insulin resistance in many people. Makes me wonder why they give them to diabetics. Thanks for watching and sharing.

@christopherwunsch5077 Месяц назад

@eleanorsmith971 if you'd like ROCK solid evidence to support your decision, check out the book "The Truth About Statins: Risks and Alternatives to Cholesterol Lowering Drugs" by Dr Barbara Roberts MD, a cardiologist of more than 30 years who specialized in women, EYE OPENING to say the least

@maxmoody3074 2 месяца назад

My doctor tried to put me on a statin even though my cholesterol was ok. I asked why and she said for your age (60) it was considered preventative. That response right there told me I'll never take a statin. It's all about the money.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Yes, that's saying "There's no person in the world healthy enough to not need a statin." I'll bet she didn't tell you what your risk level actually was, and how little statins would reduce it. The overuse of statins for primary prevention is one of my main complaints with them.

@maxmoody3074 2 месяца назад

Yes you are correct, I once had a good doctor that would only prescribe any medication as a last result. He was all about life style and food, but he retired in 2016. This one has totally eroded my faith in the medical industry.

@MovieRelated 2 месяца назад

If cholesterol is the body's band aid. How is reducing cholesterol the appropriate action? Find the reason the body needs the band aid and fix that.

@MelissaR784 2 месяца назад

Cholesterol carries nutrients to the cells and your liver produces it. Statins stops that liver function. So glad I never went on them.

@herbbowler2461 2 месяца назад

Well put!

@DrSweetshaft Месяц назад

Logic

@Whatdoyouthink.687 Месяц назад

Excellent comment. Cholesterol is a band aid. Stop the bad stuff from entering your blood stream first. Then you won't need the band aid and your liver will stop producing cholesterol.

@1829scott 2 месяца назад

statins also get through the brain barrier and lower cholesterol in the brain causing brain fog. I stopped my statin

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Happened to me too. I have a video on brain fog as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7feTATNJ9ow.html

@Ukepa 2 месяца назад

I've taken statins for years and have been switched to several kinds by my doctors. I've also followed news critical of statins and questioned my doctors. My last cardiologist said, 'it's not strong enough' when I asked for a weaker statin and I assumed this was true. It's hard to balance trust and skepticism. I like this video and the information convinces me that diet and exercise continue to be the best way to avoid heart attacks!!!

@elizabethk3238 2 месяца назад

Doctors cannot be bothered to read any new scientific papers, so stuck in the minimum they learnt 40 years ago in med school. 76 and healthy. I stay the hell awsy from doctors.

@itsshepherd5618 29 дней назад

Yep

@JMK-vo8pv 3 месяца назад

Wow, Russ, you knocked this topic "out of the ballpark." Not only are your insights on statins very informative, but you back them up with the multiple references you cite. Keep up your great work.

@jfk9996 2 месяца назад

I worked in a family doctor's (GP) practice in Cornwall UK for six years 2016 -2021 as a pharmacy dispenser. I remember on one occasion, a patient mentioned that they'd missed their Atorvastatin dose for a few days because they had been visiting family. He wanted to know if this had any negative effects. As was my job, I passed this query onto the duty doctor who said "It won't make any difference, it's a load of boll**ks anyway..." True story.

@ezloop1 2 месяца назад

great video, i refuse to take statin despite my doctor advice for those reasons that you talk on the video.

@pmccord9 2 месяца назад

Carnivore cleared calcium from my arteries, not statins. Statins are liver toxins, correllated to Alzheimer's. Great channel.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@barsoom43 2 месяца назад

I use Vit K2-M7 with Vit D3 to clear calcium from my arteries..

@stavross3321 2 месяца назад

Seems that keto or carnivore can improve all important health markers in bloodwork. Doctors have no idea.

@herbbowler2461 2 месяца назад

@@stavross3321LIAR!

@russellyoung1262 2 месяца назад

I stopped my statin 3yrs ago and she don't even know...my cholesterol count is great...

@58landman 2 месяца назад

I recall when, not so long ago, a cholestrol number of 300 was considered the normal. After statins were developed someone changed the cholesterol number to 200 and if the number is higher than 200, docs began prescribing statins. There was money out of the wazoo to be made and those numbers were lowered to make it.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Some claim that the number was lowered as a result of new data becoming available. If I was cynical I'd say that new data was the bottom line of a corporate balance sheet. 😀

@58landman 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelife Cynics are often the only smart peeps in the group. I'm a cynic, too.

@projectalice8119 2 месяца назад

I had terrible side effects from Statins so I stopped taking them. Then my Doc put me on Repatha and told me it wasn’t a Statin so I wouldn’t have any problems only I did. Both times the doctor told me that the side effects I experienced were not due to these medications, but when I stopped taking them, the side effects went away. I recently noticed that when I refuse to take a medication, the doctor makes a note in my chart that I’m non compliant. While I appreciate that they have gone to school and may know more than me about medical conditions, that does not mean I’m going to just blindly accept what they tell me. I’m going to do my own research, ask questions, and make my own decisions about my health.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

The doctor is correct that Repatha is not a statin. However, if the adverse effects you experienced were from the resulting low cholesterol, you'd still have them. I was never on Repatha (a PCSK9 inhibitor), but I was on Zetia (also not a statin) and had the same experience.

@projectalice8119 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelife My best friend was also put on Repatha and tried to tell me it was all in my head and told me to stop Googling these drugs, then he began to have the same issues. So he decided to stop taking the drug to see if that was what was causing the problems. His symptoms subsided so he started taking it again (not sure why) and they came back with a vengeance! It has taken almost 6 months for him to start feeling better since he stopped taking the drug the second time. I have lost all trust in the medical community & Big Pharma. There is no money in a cure. The money is in “disease management”. 😡

@rr8960 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this video. My husband’s doctor put him on a statin and it just about wiped him out. He was sick and tired all the time. After two weeks I said no more, and we started researching other alternatives. He wrote his doctor a letter saying he was going off, and what he was going to do instead. He’s back for feeling normal again.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

A common experience. It actually took me 10 years to figure it out because the adverse effects came on only slowly for me. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@lightbringer2938 2 месяца назад

I changed my diet to whole food plants only 12 years ago and stopped all drugs prescribed by the cardiologist. My blood work is very good and I feel great. Do your own research.

@MrSidReal 2 месяца назад

same, but got rid off all plants in my diet, 🤣

@barbaraparker6996 2 месяца назад

@@MrSidReal l just did that too. Absolutely nothing that comes from a plant. Wish me luck when l go have blood work in about 6 months and l tell my Dr. I took myself off statins

@lynnehall5125 2 месяца назад

Never get to root of problem Always drugs...not the answer

@catherinehazur7336 2 месяца назад

No filthy lucre for PigFarma to wallow in if nobody takes their drugs. People get hooked on the notion that without keeping the polypharmacy going in their lives they are going to die. Meanwhile, each drug they take has its own side effects and interacts with all the other drugs the patients are taking, for which the medical/pharmaceutical cartel has them convinced that the solution is to take yet MORE drugs to allegedly get rid of the new symptoms caused by the ones they are already taking....

@stavross3321 2 месяца назад

People assume that statins have 1% of benefit in a lifetime, but this a based on big pharma studies. Because if there were independent studies that number would be 0.0%. And if you add statin-diabetes, depletion of coq10 and k2, muscle pain and weakness, these cause premature death which are not recorded as statin death victims.

@tallgrass9366 2 месяца назад

Thank you. Your analysis and comments most informative and demonstrates your hard work with the many listed citations to produce this video for the benefit of your audience. Thanks again.

@richardlocke7264 2 месяца назад

"A roll of the eyes over a respectful hearing"- totally true

@ssa8479 3 месяца назад

At 3,000 patients a doctor spends 45 minutes a year in the presence of a patient? Those patients are lucky. During my two visits a year the doctor may be in the room with me 5-6 minutes. After a quick hello, he mostly talks to his laptop. At the end of the visit he rushes me in for a blood draw. I get a terse statement when the results come in: "labs look good, no change in med." Or "Numbers a bit high/low, changing dose, script sent to pharmacy." Discuss the labs with a patient? That's so 2010.

@GaMt13 2 месяца назад

Sounds like the VA.

@stavross3321 2 месяца назад

In 2024 1. Get your bloodwork and other exams. 2. Ignore doctors 3. Consult multiple specialists in youtube 4. Consult latest research papers reviews in youtube. 5. solve your problems without drugs

@melissasmess2773 2 месяца назад

My doctors writes me a summary of my lab results and what dietary changes to make.😊

@christopherallen9580 2 месяца назад

I'm 66 years old and have never had a doctor discuss diet with me. And only twice has a doctor mentioned exercise.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

They do seem to ignore lifestyle. In fairness, many patients won't listen. But that's not an excuse for not trying.

@v.r.2834 Месяц назад

Because they work for pharmaceutical companies and not for us.

@marshcreek4355 3 месяца назад

Russ, your videos are becoming indispensable on this subject. This cholesterol management and statin implication journey is not an easy one. Your #6 reason is spot on. Physicians are busy as heck these days, so it's incumbent upon us as patients to come armed with information and knowledge to help them help us. Personally, I subscribe to MedPage Today and Cardiovascular Business online newsletters as a resource on medical topics and articles on this subject. I at least want to have a good framework as I try to make a decision on cholesterol medication or not. Thanks for your good work.

@mystatinfreelife 3 месяца назад

Thanks - I also subscribe to MedPage Today, and a few of the journals that have open articles (I'd go broke getting the full subscriptions.) I had considered #6 to be the most speculative, but I'm pretty confident is occurs in many cases, and for those doctors who do make the time to really get into the details, I admire them for their dedication.

@nancyoconnor4420 2 месяца назад

It is their job ...not ours!

@kimberlycooper4170 2 месяца назад

@@nancyoconnor4420, yes, that is their job. But with all of the many, many diseases caused by what we eat, genetics, and other things, there is no way that a doctor can learn everything about everything. Additional to their patients, doctors have spouses, significant others, children, grandchildren, pets, needing to decompress from their coworkers or administrators, etc.

@2puffs770 2 месяца назад

My doctor recently prescribed a statin for my 221 cholesterol level. I picked it up, but it still sits unopened. I'm sure it will reduce my total cholesterol level, but it comes with so much baggage.......NOPE!

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

I'm no doctor, but a 221 mg/dL total seems pretty good to me.

@leonfuerst4790 3 месяца назад

Russ, thanks for the video. Another great video!

@user-cc5od3zk4p 2 месяца назад

Why would I give the drug companies and doctors, my hard earned cash? Stay healthy and stay away from these vultures.

@JAYJAY-lb7jz 2 месяца назад

I read the Cholesterol Myth, I read it about ten years ago. The book was and is an eye opener. My GP has tried three times to prescribe them to me over the last 10 years, each time I mention the diminishing returns and the circumstances in which they should be prescribed and the GP’s they stop talking and usher me out. I think I am on a naughty list at my doctors!. The current intel suggests that surgeries get approximately 11 to 15% of their funding via the NHS to prescribe statins. I think when the US medical association 35years ago come up with the concept of Statins, we just followed suit as country. I think NHS England started out with the right intentions but it appears to have just been left to continue to supply an ineffective drug. For every action their is a reaction, so the vast number of Statins being prescribed must be having an effect on society, the side effects of reducing cholesterol is now be recognised and the rise in other illnesses may start to be associated to the reduction in cholesterol. Read the book, some of it is beyond what I would accept as reasonable but a lot of it fact based and appears unbiased and non partisan.

@robyn3349 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Russ! I heard the Nocebo Statement. It was followed by three months of suffering.

@jws3925 2 месяца назад

Wow, ran across this by accident but how timely. I could give you a long story about doing my own lengthy research on statins but I will spare you the details. I had ALL the cholesterol blood tests done including Apo(a), ApoB, CAC and, of course the normal CBC. I hit a moderately high LDL and my GP wanted me to see a cardiologist. That is when I convinced her to prescribe those more advanced tests. She referred me to the cardiologist because I refused a statin. Well, I saw this rather arrogant cardiologist who did a resting EKG. Looked at my LDL and said "you need to be on a statin." I said I choose not to and tried to show him my advanced blood work (which he did not have a copy of for some reason). He stated he didn't need to see any of that----- the LDL number tells me all I need to know. You need to be on a statin. I again said no and gave him my reasoning. He laughed a belly laugh in my face and said so I guess you know more than I. I told him that through the research I had done I have decided I will not take a statin. He was angry and dismissive. He asked if I would do a nuclear stress test. I said I would. I completed it. The report essentially said there were no problems with a normal stress test and heart function. Personally, I'll bet he was disappointed. I think he already had a tentative appointment made for the cath lab. I am supposed to see him in a year. Not sure I am going to.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

The attitude that LDL is everything baffles me. Nothing in human biology is that simple. I emphasize lipid quality over quantity.

@TiredEmpath 2 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing your story! Wow, just wow.

@jenny4184 2 месяца назад

Don’t!!

@MAGAman-uy7wh 2 месяца назад

I read that adult onset dementia has increased 228% since the introduction of statins. I do not know what strength the statins (were and are) over that time frame. I do know that cholesterol is a building block for cell membrane (only in every cell) and accounts for a very significant percentage (neurons and nerve cell structure) of that fancy organ between one's ears. If foreign cholesterol corrupts that process dementia can occur along with other side effects elsewhere and is compounded by lifestyle. My paternal grandfather died of a heart attack while walking to work. He was a pharmacist and passed at age 33 (1926), my father died of a heart attack at age 60 getting dressed to be released from the hospital. He had severe edema. Mom made it to 93 and I would not want the last 10 years. I am 73, very active and am commonly confused for 60 years old. When I fill out the form as a new patient that history comes up and Statins are prescribed. I have refused every time by reciting a poem: " I realize that I will die and likewise so will you Along with those we've learned to love and those we never knew So live each day the best you can remember this all started at the moment of our birth" Everyone's liver produces cholesterol I and remember seeing diagrams (late 50s) of arterial blockage describing cholesterol buildup inside arteries near the heart and was the primary "suspect" for the cause of the heart attack. Now the claim is the cholesterol is at those sites needing repair and cholesterol is the bodies "band aid". Your doctor is only practicing medicine and the lawyers are only practicing law.

@yahknow01 2 месяца назад

And I'm practicing staying above ground as long as possible.

@stephenkern5784 2 месяца назад

Several years ago my cardiologist said low ldl was the " gold standard" of care and prescribed a statin.

@christopherwunsch5077 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Russ! As a statin victim myself, disabled from my critical care nursing role since 2002, due to Undisclosed mitochondrial effects of these drugs, i wound up hospitalized 28 days where i was akin to a 90 year old man with end stage Alzheimer’s Disease. I was incontinent of bowel and bladder, could not walk, nor speak coherently, did not know my wife, my 2 year old son, my parents nor siblings. Brain MRI revealed "Inummerable lesions scattered throughout the white matter of my brain, including the brainstem and corpus callosum (area between the left and right halves of my brain.

@mystatinfreelife 3 месяца назад

Sorry to hear this. It is one of the more extreme statin adverse reactions, but certainly in line with case studies I have read.

@christopherwunsch5077 3 месяца назад

This was confirmed by Dr Beatrice Golomb MD PHD and Dr Doug Wallace Phd of the UCSD statin effects study. As a matter of fact, both Drs Golomb and Wallace called me to inform me of thier findings. Dr Wallace even stated, He was absolutely certain that my use of lipitor was the causal contributor to the Apoptosis (holes in my brain), as well as the polyneuropathy and profound cognitive deficits.

@awalls8122 2 месяца назад

How did they end up diagnosing the root cause as a statin side effect?

@christopherwunsch5077 2 месяца назад

awalls8122 im not entirely sure, i know Dr Golomb told me that they had a mitochondrial disease specialist, who is one of bof the top mitochondrial specialists in the country. And Dr Golomb, Wow, shes likely the smartest persin id ever spoken too.

@awalls8122 2 месяца назад

@@christopherwunsch5077 Wow, the whole thing sounds so scary, did they at least know enough to get you off the statin while you were in the hospital?

@tonioyendis4464 2 месяца назад

Excellent articulation & delineations.

@OldFArt-gx9fh Месяц назад

It’s a sick, corrupt system.

@PudgyCurmudgeon 2 месяца назад

Just follow the USDA food pyramid recommendations - BUT - Turn the pyramid upside down first!

@beckysmith1178 2 месяца назад

Thank you for taking the time to quantify six valid reasons for the doctors still prescribing Statins even though the studies don't justify the value of Statins.

@niekklein8725 2 месяца назад

Guidelines are made by doctors, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. Guess what you'll get? Insurance companies earn from prescription drugs, as they invest huge amounts of the money clients pay, on pharmaceutical shares. Doctors are educated from day 1 in their universities to use medication as a remedy. The body is capable to get healthy on its own by eating, sleeping and exercising regularly. Just don't eat excessively, eat healthy nutritious food. Before 2000 most people were lean and healthier.

@goaway3717 2 месяца назад

Kickbacks. It always comes down to money. My pill pushing doctors started trying to convince me over 20 years ago to start taking statins to lower my normal level cholesterol but could never explain satisfactorily why someone with normal numbers should lower them. I told them if they prescribed a statin I would not buy it and would not take it even if free.

@bartenml 2 месяца назад

I am in free fall totally confused about the lies. My parents both died of heart attacks and I had my first one in April 2021. A stent was inserted and I had a video call with a prominent heart specialist in London whose research suggested little to no benefit from Statins. A concerted effort was made to get me on them. Now as of May 2024 a second heart attack. My stent was severely compromised with clots. 3 more stents used and immediately put on 80mg of Atorvastatin. I am completely confused and have lost trust in the medical profession. I spoke of the prominent heart specialist to another cardiologist while in hospital and he was scathing about the other consultant. During ward rounds another consultant brought up the “Do not resuscitate “ notice that I should put on my file. I asked him why are you bringing this up now? The UK NHS is more interested than killing people off instead of being focused on true health and wellbeing. I’ve survived cancer, double pneumonia, two heart attacks and loss of my independence after Covid complications. I’m tired and just want a peaceful dignified death.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Sorry to hear all you've had to deal with. The medical profession does seem to be at a state where care for trauma - accidents, etc. - is very good but it seems to be lacking when it comes to chronic care. So doctors latch onto statins as wonder-drugs when they're not really. Statistically they may reduce cardiovascular events in a small number of patients while the rest suffer from them (or at most, get no benefit.) I tend to agree with the prominent heart specialist who said that they provide limited benefits. This video from Ford Brewer may help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s9W7Skfb8Qw.html

@bar10ml44 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelife Your reply is extremely appreciated.

@war-painter 2 месяца назад

My Spine Surgeon warned me off statins after looking at my back scans. I have horrible arthritis all over my body from a lifetime of sailing, hiking, cycling, and going to the gym! Okay so I didnt get cancer and haven’t had any heart attacks but four knee replacements and multiple back surgeries later….the result is I can’t exercise as vigorously as I used to, and one meal a day isn’t enough to keep my cholesterol perfect. But LDL is 25 points above normal, not enough to risk DEMENTIA or massive muscle and joint pain just because my Family Practice doctor wants to keep her ducks in a row. My HDL is off the charts. Glad I said no to statins, but boy I have to stand firm.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Keep up the good work and continue to stand firm. +25 over "normal" for LDL with good HDL (and I assume low Trigs) is phenomenal.

@BobDiaz123 2 месяца назад

Avoid eating sugar and Processed Foods would do a lot more to keep you healthy.

@barneycoffman6663 Месяц назад

Told my doctor last month that I wouldn't take any statin. Which is a topic we go over every year for the past 20 years. He asked why not, told him to many side affects and statin Rx is a farce promoted by Pharma and when the "safe" level is lowered, it's due to 8 out of 9 MD's on the panel get kick backs from Pharma. My total cholesterol ranges 240 - 260 with high LDL that's why he wanted me to take a statin. He slapped his hands together, as he did he said, "If you fall over dead tomorrow, that's on you, not on me." Knew then he was in CYA mode with that comment. There was more said, but you get the idea, Your Video is spot on.

@georgeblackley6028 Месяц назад

I just quit statins after 23 years of use due to chronic heartburn. Feeling much better already.

@gordonmitchell729 2 месяца назад

15 years ago I was called to my doctors clinic for a 6 monthly checkup. I was shown to the practice nurse who did all the tests and also took a blood sample. I was asked to return in 2 weeks for the results and did so. The nurse told me that my colesteral cholesterol levels were a little high and she prescribed statins for me to take. I was surprised as I was healthy and had no problems but I collected the medication and went home. My wife and I read the medication leaflet and instructions to our shock and horror at the contraindications in the leaflet. We talked it over and agreed that I should not take them and that I should speak to my doctor directly. He was sitting in his office with a trainee doctor (a young woman) and he asked me what was the problem? I said that I had no problem health wise and that I had come to ask him why the nurse had prescribed statins? He looked at my records and asked me to hand him the box of tablets. He said that he agreed with me and dropped the medication into his waste bin and said ‘problem solved’! I was gobsmacked as was the trainee doctor! We shook hands and I left! Are we being treated properly? I sometimes wonder?

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Interesting story. At least the doctor had some understanding. Mine didn't back then, but I wasn't smart enough to read the insert.

@gordonmitchell729 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelife it was the look on his face that I remember. He smiled and just beckoned for the medication. The young trainee doctor looked more shocked than I was! I weighed 86kg and that was the same weight as when I joined up in 1972, and I am 70kg now. I did concentrate on my diet after that and I am still careful even at 77 years young. I could have been wrong and respect the medical profession, but I do wonder what might have happened if I had not followed my gut feeling and that of my wife? Thank you for your excellent information.

@catherinehazur7336 2 месяца назад

As a nurse caring for geriatric patients during a certain period of my career I noted that a large preponderance of them appeared to be routinely and ubiquitously prescribed two meds: Levothyroxine for thyroid and Statin drugs. That, plus all the other large number of meds that the elderly unquestioningly are made to consume Coincidence? I think not.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Wow, I just finished the raw recording for this week's video, talking about hypothyroidism and statin intolerance, with Levothyroxine being one of the treatments that doesn't play well with statins.

@catherinehazur7336 2 месяца назад

Well they were prescribed side by side for years. It's very Interesting that these drugs are incompatible. I believe they think they got around it by prescribing Levothyroxine to be taken before breakfast and the statin to be taken much later in the day. They are kidding themselves. It kills me how incredibly brainwashed and bamboozled so many chronic patients are about their "doctors" and their precious multitudinous "meds" they are convinced they cannot live without

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

In fact, if you could make a similar comment on this Friday's video when it comes out, I will pin it, as it is important information for people who are geriatric patients or who have geriatric patients as relatives who are suffering because of this drug combination.

@skip7243 2 месяца назад

When "pushing" a statin for me many years ago, the doctor siad studies show taking one would likely make me/allowme to live 3 years longer! My response, 3 years longer than what?

@telcobilly 2 дня назад

I was prescribed statins last November '23 and I just stopped a few weeks ago. It's videos like this and the comments within that confirm to me that I made the right decision.

@deborahaumiller7391 2 месяца назад

I quit my stations. My cholesterol is normal any way. My ancestors required more fat to survive arctic living (thousands of years). No matter where I live, when winter comes, excess weight falls off and my cholesterol drops. God built me for those conditions. Also, I no longer have otherwise unexplained muscle cramping since I quit statins.

@SET12DSP 2 месяца назад

Pay offs and kickbacks!"gotta love it, lol. It sounds like the mob....

@CessSim Месяц назад

Great video and fully support all your points. 55 year old fit male, non smokers, exercise regular and eat healthy low carb, limited alcohol and processed foods. Elevated LDL cholesterol and cardiologist reaches straight for the statin drawer !!!! Not in my life. Metabolic health is the focus...

@EricLehner 2 месяца назад

Is there a study that compares the survival rate of people of who have had a cardiac event, then carrying on without statins vs those that do start taking statins BUT GET OTHER ISSUES FROM STATIN SIDE EFFECTS?

@fredhearty1762 2 месяца назад

I just rejected taking statins... I'm working on my metabolic health while taking several other drugs for a different condition. Additional side effects was my principal reason, but your discussion shows that my cholesterol is near optimum for my age group. Being pre-diabetic increases my chances of a cardiac event by several times -- 100x more risk than 'elevated' cholesterol.

@Maintain_Decorum 2 месяца назад

Yep-lawyers have much too much impact on the decisions made by physicians.

@darryllommel1157 2 месяца назад

Thank you for your videos!

@Thomas-pq4ys 2 месяца назад

Thanks for that least bit of advice. I do plenty of research, this is why I'm watching this vid. Did you know that before statins were a thing, "high" choleterol was 230. Statins were invented, marketed, and this nber was lowered to 200. I'm old, eat a keto diet, and therefore, have high cholesterol. 3 doctors wanted me on them. I refused all, saying I did my research... only one actually listened to what I said... she was young... she asked good questions back, challenged me. I figured lawyers were in on this, as well as the corporate incentives. This is pure evil.... a conspiracy against folks like us who did the work. I exercise as well, amd take plenty of well researched supplements that keep things running well, including my brain. Great video.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

I think a long time ago, even just being under 300 mg/dL was considered okay. I see people being told to get LDL under 70, which to me implies a total of around 110-150. Doesn't make sense to me.

@annsalty5615 2 месяца назад

The whole premise of 'lowering cholesterol' is wrong. I avoid doctors as much as possible.

@Breezeyogi 23 дня назад

Why is it wrong?

@annsalty5615 23 дня назад

@@Breezeyogi Because is based on bad science. It is not cholesterol that is the problem. Cholesterol clogging arteries is the result of inflammation. Cholesterol is the body's natural healing mechanism. And the other bad science is it has nothing to do with eating cholesterol. Your body makes the cholesterol that is in your blood. If you artificially lower your cholesterol, something else is going to get screwed up.

@petermitchell6348 2 месяца назад

They are , no doubt, getting back handers for their sales. The fact of the matter is that statins are bad for your health! Cholesterol is vital for life, without it, you die!

@GoldenNugget. 2 месяца назад

I agree and our brains need cholesterol.

@user-wl7rb5ri5m 2 месяца назад

Well done.👍🏻

@jeffsmith8197 Месяц назад

The doctors must be getting a huge kickback from prescribing statins and misdiagnosing people with cancer, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and depression.

@Pthommie 2 месяца назад

I was prescribed a statin around age 70. I thought I was tolerating it well & the lab numbers looked good, but my muscles were becoming weaker, my endurance diminished, I had frequent muscle cramps in my legs & torso, sometimes my mind became 'fogged', I had trouble sleeping & generally I felt tired. I believed it was the result of becoming old but then I began hearing from my contemporaries about their experiences with statins & realized the connection. Statin free for about 2 months now I feel about 10 years younger & most symptoms have completely disappeared. Would American medicine sabotage the health of millions in order to make an easy buck? Is the sky blue?

@MK-sc8md 2 месяца назад

We found that giving the MD documentation acknowledging all her effort to convince us & our reasons for declining resulted in her backing down. She's stayed devoted to our health.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Sounds like a good doctor.

@RitchieCollins 20 дней назад

One word : kickbacks.

@donaldyoung9002 2 месяца назад

I'm 72 and in very good health with the exception that my cholesterol is 220, bad cholesterol 140 . My doctor tried to put me on a statin, and I refused it. I lift weights 4 times a week and walk about 4.5 to 5 miles a day. Over subscription of medicines by doctors is out of control in this country.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

I have to disagree with the phrase "with the exception that my cholesterol is 220 (mg/dL)" (that's 5.7 nmol/L for those viewers using that unit). The idea that 220 mg/dL is not healthy is medical system propaganda. All-cause mortality, according to several very large studies, is at its lowest for patients with that level. That doesn't mean it should be anybody's goal in particular to have that level, but if that's what you have naturally, then you're in fine condition.

@user-ii4ll4cz3m 2 месяца назад

Don't do drugs is what I was taught in school 50 years ago. I don't do any and am as healthy now as I was then.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

That was my mantra until I was browbeaten into taking statins for ten years. I'm recovering my health still.

@radicalcartoons2766 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelifeIt's the "brow beaten" bit I don't get. We are not living in a dictatorship. Just say "No"! I've successfully avoided every invasive test, unecessary drugs and vaccines, 😉 my whole life so far.

@345kobi Месяц назад

.8-3.0 percent here - My doc said mine is 25%. I trust He is saying what He believes to be true. If I could understand what the real number is I could make a decision. No one I have talked to yet understands what the real risk reduction is.

@chaznaps5679 2 месяца назад

Statins ruined my quality life. 3xCABG 2011 at age 53 and put on statins afterwards. 2012 I m complaining to cardiologists that I have SEVERE cramping and spasms doing anything, even petting my cat. Went thru all 3 different statins b4 they finally confirmed I was statin intolerant in 2018. Damage already done and short term memory totally shot since the cabg. Drs were playing around with my chol numbers years ago, seeing if they could get me under 100 total chol. like it was a game. Now Drs are finally acknowledging (some anyway) that a good portion (20%+) of people are statin intolerant, like I was complaining about 12 years ago.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Wow, trying to get total C under 100 mg/dL seems criminally negligent to me. I wish more doctors would take adverse effects more seriously. I still have memory problems after six years off them, but it gets better with every passing year.

@laurastewart2418 Месяц назад

My mom stopped cuz of muscle pain and weakness, and when she died, it was from an infection that none of them cared to check for...thru domino effect she had 3 things go bad cuz of infection, so we were told "comfort care"...well it took a week and a half before she was gone...i still feel bad and wonder if i d gotten help that she mighta lasted a little longer...not cholesterol caused, i had many complain of brain fog, sugar increase and muscle pain...and the worst part is the attitudes....kudos to the honest ones

@dashulze 2 месяца назад

Many people have adverse reactions to statins. Symptoms can include muscle pain, muscle spasms, skin rash, cognitive impairment, increased risk of diabetes. So can doctors be sued for these adverse events when they prescribe statins?

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

I suppose that if the adverse effect was never disclosed beforehand and could be proven to have caused an injury and had been ignored by the doctor afterwards, there could be a case. Certainly, for example, rhabdomyolysis could fall in that category. However, my pseudo legal training is limited to reading software contracts. Not much help there!

@valerier4308 2 месяца назад

Good question! Seems like it would be difficult to prove in court that adverse reactions were caused by statins, even when it's true!

@johno4521 2 месяца назад

There cannot be many medications that have no side effects at all associated with them...why pick on statins? 80 percent of patients on them report no adverse side effects at all.

@maryrenaud6732 Месяц назад

The issue is the FAILURE to disclose known adverse events when prescribing ANY DRUG or VACCINE. We never receive informed consent from doctors. They should give everyone a complete copy of the drug package insert as a standard part of medical practice. REFUSE or DELAY all treatments until you have a chance to get and review this information for all prescriptions or treatments. As vaccines are given in the Doctor’s office, ask for the insert and take home to review and yellow highlight the reactions before you consent. Personally, after reading many books on vaccines, I realize these can be extremely toxic to the brain and body, increase your chance of catching related viruses, and the ‘safe and effective’ mantra is a marketing slogan not a scientific one. I politely say ‘NO Thanks’ to all vaccines. I am 73, healthy, take a lot of vitamins and minerals, and only go to my doc for thyroid bloodwork.

@padraiggluck2980 2 месяца назад

Thanks to Drs Senneff and Demasi I took my family off statins about. three years ago.

@perlaursen1885 2 месяца назад

Doctors have thousands of patients. You only have one. Thats why you are allowed to chose for yourself, and take another perspective. Statin sideeffects harmed me and made my life miserable for years. As you may know the HMG-coa enzyme is responsible for several processes in every cell in your body. All 20 enzymes in your body, are there for a reason. A good reason. Surpressing one of them will of course have implications. In the statin lottery I might have won a few weeks extra lifetime. Odds are not that well is it? The industry uses fear to sell you this product for the rest of your life. Your doctor fears to get punished, if she doesnt follow the guidelines, and if you put trust in your GP you may believe you will die, if you are not taking the drug.

@cccalifornia7206 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Russ 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@johngallagher912 2 месяца назад

I had severe constipation when I took statins. Second side effect was the inability to achieve orgasm but I never told my doctor about this side effect. Stopped taking them after a couple of months. Doctor kicked me out of his practise. Note: orgasm returned two weeks after I stopped taking them. Read online that statins eventually destroy ability for orgasm permanently.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Well, here's someone who talks about the first problem: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ji70vDq4mlg.html

@jeffcurrey8765 2 месяца назад

I've given them 2 chances- once on 5mg low dose over a few months, and another 20mg over 4 days- both resulting in leg pain and weakness. It is easy to say "no" until my tongue bleeds, high priest or not.

@silverhorder1969 2 месяца назад

Doctors also don’t want to believe that a lot of what they learned might be false. Much like religion. Even with facts starring someone in the face.

@isaganipalanca8803 2 месяца назад

I'm so glad I never listened to ANY of my GPs who have tried to push Statins on me for the past 30 years in the face of it's minimal efficacy and horrid side effects and have never takes a single pill of it. Nonetheless, they keep on lecturing me about cholesterol I have no cardiovascular problems despite relatively high cholesterol owing to my diet. I have avoided processed food and sugars for the past 20 years.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Depending on your actual numbers, you could be a Lean Mass Hyper Responder.

@isaganipalanca8803 2 месяца назад

@@mystatinfreelife Thank you! I'll look into that!!!!

@kimchee94112 2 месяца назад

Both of us on statins have almost daily painful foot cramps while sleeping. Strange usually on the left foot for both of us.

@stevewalters9472 Месяц назад

I had been on a statin for years and my cholesterol numbers were in the good zone but I still had a heart attack with 99% blockage of one artery. So what did the years of taking a statin do for me? The answer is nothing.

@caryn9561 2 месяца назад

They try to push mammograms too

@thecook8964 2 месяца назад

Radiation is cumulative

@caryn9561 2 месяца назад

@@thecook8964 I did not go.

@user-yh5kg9lw3u 2 месяца назад

Suffered nightmares every night , lucky to get3hours sleep , cognitive problems, tendon problems, brain fog all cleared when I binned atorvastin

@78cheerio 2 месяца назад

So, I buy my statins but I don’t take them. I don’t even bother to tell my doctor that I do t take them. If I tell my doctor, can they drop me? I did ask her why half the people coming in with heart atta is don’t have high cholesterol. I asked her the second risk factor. Blood clots. I asked if ok to take baby aspirin. She said yes. Not that I wanted or needed her redo, I was just trying to be polite and cooperative. In reality, I don’t give a darn about the lipid hypothesis, and I resent that they are not required to do an advanced lipid panel (MNR) not do,they eat for brain sterol in elderly on statins. Personally, my healthcare is just a pain in the. It monthly payment. I hate this. There are so many stupid things in this country, but this is an expensive one. I also see my peers go on these drugs and their blood sugar goes up. Then they get more meds, yet they feel like crap.

@mystatinfreelife 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching. I address the question of doctors dropping patients who refuse statins in a video. The answer seems to be "maybe."

@kimberlycooper4170 2 месяца назад

There is one benefit to health insurance: OOP (annual out of pocket limit). The insurance company pays every medical and Rx bill after you have reached your OOP. If you have sufficient inexpensive injuries/illnesses in a year or have a sufficiently expensive injury/illness in a year, the OOP prevents you from going bankrupt or from having a bill that you will be paying on for the rest of your life.