The only hoax bigger than the cholesterol hoax is the sunscreen hoax. Cancer, all cancer has risen as a result of the sun rays fear mongering. Heart failure has not been reduced none what so ever by putting more than half the population on statins.
Statins nearly crippled me and my ankles never completely recovered. I couldn’t even get out of bed after 2 weeks of Lipitor.
Sunscreen started making nauseous and dizzy about 25 years ago and I thought it sea sickness at first because we were sailors. That didn’t make sense to me because I never had sea sickness before. It started happening on dry land, I would turn red as a tomato and look sunburned, feel like puking and get dizzy. I research both statins and sunscreen when I suspected they were the problems and quit. Two separate issues years apart.
I have another one (or two...or more) coming on how so many things like that have been trusted because they come at the recommendation of doctors, but so much of it is misguided and unhealthy. I'm sorry for the experience you had, but glad you had the insight and initiative to do your research and make a change for better health!
A majority of people, myself included, take a number of medications based purely on the recommendations of our doctors. These are supposed to be people we trust, LITERALLY with our lives, to have our best interest at heart. I have been on a statin drug for several years and haven't given much thought to the long term effects of taking such medications.
I have, over the years, taken a "break" from taking certain meds. I have noticed a "build up" of sorts, which can be toxic. Taking that break has helped me in several cases to realize I no longer needed those meds, or at least I could cut back on the dose.
This article has been a great reminder that I need to put more thought into the long term effects of the medications I am taking and review what I'm taking regularly. (with my doctor and on my own)
Several things, such as insulin, I am STUCK with for the rest of my life. Others I may be able to eliminate or at least cut back on over time as whatever condition I was taking them for in the first place gets easier to manage, or even non-existent. On occasion the root cause for the treatment clears up over time and the need for the meds no longer exists. And I am NOT against not having to take more meds or having to PAY for those meds in the process. (Some of my meds are wicked expensive.)
The only hoax bigger than the cholesterol hoax is the sunscreen hoax. Cancer, all cancer has risen as a result of the sun rays fear mongering. Heart failure has not been reduced none what so ever by putting more than half the population on statins.
Statins nearly crippled me and my ankles never completely recovered. I couldn’t even get out of bed after 2 weeks of Lipitor.
Sunscreen started making nauseous and dizzy about 25 years ago and I thought it sea sickness at first because we were sailors. That didn’t make sense to me because I never had sea sickness before. It started happening on dry land, I would turn red as a tomato and look sunburned, feel like puking and get dizzy. I research both statins and sunscreen when I suspected they were the problems and quit. Two separate issues years apart.
I have another one (or two...or more) coming on how so many things like that have been trusted because they come at the recommendation of doctors, but so much of it is misguided and unhealthy. I'm sorry for the experience you had, but glad you had the insight and initiative to do your research and make a change for better health!
The FDA is the friend of man and the keeper of truths. Right?
A majority of people, myself included, take a number of medications based purely on the recommendations of our doctors. These are supposed to be people we trust, LITERALLY with our lives, to have our best interest at heart. I have been on a statin drug for several years and haven't given much thought to the long term effects of taking such medications.
I have, over the years, taken a "break" from taking certain meds. I have noticed a "build up" of sorts, which can be toxic. Taking that break has helped me in several cases to realize I no longer needed those meds, or at least I could cut back on the dose.
This article has been a great reminder that I need to put more thought into the long term effects of the medications I am taking and review what I'm taking regularly. (with my doctor and on my own)
Several things, such as insulin, I am STUCK with for the rest of my life. Others I may be able to eliminate or at least cut back on over time as whatever condition I was taking them for in the first place gets easier to manage, or even non-existent. On occasion the root cause for the treatment clears up over time and the need for the meds no longer exists. And I am NOT against not having to take more meds or having to PAY for those meds in the process. (Some of my meds are wicked expensive.)
Excellent {smile}
Thanks. :)