Statin Side Effects Can Cause
Devastating Function Loss

What are Statin Drugs

The frequency of Statin Side Effects, which have been reported in up to 20% of people taking them in some studies, should make ANYONE who is taking these drugs designed to reduce the cholesterol level sit up and take notice. If you are taking any statin drugs to reduce cholesterol level, then you should be aware of the function that these drugs have on your body and which of the many and sometimes dangerous and even deadly side effects of statin drugs should concern you.

Statin drugs work by blocking the substances that help to produce cholesterol in the body. With the end result of lowering cholesterol levels these drugs have been hailed as an important step in the prevention of heart disease and stroke. However, there is much Research on Statin Drugs that say that while these drugs DO reduce cholesterol levels, the beneficial effects of reduced cholesterol has never been confirmed and may even be harmful!

While the drug companies and doctors are encouraging more and more people every year to take these drugs- even for people with completely normal cholesterol- certainly more and more people are experiencing the sometimes simply annoying and sometimes incredibly devastating effects that statin side effects can have.

Muscle Pain and Weakness

Arguably the most common of the statin side effects is the occurrence of Statin Drugs Muscle Weakness. While in some, this is simply annoying, these statin side effects can not only devastate the ability to perform day-to-day activities in some people, but it can even lead to such severe muscle deterioration that it leads to a dangerous medical emergency called Rhabdomyolysis and Statins. While impartial studies show that muscle problems are VERY real and can occur in up to 20% of the population, at least one study shows that doctors DO NOT take these complaints of muscle pain and weakness seriously- often attributing them to old age or outright denying that the problem exists at all!

There are many theories about the cause of Statins and Muscle pain, but all of the theories conclude that a specific cholesterol pathway that is intentionally blocked by statins ends up unintentionally blocking the production of a different substance that is vital for health. Among the many studies on this, several credible theories believe that the specific pathway involved in the production of:

Selenium
Coenzyme Q 10
D Ribose
And/or
Vitamin D

Is blocked. While it's not known which theory is correct, each study individually has had some limited success reversing Statin Drugs Muscle Weakness by replacing each of these nutrients. But what all of these substances have in common is that they are all responsible for production of energy inside the 'Powerhouse' of each and every cell of the body called the Mitochondria. Damage or destroy mitochondria and you can have such severe consequences that you can end up in a wheelchair.

Amnesia and Neurologic Dysfunction

A lesser known, but equally devastating problem of the statin side effects are the neurologic (brain) problems that can occur with these cholesterol lowering agents. Cholesterol, aside from being the 'bad stuff' in your arteries that causes heart disease, is also the 'good stuff' that 'insulates' your brain and spinal cord. Lowering cholesterol, when it's STILL not truly known what cholesterol levels are optimal for health, is a 'crap shoot' when the stuff that insulates your brain and spinal cord is made of it and in fact RAISING good cholesterol levels with specific synthetic b vitamins is another strategy to reduce heart disease, and Niaspan Side Effects are MUCH fewer and less devastating than the problems associated with statin drugs.

Hormonal Side Effects

Cholesterol is ALSO required as the 'raw material' of every hormone in the body- the sex hormones, stress hormones, thyroid hormones, etc. Blocking the production of cholesterol may be the cause of the Statin side effects such as the lowered sex drive and thyroid problems that drug makers and doctors just don't want to admit that these drugs can cause. But if you decrease the production of the NUMBER ONE building block of hormones, how can you deny the decreased production of these hormones when both men and women are complaining of decreased sex drive and hormonal changes in large numbers?

While it's debatable whether doctors are overstating the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs, what's NOT debatable is that doctors ARE denying the number and the extent of Statin Side Effects and that muscle pain, weakness, mental problems, hormonal imbalances and even cancer are occurring MUCH more frequently than is recognized by health care providers. What is also certain is that you absolutely don't want to experience any of these potentially lifelong disabling problems yet the longer that you take these cholesterol lowering drugs, the more chance you have to experience them.

Unfortunately there is no way to predict who will experience these statin side effects before giving them and you take the chance of experiencing devastating and disabling side effects in order to get the questionable benefit of reduced cholesterol levels that can be obtained much more safely by methods other than taking drugs. If you are taking or have been told that you should be taking statin drugs, I encourage you to take a look at Dr. Lundell's The Truth About Heart Disease program to get a VERY different perspective on cholesterol from a former heart surgeon turned alternative medicine proponent.

And keep reading to find out why cholesterol may not even be an issue and that the Dangers of Saturated Fats have been overstated...

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