Monday, June 30, 2014

Statins are a mess: we need better data, and shared decision making

An editorial in the British Medical Journal. What does your doctor think?
This is one of the main reasons I don't take statins anymore. I believe that inflammation is the real problem needing to be solved. Less cholesterol in the bloodstream only means there is less junk to be accreted to the arterial walls. They aren't even solving the correct problem.

Your Brain Needs Cholesterol

One line from there; In fact, in a recent study available on the NIH Public Access site, researchers showed that in the elderly, the best memory function was observed in those with the highest levels of cholesterol.

The BMJ editorial here: 

Statins are a mess: we need better data, and shared decision making

Good luck making any sense of this, don't follow my lead, I'm not medically trained and I bet your doctor barely is trained in stroke recovery.


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