Statins - how safe & good are they

Dangers of Statin Drugs:

What You Haven’t Been Told About Popular Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines

14th June, 2004

- Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig.

Mary G. Enig, PhD is an expert of international renown in the field of lipid biochemistry.

Read up from the following link and be well informed before
your take statin.

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/statin.html


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Statins

Thursday 1^st September, 2005, BBC Radio 4

Having an abnormal level of cholesterol in the blood is a proven cause of heart attack.
Cholesterol can be controlled by the use of Statins, drugs that reduce the risk of heart problems by about 30 per cent.

Unfortunately, they usually require long-term use, and they do have side effects including tummy upsets, muscle ache and liver problems.

In addition a recent study by Heart UK has found that up to 50% of patients on statins fail to reach their cholesterol lowering target. They have been called the "Forgotten Fifty". . . . . . . . .

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/checkup_20050901.shtml)