How The Medical Establishment Lies About Statin Side Effects
Executive Summary
- It is amazing to read the side effects of statins from first-person accounts and then to see the medical establishment pretend that these side effects are unrelated to statin use.
Introduction
How much can the medical establishment and the establishment media lie about side effects? As you will see in this article, the issue of statin side effects demonstrates it is unlimited.
Lipitor Reviews at Drugs.com
These reviews, all related to muscle pain and dysfunction, are taken from Drugs.com.
Review #1: One Could Hardly Exercise?
After taking Lipitor for a few weeks I developed pain in both my legs, arms and shoulders. After three months all my muscles were heavy and under powered I could hardly exercise. I stopped taking Lipitor and some three months later I am nearly back to normal!
Don’t take these drugs because it defeats the object . You need to exercise to reduce cholesterol however these drugs prevent you from doing so!!!!
Review #2: Could Not Move Arms Without Crying?
The Lipitor worked for years then suddenly I had upper arm pains and couldn’t move my arms without crying. I couldn’t get up from the toilet or bathtub etc. I was a cripple. My cardiologist took me off the drug immediately and said not to every go back to it. After months the pain subsided a little but never came back to my original health. Can’t walk much and have to stop every minute or so to rest my aching legs etc. Can’t take care of my apartment anymore.
Comment #3: Feeling 20 Years Older on Statins?
The muscle pain from statins can be extreme. It crippled my mother so badly I had to cook and clean for her. Many people on statins don’t tell the doctor about it, they don’t know, thinking the aches are a normal part of aging. The doc put her off the statins for a week, the pain immediately went away and she’s running around like she’s 20 years younger.
Comment #4: Severe Leg Aching and Muscle Cramps?
Took Lipitor for about 5 years. It kept my lipids under control well, but developed severe leg aching and muscle cramps, especially at night. Went off it and within a week, all these reactions disappeared.
This same comment that the muscular issues observed when taking statins disappeared after going off statins. This nearly identical comment and how improvement came from going off the statin is found in the following review.
CNN on The Concept that 90% of the Muscular Pains Experienced by Statin Users are Unrelated to Statin Use
The following quote is from the article Many Patients Stop Taking Statins Because of Muscle Pain, but Statins Aren’t Causing It, New Study Says.
Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain.
I cover the benefits of statins in the article Explanation of Why Statins Do Not Result in Fewer Cardiovascular Events.
Muscular Side Effect Claim #1: 90% of Muscular Dysfunction and Pain For Statin Users Not Because of Statins?
However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Spain.
“Our results confirm that, in the majority of cases, statin therapy is not likely to be the cause of muscle pain in a person taking statin therapy,” said the study, led by authors from Oxford Population Health and the Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford. “This finding is particularly true if the treatment has been well tolerated for a year or more before developing symptoms.”
If that is true, then why do so many patients who take statins report muscle dysfunction occurring only after taking statins and ceasing very quickly after getting off of statins?