This benefit is better than
any Statin Drug study.
This exceeds any of
the Statin Drug studies.
Firstly, none of
the Statin Drug studies has ever shown a mortality benefit for women.
Not exact matches
A 2005
study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming almonds as part of a heart - healthy diet can be just as effective at lowering LDL «bad» cholesterol levels as first generation
statin drugs.
You might have also noticed that
Statin Drugs have come under a negative light in some
studies.
A new
study shows that the
drug fenofibrate might reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol, despite being treated with
statins.
A
study concludes that including actual
statin drugs with high - fat restaurant meals is a justifiable public health effort.
«No association between «bad cholesterol» and elderly deaths: Systematic review of
studies of over 68,000 elderly people also raises questions about the benefits of
statin drug treatments.»
Lipids are integral to the central nervous system, and as
studies of
statins and diabetes
drugs have shown, dropping levels of some lipids can have deleterious cognitive effects.
Dr. Criner said that despite the clinical trial's finding that the
statin drug did not help with COPD flare - ups, information gleaned from this
study should help inform other research into the inflammatory nature of COPD.
The
study also analysed the association of pancreatitis with the use of cholesterol - lowering
drugs,
statins, as gallstones often contain crystallised cholesterol.
The
study rigorously tested the hypothesis that
statin drugs may be beneficial to persons with COPD because of the
drugs» purported anti-inflammatory effect.
Darshak Sanghavi, chief of pediatric cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, notes that although the FDA has approved some
statins for use in children with a genetic problem leading to high cholesterol, there are no
studies on the
drugs» long - term side effects in children.
Previous
studies on the relationship between cholesterol
drugs called
statins and the risk of Parkinson's disease have had inconsistent results.
Intriguingly, the
study also found that
drugs called
statins, which are better known for their cholesterol - lowering properties, appeared to alleviate the effects of telomere damage — and may even have protected telomeres against degradation.
Statins are among the most widely used
drugs for prevention of cardiovascular disease, but there have been some
studies that suggest a link to an antimicrobial effect against S. aureus.
Golomb says one reason many doctors overlook risks and believe
statins to be safe is that most controlled
studies of
statins wind up excluding people who originally begin to participate in a
study but stop taking the
drug because they experience problems from it; these test participants are then dropped from the
study as «noncompliant.»
Mansi stresses that the
study doesn't definitively show that
statins cause diabetes, nor does it mean people should stop using the
drugs, which are widely prescribed to help people lower their cardiac risk factors.
In a database
study of nearly 26,000 beneficiaries of Tricare, the military health system, those taking
statin drugs to control their cholesterol were 87 percent more likely to develop diabetes.
A famous Danish
study of neuropathy as a side effect to
statin use concluded that an individual who is a long - term user of
statin drugs has anywhere from 4 to 14 times greater risk of developing peripheral neuropathy than a person who does not take
statin drugs.
A fact sheet about results from animal research and ongoing observational
studies of people taking
statins that suggest that these
drugs may lower the risk of certain cancers, including colorectal and skin cancers.
• Because few trials have been performed with nonstatin cholesterol - lowering
drugs in the
statin era, and those that have been performed were unable to demonstrate significant additional ASCVD event reductions in the RCT populations
studied, there was less evidence to support the use of nonstatin
drugs for ASCVD prevention.
Taking
statin drugs may lower a person's levels of CoQ10, and some
studies have shown that taking this supplement might improve some of the side effects of
statin drugs, mainly muscle weakness that some patients experience.
Roughly half of the patients who experience muscle pain after starting a
statin eventually begin to feel better as their bodies become accustomed to the
drug, says Dr. Phillips, and that could have occurred in the
study participants.
Statin intolerance is a known but rare adverse effect of the
drugs; early
studies found that some people taking them developed muscle weakness that could develop into severe degeneration of muscle tissue that then damages the kidneys and other organs.
For those of us with heart disease requiring cardiac bypass surgery (CABG), The New York Times advises we all take
statins drugs, since
studies show 50 % reduction in mortality for those taking
statin drugs after CABG.
One might wonder about the outcome of an NIH funded
study comparing the anti-inflammatory effects of
statin drugs to a botanical product like Zyflamend in such diverse conditions such as arthritis, atherosclerosis, and cancer, as well as mortality after bypass graft surgery.
The two
studies on this
statin drug benefit for cardiac bypass by Curtis and Barakat refer to the anti-inflammatory «pleiotropic effects» of
statin drugs.
Lovastatin (Mevacor), mevinolin (red yeast rice) and mevastatin (not in use) have all been shown to interfere with the functioning of important N - glycosylated proteins.42 There are no
studies to date examining the effect of
statin drugs on vitamin D - binding protein.43
Over the past few years, headlines from such
studies have led to widespread dismissal of Dr. McCully's «Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease» and renewed media focus on cholesterol, C - reactive protein and other possible culprits that can be treated by
statins and other profitable
drugs.
Over the past few years, headlines from such
studies have led to widespread dismissal of Dr. McCully's «Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease» and renewed media focus on cholesterol, c - reactive protein and other possible culprits that can be treated by
statins and other profitable
drugs.
(17) This is disputed by Uffe Ravnskov who feels that the difference is significant, and points to rodent
studies showing
statin drugs cause cancer in animals.
So if the
studies have not conclusively shown that consuming saturated fat or cholesterol cause heart disease, why do so many doctors, scientists, and institutions continue to recommend low - fat, low - cholesterol diets and prescribe
statins (cholesterol lowering
drugs)?
The fact that
statin drugs cause side effects is well established - there are now 900
studies proving their adverse effects, which run the gamut from muscle problems to diabetes, to birth defects and increased cancer risk.
A new
study finds the chemical war against cholesterol using
statin drugs was justified through statistical deception and the cover up of over 300 adverse health effects documented in the biomedical literature.
But Dr. Agatston, you may not be aware that
studies around the world have shown that people on a high fiber vegetarian diets can reduce their cholesterol almost as much as people on
statin drugs.
Quote:» No
studies have shown
statin cholesterol - lowering
drugs to be effective for women at any age, nor for men 69 years of age or older, who do not already have heart disease or diabetes.
Additionally, according to a 2011
study published in the journal Prostate, men who take
statin drugs of any kind are significantly more prone to developing prostate cancer compared to other men.
Beatrice Golomb is an M.D. Ph.D. who heads up the UCSD
Statin Study group, a research team who are actively investigating the risk - benefit balance of statin
Statin Study group, a research team who are actively investigating the risk - benefit balance of
statin statin drugs.
The section on Alzheimer's is particularly compelling, and it points out the pitfalls in relying on previous
studies done by the
statin industry, where often those who have memory problems as side - effects of the
statin drugs are excluded from the
study, so that the results end up inappropriately biased in favor of
statins.
The 2011 Sprint 8
study surprised researchers when they discovered that the results of the eight - week exercise protocol not only bettered the results of injecting growth hormone, but it also came very close to equaling the results of cholesterol - lowering
statin drugs for likely
statin users in the
study.
A 2015
Study examined a group of individuals that were considered «
statin intolerant», meaning that they suffered from
statin side effects, particularly muscle pains, that made it difficult or unbearable to continue taking the
drug.
And a second
study by the same research team, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and found that, as part of the same heart healthy eating plan, almonds can reduce C - reactive protein, a marker of artery - damaging inflammation, as much as
statin drugs.
A
study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which found that, as part of a diet rich in heart healthy foods such as soy, viscous fiber and plant sterols, almonds can reduce cholesterol levels as much as first generation
statin drugs.
On Sunday February 15, 2015, the Sunday Express in the UK published a headline story stating that Oxford professor Dr. Rory Collins, whose research had been used to support putting millions of patients on
statin drugs, was reassessing the data behind those
studies for possible
drug side effects.
Moreover, recent
studies have shown
statin drugs to cause cancer in humans and laboratory animals.
I strongly suspect that this is because
statins do not influence particle size, and many if not most medical «
studies» are funded by the pharmaceutical industry to sell
drugs.
High doses of the cholesterol - lowering
drugs known as
statins may increase the risk of diabetes, a new
study says.
To help neutralize the heart - disease dangers that fatty food poses, fast - food restaurants could provide customers with free
statins, which are
drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol levels, according to a
study by researchers at Imperial College London published this week.
One
study that compared the
drug Lipitor and fish oil found that fish oil was more effective than the
statin drug Lipitor in positively affecting the good cholesterol (HDL), cholesterol in obese and insulin - hesitant men.