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If you are on a statin drug or are thinking of going on a statin, this fully referenced book, Statin Drug Side Effects, is a "must read" for you. The unacceptable legacy of statin drug use at today's high doses is a trail of chronic aches and pains, numbness, weakness, confusion, fatigue, shortness of breath and even heart failure in hordes of unsuspecting victims. Only by knowing this information, and in consultation with your healthcare professional, can you make an informed decision about your health care. If you are a user of Vytorin, Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol or Lescol you must read this book. Most of the statin side effects I discuss are unknown to your busy doctor. Although knowledgeable about muscle and liver problems, few have heard of statin amnesia and other forms of memory dysfunction and fewer still associate hostility, aggression and profound depression as statin related. As a former astronaut, aerospace medical research scientist, flight surgeon and family doctor, I was appalled by the lack of information in the medical community on the full range of side effects of the statin drugs. This book is a comprehensive reference source and summary of side effects of statin drugs.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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The author's first book "Lipitor: Thief of Memory" was mainly about memory loss. Graveline then published this book when he learned of statin damage to nerves and muscles and profound behavioural and personality changes. In 2009 Graveline published a further excellent book called "The Statin Damage Crisis" covering even more horrific damage by statins - and the refusal of most doctors to accept that statins create any problems at all - even when the symptoms happen to be side effects listed by the drug manufacturers themselves!
After taking statins for several years, my mother-in-law suddenly became very forgetful - repeating the same question four times in less than 15 minutes, forgetting that she had gone shopping or to the doctor that morning, unable to remember how she had arrived there, etc. It was quite frightening for all of us.
I suspected the prescription drug she was taking but repeated internet searches did not indicate that memory loss is a major side effect of statins. Confusion is mentioned, but not even as one of the major side effects. Because I am aware of the toxicity of all drugs, however, I begged her to take a rest from the statins - just for a week, say.
The battle to persuade my parents-in-law that she needed to stop the statins went on for months until, with the help of Graveline's books and of "The Great Cholesterol Con" by Dr Malcolm Kendrick (don't get the other book by the same name: it's good but boring), they finally agreed that she should stop - just for a few days, mind you - this so-called "medication" (it's clearly just a poison by another name). Within 10 days of coming off simvastatin (aka Zocor), she was noticeably better, but we're still not sure she will recover completely.
I believe these two books helped to save her life - and certainly the quality of her life. Graveline covers statin alternatives and the little-known disadvantages of lowering cholesterol but the book is mainly about the memory-loss effects of statins. It is frightening: the author, a medical scientist, family doctor, and former astronaut, suffered several events of total memory loss, which led him to investigate the horrors of statins.
I have now mentioned the memory loss aspect to several people I have come across who are taking statins and every one of them has suddenly realised they have been suffering recent memory losses too! Further, even mainstream newspapers are at last (2009) featuring the major problems being created by statins, which include severe muscle weakness (one man had to have two hip replacements which he attributes to the statins he's been taking for years).
P.S. Taking anti-anxiety medication showed measurable benefit within a week.
After taking statins for several years, my mother-in-law suddenly became very forgetful - repeating the same question four times in less than 15 minutes, forgetting that she had gone shopping or to the doctor that morning, unable to remember how she had arrived there, etc. It was quite frightening for all of us.
I suspected the prescription drug she was taking but repeated internet searches did not indicate that memory loss is a major side effect of statins. Confusion is mentioned, but not even as one of the major side effects. Because I am aware of the toxicity of all drugs, however, I begged her to take a rest from the statins - just for a week, say.
The battle to persuade my parents-in-law that she needed to stop the statins went on for months until, with the help of Graveline's books and of "The Great Cholesterol Con" by Dr Malcolm Kendrick (don't get the other book by the same name: it's good but boring), they finally agreed that she should stop - just for a few days, mind you - this so-called "medication" (it's clearly just a poison by another name). Within 10 days of coming off simvastatin (aka Zocor), she was noticeably better, but we're still not sure she will recover completely.
I believe these two books helped to save her life - and certainly the quality of her life. Graveline covers statin alternatives and the little-known disadvantages of lowering cholesterol but the book is mainly about the memory-loss effects of statins. It is frightening: the author, a medical scientist, family doctor, and former astronaut, suffered several events of total memory loss, which led him to investigate the horrors of statins.
I have now mentioned the memory loss aspect to several people I have come across who are taking statins and every one of them has suddenly realised they have been suffering recent memory losses too! Further, even mainstream newspapers are at last (2009) featuring the major problems being created by statins, which include severe muscle weakness (one man had to have two hip replacements which he attributes to the statins he's been taking for years).
P.S. Taking anti-anxiety medication showed measurable benefit within a week.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Wow, fantastic book. My husband was on 40mg of Statin and had a few of the side effects: tinnitus, aching, forgetfulness. As he has a family history of heart disease we have decreased his Statin dose to 5mg and added magnesium, folic acid, Q10, vitamin C, Omega 6 as per recommendation. The tinnitus has reduced already. If anyone you love is on Statin, read this book for them if not for yourself.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This book provides an insight into how our bodies deal with statins. It is written by a highly qualified medical doctor, who is known internationally for his work. He discusses the side-effects of statin medication from the unique viewpoint of examining the cases he has collected over time and placed into a respository of statin side-effects. He has used that information to guide his own researches into the unwanted effects that statins produce in the human body.
Dr Graveline focusses on the mechanisms that produce the side effects . This is the sort of information that ordinary people will not find very easy to discover. The internet may supply much of the information in some form, if one could be bothered to dig it up and then filter out all of the tales that mark out the information as personal. Dr Graveline has rendered a valuable service to all statin users, by writing this book. He deserves our thanks for unravelling the language that keeps all non-medically qualified people in the dark, when it comes to our health. This book ought to be in every medical practitioner's personal library, because it is a prime example of what can happen when clinicians do not listen to what their patients are saying to them. This book is highly recommended, if you want to know more about which adverse effects may be caused by statins.
Dr Graveline focusses on the mechanisms that produce the side effects . This is the sort of information that ordinary people will not find very easy to discover. The internet may supply much of the information in some form, if one could be bothered to dig it up and then filter out all of the tales that mark out the information as personal. Dr Graveline has rendered a valuable service to all statin users, by writing this book. He deserves our thanks for unravelling the language that keeps all non-medically qualified people in the dark, when it comes to our health. This book ought to be in every medical practitioner's personal library, because it is a prime example of what can happen when clinicians do not listen to what their patients are saying to them. This book is highly recommended, if you want to know more about which adverse effects may be caused by statins.
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