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// Millions of people over the age of 50 risk harming their health if they follow new NHS guidance telling them to take statins, leading doctors have warned the Health Secretary.
Proposals to advise 12 million people to take the drugs could have “worrying” consequences because the plans were borne out of an “overdependence” on studies funded by the pharmaceutical industry, they say. //
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I thought it was the doctors who are needlessly prescribing them in the first place?
Will you now stop taking statins?
Proposals to advise 12 million people to take the drugs could have “worrying” consequences because the plans were borne out of an “overdependence” on studies funded by the pharmaceutical industry, they say. //
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I thought it was the doctors who are needlessly prescribing them in the first place?
Will you now stop taking statins?
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Its difficult. I agree with the doctors that the research on statins may be skewed in favour of their use, BUT GP's are also under the cosh to keep their prescribing costs down. personally i don't take statins, but it has never been suggested that i should. If it was, I would need a VERY convincing argument to do so....or any other preventative medicine for that matter.
Difficult and very confusing:
sqad's uptake.
1) If you have already had a heart attack or stroke...then TAKE statins.
2) If you have a family history of strokes or heart attacks...then TAKE statins.
3) If you need to take statins but have serous and debilitating side effects, then a change in statins or a non statin drug should be considered e.g Ezitrol.
4) If you do not fit into the above categories,even if you are over 65 yrs, than DO NOT take statins.
That is just MY take on the subject.
5) If my cholesterol was "questionable" but i didn't fit into the above categories, then I wouldn't take statins.
It is worrying that some members of NICE have affiliations to drug companies.
sqad's uptake.
1) If you have already had a heart attack or stroke...then TAKE statins.
2) If you have a family history of strokes or heart attacks...then TAKE statins.
3) If you need to take statins but have serous and debilitating side effects, then a change in statins or a non statin drug should be considered e.g Ezitrol.
4) If you do not fit into the above categories,even if you are over 65 yrs, than DO NOT take statins.
That is just MY take on the subject.
5) If my cholesterol was "questionable" but i didn't fit into the above categories, then I wouldn't take statins.
It is worrying that some members of NICE have affiliations to drug companies.
Is it just scaremongering?
This article seems to think so.
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This article seems to think so.
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My take on this is that a lot of the progress in medicine has been accompanied by a 'tick box' system - age/weight/cholesterol/BP etc
The drive to get most on Statins who are aged 50 plus worries me somewhat.
I do agree with Sqad that the primary reasons should be ones own history and close family history of Stroke and Heart attack.
The drive to get most on Statins who are aged 50 plus worries me somewhat.
I do agree with Sqad that the primary reasons should be ones own history and close family history of Stroke and Heart attack.
maggie
\\\\and am now in my late 60s. Is this something I should have checked out?\\
You are a woman......late 60's, one presumes in good health, no family history of heart attacks or strokes...............NO, I wouldn't have a blood test for cholesterol.
If it was normal.....no statins required.
If it was borderline......no statins required.
If it was high........no statins required (in my opinion.)
\\\\and am now in my late 60s. Is this something I should have checked out?\\
You are a woman......late 60's, one presumes in good health, no family history of heart attacks or strokes...............NO, I wouldn't have a blood test for cholesterol.
If it was normal.....no statins required.
If it was borderline......no statins required.
If it was high........no statins required (in my opinion.)
With a blood-cholesterol level of 4.1, I was prescribed Simvastatin. From the 3rd. week I suffered serious muscle cramps in my calves. Not only were they painful ++ but were incapacitating. A reduced daily dosage followed by a change in type of statin did nothing to help. My GP seemed unsympathetic so I declared UDI and stopped taking them. The cure was worse than the disease, in my case.
For 2 years now I've been pain-free and bless the day I discontinued this intolerable medication. Ditto for all beta-blockers.....
For 2 years now I've been pain-free and bless the day I discontinued this intolerable medication. Ditto for all beta-blockers.....
scylax - basically the GPs are saying the same thing - they see far more side effects than the research suggests.
An ivory tower prof from NICE was laying about himself with a pick axe handle basically telling the GPs he would cosh them if they didnt damn well do as he said...
GP was saying the benefit was minimal for the new cohort...
An ivory tower prof from NICE was laying about himself with a pick axe handle basically telling the GPs he would cosh them if they didnt damn well do as he said...
GP was saying the benefit was minimal for the new cohort...
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