As I’m sure you’re well aware, drugs to lower cholesterol are among the most successful in history. But the list of side effects is quite long, and it just got longer. I have covered many of the common cholesterol lowering drug side effects in a previous article that can be read by clicking here. Many […]
CRP, Homocysteine Related to Frequent Fruit and Vegetable Intake All this fuss trying to find a drug to lower CRP levels. It’s almost laughable. And you know when they find that some drug (most likely front runner is the statins) lowers CRP it’ll be all over the news with recommendations to have CRP levels checked […]
Relationship between cholesterol and survival in chronic heart failure Well, now doesn’t this just throw a wrench in the works? Lower cholesterol actually raised mortality rates in patients with chronic heart failure. Research like this really does make us think about our “blinders on” view of medical care today. Especially in light of the recent […]
GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR STATIN MYOPATHY FOUND; COENZYME Q10, CARNITINE SUPPLEMENTS MIGHT HELP I will refrain from dancing around saying “I told you so.” I have always noted that I felt the deaths that occurred with Baychol were most likely due to a genetic suseptability to a lower CoQ10 status. The statins are well known […]
The list of side effects of cholesterol drugs like Lipitor or Crestor continues to lengthen. Most problems are due to the lowering of a molecule called CoQ10. The statin class of cholesterol lowering drugs block an enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase. This is the enzyme that produces cholesterol in our bodies. However, this enzyme also produces a tiny little compound […]
