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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 12 2:31pm | Replies (61)

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@colleenyoung

@afrobin, thank you for curbing your rant. There are certainly cases where pharmaceutical companies warrant close scrutiny. Additionally, there is much we can do for our health by making wise lifestyle choices such as exercise, diet, good sleep habits, not smoking, etc. In some situations, healthy lifestyle choices can even lead to people being able to reduce or eliminate some medications.

But I must stress that some medications for some people are absolutely warranted and keep people alive. We can't vilify all medications or all producers of medicine. For some people, statins may be the right option. You're absolutely right that research and the literature is constantly being updated. Every person should do their own due diligence, read recent and credible sources of information, AND discuss options with their care provider.

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Hello Colleen, I agree. Medication is certainly necessary when lifestyle changes either don't work, are not complied with (as weight loss in my own case) or are not relevant for a particular condition.
So that it did not seem like MY opinion or one without references, I would like to have included a link to an amazing documentary of leading Canadian doctors and researchers in the field of cholesterol but it seems that Americans can't gain access to it on our government TV site, The Fifth Estate. In the documentary the experts state that only a man in his forties who has already had a heart attack should be on statins. And definitely not the elderly. It is fact and stated even on your Mayo clinic and Harvard University's Medical sites that side effects of statins are memory loss, joint pain, muscle weakness, often progression to diabetes and liver damage.
Doctors are unfortunately under the thumb of Big Pharma and woe betide any doctor who bucks the system. If he or she were to dissuade a patient from taking a statin...and then that person happened to have a heart attack, his career could be ruined...with the help of Big Pharma and the media.