Comments on: US Doctors Urge Wider Use Of Cholesterol Drugs

By: akuperma

akuperma — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:56:01 +0000

1. How is this something of YWN interest. It affects everyone equally.

2. As most of the statins are now available generically, and the rest will soon be, this isn’t a very big issue financially.

3. Diet and exercise are probably more effective, but most Americans (including most frum Jews) really aren’t into dieting or exercising.

By: miriamr

miriamr — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:08:11 +0000

Beware of statins. My father took them for many years and developed statin poisoning which lead to his passing.Do your research well before taking any pharmaceuticals, which is easy to do in this age of “Googling” information.

By: Torahrocks

Torahrocks — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:59:22 +0000

Modern medicine saves many lives.
For those who clearly need these drugs they may work wonders.
But to try and widen the scope to get more and more people on permanent medication is another way for big medicine to make more money from many who may not actually need it.
Especially when they admit that those with diabetes will have increased suffering from that disease which can have it’s own crippling and life threatening effects.
For each drug the patient needs regular appointments to monitor the side effects for which new drugs are often prescribed, and it spirals upward from there.
Notice the study left out aspirin, which is cheap, over the counter and non habit forming.
Or how about natural alternatives?