WARNINGS: statin drugs, anti-depressants

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I decided to post these powerful warnings on ALL my lists, so important it the information I get from William Campbell Douglass, II, MD.

 

I use all natural products to accomplish cholesterol lowering and mood elevation, and all of us need to beware of the drugs. ALL drugs have side effects, yes, but wait until you read THESE! AARRGGHH!!

 

Linda Yates

 

A conspiracy of greed?Everyone's blue nowadays, it seems. In the last 15 years, the number of people seeking treatment for depression in the U.S has nearly doubled -- now 25 million per year. That's bad news -- but what's worse is that according to recent research, 90% of these people left their doctors' offices with a prescription for antidepressants. What we're dealing with here is a two-part problem: First, a dramatic rise in the incidence of depression; and second, the increasing reliance on drugs as the preferred treatment option. Of course, I've got some theories about why depression is running rampant these days, but I'll have to tell you about them in the next Daily Dose. What I want to talk about now is one reason why prescription drugs have become the treatment of choice -- and it's downright frightening...In these days of HMOs and group health plans, if you have insurance, your health care is usually funneled through a "primary care physician" (PCP) whose responsibility it is to diagnose the problem and -- if he can't treat it -- to refer you to a specialist. But in the case of depression, instead of referring patients to qualified therapists, the PCP often dashes off a prescription for a month's worth of antidepressant drugs. Sure, I'm skeptical of psychotherapy, but it beats harmful drugs -- and the vicious cycle of dependency they bring, with no real hope of a lasting cure.This "band-aiding" of depression symptoms could be doctors brainwashed by drug company propaganda into believing antidepressants are the best course of action. Or it could be that these PCPs are directed by the insurance companies to prescribe expensive, addictive drugs in place of other therapies. Neither reality is best for the patient, but one can be blamed on ignorance -- and the other only on a conspiracy. In either event, large forces with much to gain financially are influencing our doctors toward treatments that may not be the best course of action for you. Makes you wonder exactly what the drug company/insurance industry relationship is, doesn't it? It certainly doesn't seem to revolve around your good health... And that's enough to make anyone depressed.(I'll have more to say about antidepressants in the next Daily Dose, about what works and what's worthless.) Statin drugs cause mental "static"I know I've mentioned cholesterol drugs a lot in the last year or so, both in Real Health and in the Daily Dose. But new research findings keep cropping up almost daily, it seems, that tell us new things about these harmful patent medications -- and their "benefits."For instance, research unveiled at last fall's meeting of the American Heart Association revealed that a commonly prescribed "statin" drug for lowering cholesterol might actually impair patients' brain function -- even so far as to affect their ability to perform everyday tasks, like drive a car. The study pinpointed measurable decreases in attention span and psychomotor reflex speed among the subject group when compared to the un-medicated control group...But here's the really incriminating part: Those patients who experienced the greatest decreases in blood cholesterol also suffered the greatest levels of impairment! Interesting, huh? I mention these findings to you now because I know the mainstream press will never pick up the story -- but also because some medical authorities estimate that in the very near future, half of the adult U.S. population could be taking cholesterol-lowering medications. That's right -- if conventional doctors and the "drug thugs" have their way, every other one of us will be stumbling around in a statin stupor! But what's not clear is whether the impairment is caused by the drugs themselves -- or the lack of cholesterol...I suspect it's the latter. Why? Because low cholesterol levels have been linked to numerous other health issues directly related to the brain -- things like violent behavior, depression, mood swings, stroke risk and other problems. Maybe now, we should add "impaired brain functioning" to that list. I've said it before, and I'll say it again now: Unless your cholesterol climbs over 300, forget about it -- even the "ratio" of LDL to HDL that so many conventional doctors make such a fuss about. For heart health, concentrate instead on DHEA, testosterone (for both men and women), and homocysteine levels. And be sure to supplement with plenty of folic acid, B vitamins, and CoQ10, too...Just leave the statin drugs alone -- unless you're suffering from an excess of IQ or terminal euphoria. It's not easy being blue, William Campbell Douglass II, MD

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At 11:29 PM 3/29/03 -0500, Linda Yates wrote:

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>I've said it before, and I'll say it again now: Unless your

>cholesterol climbs over 300, forget about it -- even

>the " ratio " of LDL to HDL that so many conventional doctors

>make such a fuss about. For heart health, concentrate

>instead on DHEA, testosterone (for both men and women), and

>homocysteine levels. And be sure to supplement with plenty

>of folic acid, B vitamins, and CoQ10, too...

>

>Just leave the statin drugs alone

 

 

 

 

I'm glad you mentioned folic acid and CoQ10. I've been doing vitamins, esp.

the B vitamins and C, for a long time and only recently got into doing folic

acid and CoQ10; then, just last week, started wondering about how effective

the CoQ10 at the local store is when so many products in the locals stores

are not really " bio-available. " For example, many calcium supplements are

made with calcium carbonate, a calcium that is very difficult to absorb but

is a cheap form of calcium.

 

Why waste money on health products that are NOT being absorbed?'

 

Medical doctors don't know about this or care. For example, few suggest

using folic acid supplements and I've never heard of a medical doctor

recomending CoQ10 even though alternative health practitioners have

recommended both folic acid and CoQ10 for years.

 

Thanks for getting the word out!!

 

- Anna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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