Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Thomas Bayuk <tbayuk wrote: ,"A Home away from Home a MS Support Board" ,,,,,"Thomas Bayuk" Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:57:18 -0400[mscured] Statin'sWDDTY e-News Broadcast - 1 July 2004WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No. 89 - 01 July 2004Please feel free to email this broadcast to any friends you feel wouldappreciate receiving it.STATIN ALERT: It's new, and it may be dangerousIt sounds like toothpaste but, if its critics are to be believed, it'smore likely to polish you off. Crestor (rosuvastatin) is one of thenewest of the statins, the cholesterol drugs - but its commercial lifecould be short if campaigners in the States have their way.They claim that at least two people have already died while on the drug,and a further 50 have suffered serious adverse effects, mostsignificantly rhabdomyolysis, or muscle weakening.Rhabdomyolysis is a problem with all of the statins, but campaigners,led by Dr Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, claimthat Crestor's potential for causing the condition is greater than withthe other statins.Dr Wolfe has petitioned the US's drug regulator, the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA), to ban Crestor. "Crestor is inherently dangerousand it should not be used. Crestor has unique risks because of itseffects on the muscles and the kidneys," he said.Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis include muscle pain, weakness, tenderness,fever, dark urine, nausea and vomiting. In severe cases it can causekidney failure. Primary kidney failure occurs when the medicationdirectly damages the organs. Secondary damage occurs when proteinsreleased during muscle breakdown infiltrate the kidneys, Dr Wolfeexplained.AstraZeneca, manufacturer of Crestor, which received approval only lastyear, stoutly defend the drug. They claim that Dr Wolfe is beingalarmist, and is not interpreting the data properly.Dr Wolfe's concerns about the drug go back to before it was approved.He appeared before an FDA panel that was considering the drug's safetybased on early, pre-licence clinical trials.Dr Wolfe may not be a lone voice. The Canadian health authorities haveadvised patients to take only the lowest dose of Crestor following eightcases of muscle deterioration reported to them.The UK drug regulators remain as wise as Solomon and as silent as thegrave.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Learn more from those who have beaten MS, read testimonials: http:///messages/MS-testimonialsTo UNSUBSCRIBE, send blank message to: mscured- List Archives: mscured/messagesWeb Siteshttp://www.ms-diet.org/http://ourworld.cs.com/cah819http://www.ms-selfhelp.orghttp://CureZone.com/diseases/ms/http://www.naturalms.comhttp://CureZone.com/dental/http://www.btinternet.com/~mscentre.oxfordhttp://www.sensiblehealth.com/http://WaterCure2.comSuccess Stories:http://www.curezone.com/Dangerously_Healthy/http://www.wendys-ms-site.com/http://home.san.rr.com/iamshouse/http://www.megahits.com/healthy/page2.htmhttp://www.direct-ms.org/roger.htmlhttp://www.direct-ms.org/roger2.htmlHave a nice day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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