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If your loved one is on any type of statin (for cholesterol ) have them STOP taking it now. It cuts off the cholesterol to their brain which is making everything worse. Our brains literally need this to survive and thrive. This is the worst med anyone can take

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I've told this story before - My mom was sent to a neurologist at the nearby teaching hospital who was working on a study using advanced ultrasounds to map the carotid arteries and the level of plaques in mom's was alarming. I suppose she could have had stents put in but the doctor put her on Crestor and recommended a vegan diet, which we tried to comply with. At her follow up appointment I saw with my own eyes the difference these things made and it was nothing short of miraculous, I never would have believed that the plaque build up in a 90 year old's arteries could not only be halted but dramatically reduced. Draw your own conclusions.
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😂 wasn't thinking it to beat the system, I just heard it bring bad cholesterol down. Mine is actually rather confusing even my PA had to look it up, because my good cholesterol is so high that they get confused. Anyways wasn't trying to beat anything, just like people that eat cheerios , just trying to bring it down . I heard Walnuts too
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Honestly Nacy? I think that any work arounds to bring the numbers down "just enough" are missing the whole point, it's supposed to be about improving your long term health not beating the system. 🤷‍♀️
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I have read , that if you are boarding line me and hubby, metamucil, can help bring the numbers down just enough. Anyone else know anything about this?
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JoAnn, to clarify: doctors do not get kickbacks from the pharma companies. I have worked with med-tech companies for over 35 yrs and I can attest to how nervous they get when promoting to doctors. They are under constant scrutiny and the penalties are huge and long-lasting.

For another: most doctors work within groups and clinics, so it'd be doubly difficult to give them any sketchy money -- it'd have to be to them personally, which would be super obvious and risky. Even at conventions, the tschochke giveaways, or what the med-techs pay for, are scrutinized by their own legal departments. They spend way too much money on R&D and launching meds, devices and services to risk paying off one doctor here, another there. That's small potatoes. Most practices don't even allow the pharma reps in to talk to docs and give free samples...not sure they even do this anymore.
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Margaret, there are people whose bodies manufacture Cholesterol. I read about a family where even the children had high Cholesterol. If mine was extremely high, I would take a Statin too. My husband can bring his down by cutting out certain foods. At one time 250 was ok then they lowered it to 200. A nurse I worked with blamed the Pharmacutical companies. Having the numbers lowered meant more patients on them. My DHs Dr wanted him to go on them for a number of 205. He cut back on certain foods and got down 30 pts in 3 months.

And Doctors get cutbacks for prescribing certain medications.

So its a choice. You always balance the pros and cons. Its like any Medication, we each have different experiences. My GF has not gotten any of the COVID shots and has never had it. I got the initial 2 shots and the booster. I got it.
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A decade ago there was a news story about Statin side effects. We had a friend who was experiencing the side effects, and I was on Statins for genetically high chlorestorol (my teetotal mother's was through the roof). I went to the doctor, who paused for a minute or so, then said that the side effects are rare and he had many patients who had heart problems linked to cholestorol. I stayed on Statins.
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I agree with you Joann, And have mixed feelings about this post. On one hand I know so many people on Statins and BP meds, that could go off them if they just put the dam bottle down! Less to know alcohol could fix most of there issues, and if they realize what alcohol and smoking, over eating and not moving does to your body maybe they would stop at a younger age. We have became a society of abusing are body's because there is a PILL for that. Well these pills do come with side effects.

With that being said heratigage plays a large roll and some just can't do anything about it.

But this needs to be heard to the younger generation. Not to people here that absolutely need them!
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I had my GYN tell me this. Asked me what meds I was on. Nothing. My Cholesterol is high but not extremely. I had heard Statins cause cognitive problems. By then Mom had been diagnosed with Dementia and it did not run in her family. She did not smoke or drink. I refused then to take them and I still refuse. My GYN told me to take nothing for my Cholesterol, OCT or natural suppliments. He said that Statins reduce the Cholesterol in the brain and the brain needs Cholesterol.
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Referring for monitoring by the Admins: self-reporting my post.
I feel that this member is giving possibly dangerous medical advice to people.

I caution anyone on AC to discuss discontinuing any medication with their personal MD. Do not rely on members of a Forum to diagnose, treat or give medical advice that may be dangerous to your health.
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As a 61 year old with borderline high cholesterol, I am doing everything I can to not go on statins, but there may come a day , and I will . You should be reaching out to younger people, to keep there bodies as healthy as you can, stop it before it starts.

Many people need statins and because of years of abusing there body, or because of there genes, which can not be fixed, and statins keep many people alive. This is not the right place to be preaching to the choir.
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https://www.escardio.org/Education/Practice-Tools/Talking-to-patients/arming-your-patients-with-the-facts-on-statins
(this article includes links to studies)
Also:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10892755/

I've got to say despite her history of heart bypass and mini strokes my mother never was on statins until a neurologist suggested aggressive treatment in her 90's, I've always wondered if earlier intervention could have prevented the multiple TIAs that I believe lead to her dementia
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Can you support this with links to respected studies?

I will add that my cousin was on statins for high cholesterol and she developed early onset ALZ in her 60's. She just turned 71 and is already bedridden and won't open her eyes. She's the only family member to get early onset dementia, that we are aware of.

But in science, correlation is not causation, which means this anecdote doesn't prove anything. In my extensive Italian-American family many of us have high cholesterol and no one has a history of heart disease or stroke. My Aunt just passed away at 105 (with all her mind) and her cholesterol was tested often in the past decades: it was always about 240-270. My 95-yr old Mom is currently about 260, mine is about 240 and our good cholesterol is also high. There were 8 siblings and they all lived into their 90s healthily. I told my primary doc to never talk to me about statins -- not because I am 100% convinced about the link to dementia but because there's no history of heart disease in our family despite high numbers so why take a med for a problem that doesn't exist?
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It really depends on why you are taking the statin, people with a history of heart attack and stroke or mini stroke definitely need this life preserving medication, those who are using it prophylactically probably never did.
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Medical advice like this is not what this site is about, at least without accurate references.
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