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If you are on a statin drug or are thinking of going on a statin, this fully referenced book, Statin Drug Side Effects, is a "must read" for you. The unacceptable legacy of statin drug use at today's high doses is a trail of chronic aches and pains, numbness, weakness, confusion, fatigue, shortness of breath and even heart failure in hordes of unsuspecting victims. Only by knowing this information, and in consultation with your healthcare professional, can you make an informed decision about your health care. If you are a user of Vytorin, Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol or Lescol you must read this book. Most of the statin side effects I discuss are unknown to your busy doctor. Although knowledgeable about muscle and liver problems, few have heard of statin amnesia and other forms of memory dysfunction and fewer still associate hostility, aggression and profound depression as statin related. As a former astronaut, aerospace medical research scientist, flight surgeon and family doctor, I was appalled by the lack of information in the medical community on the full range of side effects of the statin drugs. This book is a comprehensive reference source and summary of side effects of statin drugs.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Duane Graveline MD MPH; 1st edition (May 21, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0970081790
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0970081797
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.42 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: JonPittsburgh67
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: You and your Doctor need to read this book!
Review: Dr. Graveline has written the definitive study on the problems of statin drug use, and his book is invaluable for those who are contemplating taking these dangerous drugs. A must read for lay persons and medical providers! I personally know several persons who had the drug induced dementia and rhabdomyolysis, so his information is correct and essential. Update of November 5, 2019 - This book continues to surprise me with its accuracy, I have met another patient who had personality changes that disappeared with the d/c of Simvastatin, returning her to her old self. Anyone being prescribed statin drugs needs this information, and you won't get it from your cardiologist if he/she is using the "shotgun" approach i.e. "everyone gets this as the so-called Gold Standard of care whether you need it or not". The risks and side effects in many, many cases do not justify using statin drugs as this book clearly shows. Physicians in Europe are more reluctant to prescribe statin drugs, and for good reasons. You are in charge of your own health in partnership with your physician, so check this book out.

Reviewer: Gert Bo Thorgersen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A "Must read", especially for the doctors who daily are destroying patients health with drugs against Cholesterol.
Review: In the month of September 5 years ago, I then bought and red this book, and now I just for the second time have finished reading it again. But besides to this book I bout before and after also have bought quite a lot of other books concerning Cholesterol, an now own around 300 health and doctor books.But for me the Cholesterol problems first started 6 years ago, and then starting the fighting against the doctors, and even most of the persons whom I know, as they blindly are trusting the doctors. Because 6 years ago, together with my wife, we then went to a hospital for delivering blood for having the blood measured. This was the first time for this, in Thailand, where we then had stayed for 6 years, after previously living in Denmark, were I had met my Thai wife. We went to the RAM hospital, the Chiang Mai hospital preferred by the foreigners. The results showed that my total Cholesterol was on 196, while my wife had 267 and her HDL being 114. So according to the 2 doctors, which we talked with, my health was perfect, but for my wife very bad as the Cholesterol not was allowed being higher than 200, and besides neither the HDL allowed being higher than 60. So she had to take a drug like the Zocor, or ells she soon would die as the result of a hearth attach. I then showed them that according to the calculating shown in a Harvard Medical School book for finding the chance in getting a hearth attach during the following 10 years, my chance showed up to be 8 %, and for my wife only 2 %; and beside this written that the higher the HDL the better. But the doctors said that the RAM hospital is an international hospital so their data are correct, while the Harvard Medical School must be wrong! I later lend other Cholesterol to one of the doctors, but the ideas in the RAM hospital have not changed. My wife of course trusted the doctors, and not me, but fortunately in less than a week she got so sick by the drug so that she stopped taking it; else she would have continued, even now 6 years later.But now, in this year, only a week ago, we went to another hospital, the Lanna, only for the measure of part of the content in my blood, nearly only concerning Homocysteine, Ion, D, and the Cholesterol, as it then showed up that they did not have a standard blood measure! A few days later I discovered that I in the Maharaj Nakorn hospital I there could have got at total blood measure, by only paying 1/10 of what I paid in Lanna, and beside be getting 10 times as many results. I in Lanna only ordered the Cholesterol numbers for finding out if the Lanna hospital was better than the RAM, that is if they allowed the total being higher than 200. But this had no changed, instead it showed up that still the Cholesterol only was allowed in being 0.000 – 199.000. To the total I said “This is wrong. Go to Dr.Mercola on the Internet, and you will see that 333 is fine”. Whereby she answered that the Lanna hospital is an international hospital so that their statements are the correct one. And I didn’t get an explanation to how the Cholesterol number could possibly get down to only 0.000? I would like to meet a person only containing 0.000 of Cholesterol. Later it showed up that in the Maharaj Nakorn they on papers write 150 – 200. My Cholesterol number had fallen from 196 to 188. My Homocysteine was too high according to McCully, which I told her, and showed the book, but fine according to the hospitals number, according to which it first is bad if higher than 16. She denied seeing the book and again she told me that the Lanna hospital is an international hospital and thereby correct, in what they tell. Without doubt she newer have heard about McCully, whom I then started telling her about: his discovery in 1969. There was no measure of my sun vitamin/hormone, the D, for which I also had paid, and it showed up that the doctor did not understand what I had written on my paper concerning what I wanted to have measured in my blood. On one line I had written: D, D3 37 – 65 ng/ml. And the doctor asked what there was meant by the D3. But the D hormone consists of the D2, D3 and Calcitriol, and doctor that works in a department concerning blood tests ought to know this. Concerning my interest in the measuring of the K2, the nurse didn’t know anything, so this was not done. And it showed up that the doctor didn’t know anything about the K vitamins and she refused to see the informations and molecules in my private lexicon. She just wanted me to leave, which I then did, and then trying in the hospital to meet a doctor which I could have a talk with, concerning the vitamins, the blood measures, and so on, but in vain. I left the hospital highly chocked about the doctors missing knowledge concerning what they are working with.The “Statin Drugs Side Effects” by Duane Graveline, is one of the now many important books which are trying to get us all, and especially the doctors, to understand that Cholesterol is important for the body, and the brain, maybe the most important, and that the total Cholesterol number has nothing to do with the changes in getting hearth attacks. And that actually it’s not directly the Cholesterol that results in the hardening of the hearth arteries, but too high an amount of Homocysteine in the blood. Besides the natural LDL is not bad, first when we by bad food or drugs have oxidized it is, then it is bad.And concerning the many bad problem caused by the Drugs, we in the book reads many private cases which Graveline have received from other persons, beside his own private problem, after the 2 times he was put on such a drug. And personally I know a Danish person, living 5 miles away from me, and now 82 years old, who 2 years ago by doctors was put on Zocor, as he had the Cholesterol on 278; now it is 283. I then to him explained that this was totally wrong and I gave him a copy of the Harvard calculating paper, by which he could see that if he either as Cholesterol were having < 160 or > 280 it only would be changing the chance in a hearth attach by 1 – 2 %. And I lend him this book and one of the books by Uffe Ravnskov MD, PhD, but he continued taking the Zocor. And this year he totally has changed in personality, as written in some of the cases in the book, and besides also in this year have had 2 small hearth attacks, and still won’t believe that this is caused by the Zocor, because he had been using it during 2 years, before the problems started. And his doctor only doubled the Zocor, from 20 mg to 40 mg, after the last hearth attach in the month of September! I my eyes my friend is having some stupid doctors whom I would like to have some talks with, even though it without doubt won’t change their ideas.As a side remark I must mention that actual here in Thailand it’s hard in healthy ways to prevent the problems concerning hearth attach, and many other problems, because the laws don’t allow private persons to from other countries, in connection to our health, just to buy for example vitamin pills. As for example when the Homocysteine is higher than 10 we in books read to start taking the vitamins Folic acid (B9), B6 and B12. But in Thailand the B9 doesn’t exist. And my Homocysteine showed up to be 11.98, and probably would be perfect if I also was taking the missing B9, together with the other which I daily take. And as a remark, besides we among other, in Thailand, also are missing the B3 as Niacin, as we only can get it as Niacinamid, and the K only exist for pregnant woman in some hospitals, as the K1, and the important K2 (and K3) don’t exist, and also missing is Progesterone, and much more is missing. I now during years have explained this problem to doctors and pharmacies, but in vain.An important book, bout by its showing of patients problems after starting on the drugs against Cholesterol, and by showing that we instead of Cholesterol have to look on the Homocysteine, and throw the bad drugs away.

Reviewer: gapwedge
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: heady stuff but informative
Review: Dr. Graveline was very thorough in his research and footnotes. As a recent heart attack I was put on 80mg of Lipitor despite my lipid panel results being very near the normal range or within the normal range. I want to stop my statin use so I’m doing my research before I apply cardiologist.

Reviewer: Wings42
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This book can save your life and your quality of life
Review: I highly recommend this book, and Dr. Graveline's website, "spacedoc" followed by a dot com (Amazon doesn't show links in reviews). I also recommend healthy skepticism about the current medical model that pushes pills, which often ignores the maxim, "first do no harm".Statin drugs interfere with the liver's and brain's ability to generate cholesterol. But cholesterol is an essential component of every cell, the primary constituent of cell walls. Cholesterol synthesis in the liver and brain is essential to our survival. While many of us are asymptomatic to the damage the statin drugs cause, statins at commonly prescribed doses always cause damage, sometimes visible and sometimes not, sometimes reversible and sometimes not.I agree with Dr. Graveline's thesis that the case that cholesterol causes atherosclerosis hasn't been proven. Certainly, there is a high correlation between LDL cholesteral levels and atherosclerosis in America, but that doesn't hold true in certain cultures. Traditional Eskimo cultures, and people who eat the traditional French diet have a very high cholesterol levels from their diets, yet they have low heart attack rates (the French), or virtually no heart disease (traditional Eskimos). That "paradox" is very instructive.Correlation does not prove causality. An example of this is the high correlation between days of high umbrella use and days of high traffic accident rate. But while high traffic accident rates usually occur when people use umbrellas, umbrella use doesn't cause the traffic accidents. The high accident rate is actually caused by wet roads, glare, reflections, and poor visibility. The high accident rate and high umbrella use on those days are both caused by the rain. The same is true of high cholesterol levels and heart disease, they are both caused by something else, namely stress.Things that we know raise LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol levels (found in coronary plaque) are high dietary cholesterol and high saturated fat levels and high sugar and salt in the diet, anxiety, anger, obesity, and inactivity. Anxiety, anger, high fat diets, too much sugar and salt, obesity, and inactivity are all stressful. The liver creates more cholesterol when we are under stress, to prepare for inflammation and tissue damage and to repair any damage that has occurred. The high cholesterol level and heart disease are correlated to, but as shown by the French and Eskimo examples don't CAUSE the heart disease.About three years ago my cardiologist started me on quite high dosage of Lovastatin to lower my high LDL level and crystalline niacin to raise my HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)level. Within a year, I developed severe muscle soreness and then muscle atrophy in my right hamstrings (back of thigh muscles) and right glutes (butt muscles). I've always been into exercise, and was walking and hiking vigorously about 15 to 20 thousand steps a day during that year. Finally, one of my lumbar disks ruptured, probably from uneven pressure on it wearing a hole on the right side of the disk because my hip was no longer level (the muscles on my other leg were totally OK), plus my 15-20,000 often hilly steps a day. After reading Dr. Graveline's web site and doing other web research, I attribute the muscle damage to statin and niacin use and the fact that I was a heavy exerciser. Most people who take doses of statins that I took do not exercise much, and thus don't have the exercise-caused muscle stress that needs to be repaired every day. That doesn't mean their muscles aren't being hurt, it's just that the damage is more noticeable with exercise.My doctor strongly denied that the statins and niacin caused my muscle soreness and atrophy, but I followed the logic in Dr. Graveline's books and website. I stopped using statins and crystalline niacin but continued walking (very painful), stretching, and physical therapy, but mainly (as prescribed by my great cardiologist) I radically changed my diet to a low fat, low glycemic index, mostly veggie and fruit diet which I now love. I took up meditation and other stress reduction techniques such as anger management. At the advice of one of the contributors to Dr. Graveline's website (spacedoc . com without the spaces), I added a very small dose of lovastatin-containing red-yeast rice to my diet, and 4 gm. of quality fish oil a day to reduce inflammation without interfering with my liver's ability to function. Also, I lost an important 10 pounds, mainly from my gut. At this point, all my blood lipids are within the range that my cardiologist wants, except that my HDL is still low.I had near fatal pneumonia Christmastime of 2010 which caused some heart damage, and then double hernia surgery in June of 2011, so I don't exercise as much as before. I expect that if and when my general health allows me to resume the level of exercise I did two years ago, my HDL will rise.All medications have side effects. As we age, we become more sensitive to drugs, and drug side effects become more and more harmful. Drugs are sometimes prescribed to counteract other drugs' side effects, leading to a toxic drug load and serious health deterioration (my mom was taking 15 different drugs daily before she died at about my current age). There are some pills that are truly lifesaving and others that need to be tapered off to quit, so you can't safely just stop those. If you don't trust your doc to tell you which are absolutely necessary, which can be used at a lower dose, and which can be stopped safely, you need a new doc. You can research the reported side effects and recommended dosage of the drugs you take, both prescribed and over the counter, in the web sites "rxlist" and "drugs" (add a dot com). Rxlist . com is more technical, drugs . com is less technical.I wish this was all easy, but with aging we need to be more careful of what we take, what we eat and what we do. Our overworked doctors just can't have the stake in our health and bodies that we do. The wonderful internet, and Dr. Graveline's books and website are thankfully there to help show us the way.

Reviewer: Azzy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: If you are on statins simply to lower your cholesterol then you need to read this book. It may help you understand some of the other side effects you may be suffering as a result of taking them. Most GP's don't understand or know of the side effects of statins as they have relied on the pharmacuetical companies for information. If you are not on statins then you should also read this in case your GP tries to put you on them in the future. I have read several books on statins and cholesterol and now know cholesterol is not the bad thing it is being made out to be. When my GP wanted to put me on statins after my last blood test because my cholesterol was 7.2 IIRC, I said no thanks and suggested she read a number of books to bring her up to speed on statins and cholesterol. Well worth the money.

Reviewer: alan g
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very revealing. Makes you wonder who you can trust and who is leaning on who. Should you really be taking statins if you haven't suffered from heart disease or stroke.? If you are taking these you might just benefit from reading this book.

Reviewer: Womble
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is certainly an eye opener as regards Stain drugs. Being an ex-nurse, 1950-1960, I knew nothing about the side effects of Statins. So if any person sees this statement and they are on Statins then buy this book. You will not regret it.

Reviewer: grandsailor
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a book written by a doctor who must, as a result of his own experience, be one of the most qualified people on the subject of statins.

Reviewer: A. D. Green
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Good read and very informative. Its quite shocking how we are being pumped full of drugs just to satisfy incomplete statistics.