Have we been sent off in the wrong direction by producers of cholesterol lowering medications, doctors and thoughtless health advice? Yes indeed, says Al Sears, MD who practices in Florida, USA. To give an example, he points to a study recently published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, which finds that the more you lower cholesterol the greater the risk of your liver enzymes going off kilter, your muscles dissolving in a potentially deadly disease called rhabdomyolysis and of contracting cancer.
Rhabdomyolysis, the muscle dissolving disease, is preceded by horrendous muscle pains. Patients are reporting this to their doctors, but apparently they aren't believed most of the time. Quite little of these often valid complaints filters up to where drug decisions are made and indeed, cholesterol lowering drugs are among the best sellers world wide raking in billions every year. And of course the suffering continues. Although the numerous reports of side effects don't seem to be reaching the FDA, some of them are documented in comments on two of my earlier articles:
Lipitor: Side Effects And Natural Remedy
and
Lipitor - The Human Cost
where, over the past few years, readers have testified in sometimes heart-rending detail the sufferance and debilitating effects they have endured while on these drugs. If excruciating pain and loss of mobility sounds like something people should be able to stand for a chance to escape heart attack, try amnesia, behavioral and neurological side effects such as Alzheimer's and ALS, which former astronaut and medical doctor Duane Graveline associates with Lipitor in this article.
But let's get back to doc Al Sears and see what he thinks about the fad of lowering cholesterol and the connection between too low cholesterol levels in your body and cancer - and what you can do to protect your heart's health without the drugs ...
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Al Sears, MD
12794 Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 16
Wellington, FL 33414 September 6, 2007
For years, I've been telling my patients that the medical establishment's obsession with lowering cholesterol to prevent heart disease is causing more harm than good.
If your doctor continues to get you worried about your high cholesterol levels, here's a bit of news for you...