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In reply to the discussion: Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have [View all]Marthe48
(23,033 posts)prescribed a statin. My total cholesterol is high, like around 220. I tried the statin. Three weeks before I started taking it, I was canvassing for Democratic candidates, 2007, all over a hilly neighborhood, up steps to porches and second floors, just perking right along. A week or so after I started taking the statins, Bill Clinton came to our town to stump for Hillary. My husband and I wanted to hear him talk. We parked a short distance from the venue, but had to climb a low hill. I had to stop 3 times because I couldn't get my breath. I told the doctor. He gave me another statin. When I saw him again, I said I wasn't going to take statins. So he said he'd give me something else. It was another statin. That was 2007. I just attended a graduation in the same place, had to climb the same hill. Nine years later, at age 63, no statins and I only stopped once.
Lastly, My husband's cholesterol was 180 in January. His doctor totally missed the cancer, but by God, prescribed a statin for his cholesterol.
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