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In reply to the discussion: US Doctors Urge Wider Use Of Cholesterol Drugs [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)122. You have no case.
You simply don't like the real world.
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Doctors are NOT always right. You can scold me all the live-long day, but I will not be
MADem
Nov 2013
#104
Well, I didn't realize I had to provide a frigging peer reviewed article for your journal, there.
MADem
Nov 2013
#107
I had nearly debilitating cramps while on my statin. I stopped them within days.
Ed Suspicious
Nov 2013
#53
Persons having asymptomatic plaque in the right carotid artery are the real candidates
DhhD
Nov 2013
#69
I agree. No matter what the conditions, most doctors start with conservative approaches, diet,
lostincalifornia
Nov 2013
#55
Most DR start with Conservative Treatment? My Dr started me on a Statin day one.
happyslug
Nov 2013
#62
I meant like all the crap your beloved pharmaceutical companies push on patients
villager
Nov 2013
#112
Exactly my thoughts too. Let's promote fruit and vegetables & end GMOs that are poisoning the
mother earth
Nov 2013
#8
Really? Tell that to the bees that are dying from GMO corn with built in insecticide, and let
mother earth
Nov 2013
#88
Wasn't there a recent study showing no link between cholesterol levels and heart attack rates? (nt)
jeff47
Nov 2013
#12
"Side effects include cessation of breathing,uncontrollable urge to gamble, increased use of Depends
Divernan
Nov 2013
#19
Bob, the drug I would worry about is the one that will give one menstrual pain...
Thor_MN
Nov 2013
#49
I don't suppose it has occurred to them to urge wider use of a low-fat vegan diet.......
kestrel91316
Nov 2013
#17
I'd be homicidal if I had become a physician and had to deal with the crap those poor souls do.
kestrel91316
Nov 2013
#76
It's not the animal fats. It's the high levels of fructose in the processed diet
Paulie
Nov 2013
#45
False. Saturated fats >>>>> elevated blood cholesterol. Refined carbs are also terrible.
kestrel91316
Nov 2013
#74
Patents are expiring; so Big Pharma/Med dramatically jacks up the numbers of prescriptions!
Divernan
Nov 2013
#18
That's because you're so used to pushing it, and seeing it, and no one bothered to inform you.
HuckleB
Nov 2013
#39
Meanwhile...Ranbaxy stops generic Lipitor production amid recall for tiny glass particles"
dflprincess
Nov 2013
#42
Big pharma urges Doctors to Urge wider use...of Lipitor and Zocor from Pfizer and Merck...nt
Evasporque
Nov 2013
#67
"Roughly half the cholesterol panel members have financial ties to makers of heart drugs"
flvegan
Nov 2013
#82
Yo, some DUers! THe plural of anecdote is not data. (Stop Pretending That It Is.)
HuckleB
Nov 2013
#92
Go to this website and download the calculator (red button on the right).
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#120