James Silverton wrote:
> I know this is OT but I don't know where else to post it. A couple of
> years ago, after taking statins for many years to control my
> cholesterol levels, I had to give up because of muscle pain. At my
> cardiologist's suggestion I have tried ALL regularly prescribed
> statins with the the same result. Now a report has appeared blaming
> statins for memory loss and raising blood sugar levels:
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012...ry-blood-sugar
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/6vmonl3

If you look around on the Internet, you'll find plenty to suggest that
the effects of statins are _terrible_ and the entire class of drugs
should be banned. They've been linked to depression, suicide, and a
bunch of other bad stuff, if memory serves, including blood sugar. They
tried to make my mother, may she rest in peace, take a statin towards
the end of her life, when she had worsening dimentia (memory loss) and
was borderline diabetic (blood sugar levels. I raised a huge fuss about
it and they backed off.

Just say no - find another way to deal with your cholesterol, and be
sure to focus on improving your ratios and not worrying about the
overall number. Another underpublicized fact here is that the good type
of cholesterol is being shown to be protective, not only just not bad,
so raising your total cholesterol by improving the quantity of good
cholesterol and therefore your cholesterol ratios can be a very good
thing for your health.

Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.

-S-