STATINS (CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS) DO NOT PREVENT CANCER

"Huh?The cholesterol drug push has now just  turned  into  the  outright  ridiculous. Newspapers  across  the  country  ran  stories from  Dr.  Khurana,  claiming in  his  study that  statin  use  prevents breast  cancer  in women.” Health Alert, Vol. 22, No.  8

Here's what the "experts" said in  a variety  of scientific journals about cholesterol-lowering (statin)  drugs  and  cancer:  "The  cholesterol~lowering drugs  called  statins,  used  by  many  to  protect against  heart  disease,  may  also  protect  against several  kinds  of  cancers";  "Already  shown  to shield  against  prostate  cancer,  two  new  studies suggest  statins  also  provide  a  greater than  50% reduction  in  risk  with  pancreatic  and  esophageal cancer";  "Statins  are wonder drugs";  and  the best one,  "To my knowledge, statins  are one of the best cancer prevention agents I have come across."

This  rubbish  is  brought to  you by  the  leading "experts"  in  the  field.  Naturally  this  hype  has caused  a jump  in  statin  sales.  Read  the real  truth about  statins  and  cancer  in  the  following  paragraph. Then go back and read the first paragraph of this  article again.  It just makes  you  want to throw your hands up in disgust~unless you are a statin maker  who  got  quite  a  few  good  years  of sales from this hype.

An  article  about the latest statin  study results published  by  the  Associated  Press,  January  5, 2006,  was  titled,  "Statins  Don't  Drop  Cancer Risk."  The conclusion  drawn was  finally  the correct one:  "Statins  do  not prevent cancer,  and it is time  to  stop  spending money  on  more  studies  of cancer and statins."  Thank you very much.

For  years  statins  have  been  promoted  and believed  by  the  public  to  prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's,  breast cancer,  and cancer in  general. So far it has  not been  proven  that these drugs  can prevent heart disease or Alzheimer's.  And now  it is proven that they can't prevent cancer.

Statins  will  have  been  proven  not  to prevent any of the problems as promoted. Additionally,  the side  effects  of statins- which  include  terminal heart failure, liver damage,  muscle damage, severe stomach  problems,  memory  loss,  and  dementia will  finally  be  known  and  understood  by  the public.

Statins  prevent  cancer?!  Ridiculous.  And  now proven so.
Health Alert volume 23 issue 4 Dr Bruce west MD

STATINS (CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS) PREVENT CANCER?!

"Both  three  and   seven  years  ago  I wrote that if you are getting on in years, your cholesterol has little meaning when  it comes to heart attacks. I recommended that if you are over 65 years old, you should simply reject cholesterol lowering therapy and forget about your cholesterol. Well, those recommendations were not strong enough. It now turns out that as you get older, your chances of living longer go up with your cholesterol level. That’s right, the higher your cholesterol, the longer your life!”  Health Alert, Vol 15, No. 1 (Jan. 1998)

The  lower-the  cholesterol  the  more  dangerous. And  in  people  over  age  65, lowered  cholesterol  is very  dangerous– with  increased  cancer and even death. Period !

Huh?!  The cholesterol  drug push  has just tuned  into  the outright ridiculous. Newspapers  across the country ran stories from Dr. Khurana, claiming in his study that statin use prevents breast cancer in women. That is pretty amazing for several reasons:

I.    It directly contradicts almost all  other statin studies,  including the latest TNT  Study,  which reveal  that  statin  use  shows  an increased trend toward cancer.
2.    Studies  in  Geriatrics   and  other journals have studied  up  to  150,000  people  over  15  years and have shown that especially in the elderly, there is  at least  a doubling  of the risk  of death–especially from  cancer–in  those with  lowered cholesterol levels.
3.    Studies  repeatedly  show  that people  with high cholesterol levels  are at a greatly  reduced risk for cancer.

I could go on  and  on. But the absurdity  of it all has  already  given  me  a  great big  headache.  Dr. Khurana's  study  was  a  chance  look  (no  placebo control)  at women  on  statin  drugs.  He  found  that women  taking  statins  had less  breast cancer.  The real  reason  why  these  women  may  have  had  less cancer (if indeed this was true)  would be simple to understand, given the science as we know it.
 
Women  were  prescribed  statins  for high  cholesterol.  Higher cholesterol  is protective  against cancer, so, these  women  with  higher cholesterol had  less  cancer.  And there  you have it.  But somehow this got tuned around to prove it was the statins that prevented cancer. As I've said before-this is ridiculous.

My  quote from  1998  is  as  true today  as  it was then.  You  can  go  to  this  issue  to  find  the  "scientific" proof if you  so  desire.  But as the statin  push moves  along,  I've  read  that  these  drugs  can  prevent heart  disease,  Alzheimer's,  prostate  cancer heart failure,  and  now  cancer..  Sounds  suspiciously similar to the last 30 years of estrogen promotion.

The  truth  is  that  low  cholesterol  is  dangerous.
Health Alert Volume 22 issue 8 Dr Bruce West MD

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