STATINS (CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS) DO NOT PREVENT CANCER
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 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.
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
The truth is that low cholesterol is dangerous.
Health Alert Volume 22 issue 8 Dr Bruce West MD