Re: Statin drugs lower heart attack death-study


Hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> "Bill" <xxx@xxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "listener" <listener@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> They aren't "talking" about it. They actually "did" it. And what's so
> >> surprising about it?
> >>
> >> "Patients who had not been prescribed statins in the past but were
> >> given one within 24 hours of hospitalization were 58 percent less
> >> likely to die." So, knowing that, if you ended up in the hosptial with an
> >> MI (god forbid) and they said "Here, take this statin" would you say to
> >> the doctor "No!please read Dr. Jay Cohen's book WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT
> >> STATIN DRUGS AND THEIR NATURAL ALTERNATIVES and this 80 page document put
> >> together by Sharon Hope. Thank you."
> >>
> >> L.
> >>
> >
> > Obviously what I meant is that they were talking about it in the article -
> > clearly the people that ran the study did the testing.
> >
> > It is still surprising to me that the statin worked that quickly. The
> > author of the study was also surprised. I don't understand what the
> > mechanism is.
>
> must be an anti inflammatory or anti platelet effect
>
> who cares?? if you die less??

It's a very important point. Some folk here argue that taking statins
long term can have damaging side effects for some people. Others argue
that the benefits in terms of reduced risk of death for most is worth
the possible slight risk of adverse effects for a small minority.

This study suggests that for the reduction in risk of death you might
not have to take the statin all the time. Maybe taking it all the time
is just a rather costly way of ensuring that you've taken some on the
day the problem happens.

A number of scientists have suggested that the way statins benefit
those at risk of MI is not the obvious cholesterol-reducing rationale
but something else we don't yet understand. This is another useful
pointer in that direction.

Fay

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