Re: Statin drugs lower heart attack death-study


Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Steve Marcus wrote:
> > "fresh~horses" <fresh~horses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1125372954.080606.312630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > When to a recent surgery I had my chart annotated to say I was not to
> > > be given statins. It was given the same flag as the pencillin warning.
> > >
> > > I also made sure neither the surgeon or anesthetist for my surgical
> > > procedure take statins.
> >
> > A new implementation of "Death before dishonor." LOL
> > >
> > > Zee
> >
> > Steve
>
>
>
> It also takes drug-bigotry to a new high. Reminds me of an SDA having
> to make sure their surgeon is caffeine-free, or a Mormon making sure he
> doesn't smoke, or some ultraorthodox Jew or Muslim refusing surgical
> hands that might have touched pork.
>
> All on the basis of studies by one group, not yet confirmed at any
> other site, that statin-takers had minor changes in the
> attention-dependent mental tasks, by comparison to a placebo group. The
> magnitude being of about the same order as what you see in a person who
> has or hasn't had a cup of coffee, or has or hasn't eaten, or (if a
> smoker) has or hasn't had a recent cigarette. And all this not even
> from a good crossover study where people could have served as their own
> controls! Crap science, in other words. Sheesh.
>
> SBH




And: aren't you one who says consumers/patients must take
responsibility?


Zee

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