Re: Statins and side effects......

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Larry wrote in article
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Bill wrote:

Larry wrote:

What I am saying is there is nothing about Sharon's claims or methods that I
approve of. I still think no matter what her husband's experience has been,
it is in a very small minority of cases and she has done a poor job of
substantiating anything more than that. But you can't fault her husband for
doing what he was told and following doctor's orders.

I disagree also. But that's not my point. I can also understand someone having
serious guilt after the fact. In order to resolve this one might change their
perception of reality as a defense mechanism and then continue this.

For example, studies have been done on people who have waited on long lines to
see a movie and people who did not wait on line at all to see the same movie.
Both groups were asked how they rated the film. You would think that the
people who did not wait would rate the movie higher because they had a better
experience. The opposite was true. Why? The people who waited on long lines
could not change their perception that they had waited for a long time. So
they changed their perception of the movie to justify their actions in their
minds.

Bill .. on this I completely agree with you. Sharon has a severely
distorted view of reality, and seems to feel justified in misleading the
public by presenting material that APPEARS to support her position but
actually doesn't because either she takes things out of context, omits
certain facts, or draws a foregone conclusion by implication from a
study or abstract. She seems to think that her terrible experience
(which I don't want to take anything away from) justifies this.

I don't know exactly what she and her husband went through and neither
do you. Therefore, I tend to give her the benefit of the doubt in that
particular area. You may not realize how easy it is to place yourself in
the hands of a medical professional and how difficult it is to have the
skill, knowledge, confidence, and chutzpah to be able to question the
medical professional ... with no medical background or limited
knowledge. It can also be very intimidating.

One point I've often wondered about is why she doesn't direct her anger
at the doctor who reportedly kept her husband on Lipitor instead of
falling into conspiracy theories about researchers and pharmaceutical
companies. ISTM if her statements can be substantiated she might have a
considerable claim against him for malpractice (but I am not a lawyer).
Like many others, I have no recognizable problems with Lipitor in spite
of over seven years at 80mg/day.

In the end, you are right ... we must all take our medical care into our
own hands ... and we must all realize that we are the final arbiter and
that we must make all final decisions. We have to use medical
professionals as consultants. But this is easier said than done.

Thanks to both of you for the thoughtful discussion of these issues.
--
Don Kirkman
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