Re: Statins again.

On Apr 6, 10:55 am, tonyzs...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Yes . Both simvastatin and rosuvstatin had particularly bad side
effects in my case, and I am looking very seriously at alternatives:
B3, plant sterols, and if they don't work, policosanol. The
trouble is that I don't have much time left, but I'd rather feel half
alive and half dead.


I think at a certain point quality of life is more important than
length of life. So if taking statins makes you miserable, no one is
forcing you to take them.

I have been doing some reading on plant sterols, and there seem to be
some serious concerns over whether or not they are atherogenic. I
plan to post some information on this some time soon. So far as I
know, there are no clinical trials planned that would settle the
question of the effect of plant sterols on clinical endpoints.
Presumably, such a trial would have to be funded by the government,
since plant sterols aren't patentable.

Marilyn

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