How Do You Decide If You Need Statin Therapy?
Pick up a magazine and one of the first ads you might see is one touting the magical benefits of cholesterol lowering medications called statins. Statin medications such as Lipitor and Crestor are among the most widely prescribed in the world and for very good reasons. They have dramatically revolutionized the care of cardiovascular disease in the developed world and are very much responsible for the significant decrease in deaths due to stroke and heart disease. Yet for all the praise statin therapy receives many people are unaware that statin therapy has a dark side that the media and pharmaceutical companies frequently avoid talking about. There are very real medical side effects associated with statin therapy including liver inflammation, profound muscle aches and weakness, memory loss and gastrointestinal discomfort. In addition some common fruits can interact with statin therapy. Fortunately many of these symptoms resolve when the statin therapy is discontinued. So what are the c
