The Real SIDE EFFECTS Of STATINS That I as a DOCTOR Worry About!

[@chrisminifie219]

It’s interesting in the comments that most are against statin use. The general public are not stupid.

[@user-ik4xq9hm1x]

Yes they are

[@glenjones182]

@chrisminifie219 yes I was stupid until I was a victim.

[@bryanslattery5093]

Chronic constipation, fatigue,muscle and joint pain and short term memory loss. I stopped taking them and changed my diet. Now I'm fine.

[@bhabanisb7281]

would u mind sharing your age at which u started taking statin & for how long ? thnx

[@1drhnsd1]

I can take Lipitor without getting any leg pain, but every other statin caused real bad leg pain. If you have high cholesterol - maybe Lipitor would help you?

[@glenjones182]

I went crazy through memory loss while on this poison. I had to convince my doc who wanted me to stay on it. I ignored his request and got better.

[@tcampbell1106]

@glenjones182 Low Cholesterol: Insufficient cholesterol in the brain has been linked to issues like cognitive decline and mood disorders, as it disrupts membrane integrity and synaptic function. This will directly affect brain health by increasing risks for vascular dementia, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease. Not a surprise that you had this happen to you Glen. Great that you are feeling better now.

[@Southafrica-g5u]

I was prescribed simvastatin. My body ached. My joints ached. Stabbing pains in me heart area and strong palpitations causing nausea and weakness.

[@marionwest3661]

I just stopped taking them. The doctor said she was half my age and intended starting statins. I said that was fine, but it was my body and I don’t want them anymore.

[@gortonlad62]

There is no evidence to support the notion that cholesterol is a cause of heart disease. Around the world there are populations with high cholesterol and low heart disease. Japan, Italy for example. No doctor can explain this fact.

[@stavross3321]

Cholesterol is an association not causation of heart disease. Doctors do not understand that.

[@tnprincess888]

Thank you! I was about to post my comment saying the same. It is frightening, honestly, that doctors don't study the medical studies with a critical eye, including checking the statistics for relative risk vs absolute risk. Cholesterol does not cause heart disease, but a diet full of low fat, high sugar carbs does cause the inflammatory damage that over time causes CHD. There are other doctors trying to get the message out.

[@stavross3321]

​@@tnprincess888 doctors are not clever as people think. They get their degree by memorize entire books. They have huge theoretical knowledge but they lack critical thinking.

[@malikfo1941]

Nah, that's total BS. Doctors and scientists have TONS of proof that high cholesterol messes up your heart. Just because some countries seem fine doesn't mean cholesterol is harmless. It's like saying seatbelts don't work because some people survive crashes. Cholesterol clogs your arteries - period.

[@pauldenicola1090]

My doctor insisted I take statins. I refused. Changed diet, took natural safe Citrus Bergomot pills and little bit of walking for exercise. All my cholesterol numbers went from too high to healthy in 10 weeks. The triglycerides went from 281 to 145 also, Oh yeah he told me nothing I would to would work other than his statins.

[@parmorama]

My GP tried to put me on statins without ever talking to me about them. I just noticed they had been added to my normal diabetes prescription. I told my GP that unless a heart specialist recommends them, I won’t be taking them.

[@stavross3321]

You can report him for medical malpractice. Statins is pure poison.

[@swarr5152]

Me too. I didn’t pick them up

[@gailheringer144]

A heart specialist will prescribe them. They have all been told that it is protocol.

[@BeverlyAdcock-w2q]

I am among a growing number of people that have Statin Induced Necrotizing Myopathy. Please, please, please be careful before you start any statin.

[@AFS-2]

My personal experience with statins was horrible. I'll never take that poison again.

[@bhabanisb7281]

how do u maintain cholesterol without statin ?

[@AFS-2]

@bhabanisb7281 Diet, exercise weight management, etc. I suggest if you're interested, start to do some research. My experience has been life changing, getting off all those meds that ruined my quality of life.

[@orionxtc1119]

Same.... the body side affects were not worth it

[@Hwystar1967]

@@bhabanisb7281 Diet.

[@DMac-uv1bl]

What was your experience like?

[@rudilondt66]

Statins were discovered in Japan. In Japan they did a extence 3 year test, They found a high number of people on statins got dimentia. Statins are not prescribed in Japan.

[@deanwitt7903]

Yes statins are prescribed in Japan .

[@FuzzyCoconut7]

Statins are prescribed in Japan but at lower dosage because East Asians have more side effects.

[@SK-ne4bf]

Why you people lies so much.

[@l.g.8028]

Thanks for such great information.

[@JHPMedicalUK]

+@l.g.8028 Hi, thanks for watching. We are glad you find it useful

[@loismackenzie7715]

How can you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning knowing this, yet still putting people on this poison?

[@drsuessl]

The same way they do it with antivirus meds. Bone density issues, lipodystrophy, muscle atrophy and very serious liver injury. They don’t know that I’m taking half dosages.

[@fantooshlala2332]

He also knows that 95% people who don't have ANY side effects have almost 10 years more life expectancy due to these meds

[@SK-ne4bf]

My dad took this med for 40 years and found no side effects

[@Neo_Red_Pill]

Completely agree🙏

[@scotthanford9619]

75% of US patients stop taking statins within the first year. 62% of those who stopped cite side effects as the reason. If you don’t have side effects consider yourself the exception.

[@shreader327]

Hmmm, yet my previous DR told me (with a cholesterol level of 160) that if i dont take my statin medication that i would have a heart attack within a year. And that all the horrible side effects ive been having are in my head. (terrible muscle pain, muscle cramps, Fatigue, weakness, groin pain and brain fog..) My new doctor said i shouldn't have been put on them in the first place.

[@larryrice7654]

Muscle Depletion ,, High Glucose Level Readings ,, Liver , Kidney Damage , Electrolytes Imbalance ,, The List goes on and on !

[@viviennehamilton4127]

Most people who get to a certain age are automatically prescribed statins these days. I was but have so far refused them. I also read a study that they can bring on early dementia

[@ronniepetersson9874]

I get really bad nightmares when I use simvastatin (20mg). It’s so bad that I can’t separate the dreams from truth. When I wake up, it usually takes 5-60 minutes to calm down, and one night can affect me for weeks. I stopped taking the statins for about a year, and the nightmares got better, took some time though. A week ago I tried the medication again and the nightmares started immediately. So, I have to ask my doctor for other solutions.

[@paulasusan63]

What about citrus bergamot?

[@DavidMartz-e2d]

It is a lie to refer to these mainstream impacts as 'side effects.' Statins break the metabolic pathway that manufactures cholesterol, which is a fundamental biological chemical used by every cell in the body as well as a precursor to several critical metabolites, including sex hormones. This produces massive, deleterious effects on the body, and only the incredible robustness and redundancy of our biology allows for compensation of some of them. If you take statins and are 'lucky' enough such that the damage does not exceed the threshold of detection, then rest assured the damage is happening beneath your subjective sense. You are getting older faster.

[@shezk2950]

My life with statins was hell, I couldn't live like that

[@happygrandma4ruthP]

The muscle aches never go away😢

[@jimmason8502]

Cause the statins are killing your mitochondria. You're wasting away.

[@MrPokerblot]

They do If you stop taking them don’t they ?

[@AFS-2]

@MrPokerblot YES, they go away. I gave up that poison 3 months ago. They absolutely destroyed my quality of life and also added to my distrust of the medical profession.

[@themovingdance2744]

The muscles get damaged - you get an extra 15 years of life on statins in misery so that means I would reach 75 to 80 without statins. I’m happy with that I’m not taking them to extend my life to live in misery waiting for the NHS no thanks

[@eddkennedy6458]

You can stick your statins where the sun don't shine.

[@FreightTrain54]

There is no direct link between cholesterol and heart disease

[@stavross3321]

This is correct

[@TigerFight-go9zf]

There is a correlation between low cholesterol and heart attacks

[@SK-ne4bf]

Yeah.. you can eat more fries and 🍕 yaaaah.. heart is happy ❤❤

[@TigerFight-go9zf]

@@SK-ne4bf deep fried foods are carcinogenic. That’s what makes them cancer linked. Eat healthy whole food sources of cholesterol like eggs or red meat

[@joyvaughan-watkins9902]

I wish my Husbands Doctor had listened to him when he had severe muscle aches causing his mobility to be very poor. His kidneys and liver were also affected. Sadly nothing was done and he died in Hospital last year from what I believe was his Statin medication.

[@mariemcrae4027]

They get a lot of back pocket rewards

[@Wiscograndma]

I’ve been on five or six different kinds of statin. My doctor said try this one it’ll be different. They’re not different. I have high blood pressure and from the statins I gained weight which made my blood pressure go up. I had headaches and my legs were massive pains they’re not worth taking a statin, if you can find something that’s natural there’s things that are natural. I just can’t take them because I have chronic kidney disease.

[@DamarisDuuTausi]

thank you for your lesson

[@mazzholmes2086]

Since I was prescribed statins I have noticed I now suffer with a very dry mouth. Sometimes it’s so bad my tongue swells and I can’t swallow. Because of this I always carry a bottle of water. Has anyone else suffered with this side effect?

[@Jezebel192]

This is a serious side effect. If it’s causing swelling of your tongue then it’s causing an obstruction of your airway. Therefore, AVOID AVOID AVOID

[@alisonhay5924]

A few weeks ago I had to walk with a stick, terrible pain in legs and arm's and my hands had no strength to even turn on a tap !! Every day I woke up feeling like i had been but by a truck, !! One day I forgot to take my medication which included the statin and the day after i woke up feeling like i could run a marathon!! Don't use a stick anymore and still feel like a new person told my doctor i don't want them again.

[@stavross3321]

This doctor incriminates himself by listing true severe side effects from statin drug he prescribes. He actually admits he causes bodily harm to his patients.

[@petewilliams6404]

I think, it's best to do the opposite of anything a GP tells you to do, you'll probably live longer and with a better quality of life. Why would big pharma try and fix problems, a cured health problem won't generate any profits.

[@NickofOZ]

I had it all the blood sugar that normally was 5 went to 8. I suffered rabdo my body had severe muscle and kidney pain. I hate this drug its dangerous

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Is it really so hard for you to see the common denominator between all of the side effects you have just described? Statins cause X depletion (please guess what X would be, "doctor"), which in turn causes muscle aches, contributes to rhabdo, liver injury and diabetes. And this means you can prevent many of the side effects, by supplementing X. Having said this, it's a shame you prescribe statins and then start worrying. Try worrying first, and then come to the conclusion your patients can be helped without statins. Most people on statins don't need them, if only they had enough X.

[@lawrence-k7v]

What is X?

[@jacquesmertens3369]

@@lawrence-k7v Waiting for the doctor to answer that question. If he doesn't know it he should perhaps resign and find another job.

[@tcampbell1106]

😁

[@beachgal2023]

80 days into taking 20mg Atorvastatin, my BLOOD PLATELETS DROPPED FROM 160 TO 94 (59%) and I have myopathy. My cardio took me off the statin 7-1-2024 and going to run a battery of tests to see what damaged has been done. Will update

[@bhabanisb7281]

plz share your pathological condition post statin phase. hope your platelet counts have improved. thnx

[@paulasusan63]

Please update us on everything!

[@themoon9550]

No word on vein calcification

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

No NHS GP is doing all those tests before and after you start. You cannot even get an appointment with them. My GP pharmacist put me on a new statin without a mention of any before and after tests.

[@RogerBartholomew-cz2cw]

i dont see anyone who has had a stroke and taking statins. i had a stroke in 2019 and have been on them since. anyone else?

[@swarr5152]

Con enzyme A12 does not cross the blood brain barrier but statins do reducing cholesterol and causing neurological issues

[@legneil]

I got off them i have fybromyalgia and arthritis which Statins tripled my pains.

[@TheNightKiing]

Hey doc, any relation between statin use and focal lesion?

[@mariemcrae4027]

My Dr has a note above my medication history that says will not take statins

[@jeffhatcher6778]

I was having cognitive and mood issues on Atorvastatin. Not having them on rosuvastatin. This is not a common side-effect, but does occur.

[@standdown4929]

Rosuvastatin is the one that messed me up bad, I stopped taking it for a couple of months and got feeling better, so the doc put me on Atorvastatin. I took 1 pill of Atorvastatin and it brought back all the things the rosuvastatin did to me. I will never take statins ever again.

[@SB-ll1tt]

Is anyone going to talk about statins and Alzheimer’s?!!!!! Come on!!!

[@georgeblackley6028]

23 years on simvastatin, 71 years old ,on no other med, still running, cycling and weightlifting.

[@johnbutler3141]

Does not sound like you need them. ?

[@RBzee112]

So..... you're taking medication for a disease you don't have. Makes sense.

[@mikeb5613]

I’ve had some success taking red rice yeast instead on statins, however they don’t lower cholesterol as much.

Why do yiu not tell people to change diet ( less carbs and suggar) and eat clean healty foods , loose weight and exercise ? You are killing people with this so caled medicines

[@chassegallerie]

Hi, my doctor prescribes statins rosuvastatin (Crestor) for cholesterol control.After a year I developed what could be similar to Alzheimer's symptoms. I had difficulty remembering things ( 15 minutes of memory ).I had been tested with the Montreal test and they said that I could have the beginning of Alzheimer's. After that I went to the internet google and KZbin and from there some KZbin doctors told in a video that statins were affecting cholesterol and that the brain made up with a lot of it. Guest what, I stopped taking those statins and 2 weeks after I didn't have any symptoms. A real miracle, I could have continue taking that medicine and have bad symptoms for the reste of my life. KZbin had made me realize what could have been the source of my problem. No thanks to my doctor and his staff. . LESSON : STATINE ARE NOT WITHOUT RISK!

[@bhabanisb7281]

thnx for sharing a life time lesson.will u mind sharing your age ? thnx

[@jeancorymaghuyop4222]

I'm taking statin rosuvastatin for almost 2 months now

[@albertbell7120]

I’ve stopped taking them memory loss … cramps in legs … toilet problems been off about 2 months and feeling a bit better … these were prescribed to me when my father passed away at 61 and then I believed in doctors since covid I’m very sceptical 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@carlosdeno]

I’m 60 and just started taking simvastatin, one tablet two months in. I cycle 150-200 miles a week, I’ve noticed I’ve a little less stamina however the internal side effects are more my concern. I’m 5’11” and 73kg and with respect very fit, I seem to be suffering more aches and pains from old sporting injuries than I used too. With respect it’s hard to monitor when you’re very active. My legs ache but they always do, they get one to two days rest.

[@dereks4228]

Be careful. Highly active people on statins are more likely to have rhabdomyolysis or muscle wasting.

[@carlosdeno]

@ After two and a half months I revisited my GP and I no longer take them. In four weeks the difference in how I felt physically and my times on the road bike was ridiculous. Joint pain that came with the statins, lack of stamina and every other negative side effect, gone! With respect if you’re not active and don’t monitor what you actually do during exercise, you won’t know the damage they are causing, because when you do it hits you full in the face that the negatives far outweigh the positives.

[@豬不知道斑馬線上行人]

No wonder when I stopped taking Lipitor, my proteinurua was greatly reduced…

[@Call_Me_Troy]

Can statins cause gout?

[@Call_Me_Troy]

Also, can statins cause iron deficiency anemia?

[@childlikefaith7257]

Could be, but sounds more like a diuretic.

[@childlikefaith7257]

Have you found out?

[@LindaBoston-t6g]

Statins are BAD

[@cinsationalcinema1776]

Anyone experience pleural effusion as a side effect?

[@dereks4228]

Statin-induced lung injury (SILI) is a serious complication of statins. It affects 1 in 200 statin users.

[@Poppyspost]

I got severe backpain i had to stop it

[@themovingdance2744]

Not taking risk

[@greyfox3303]

I was put on a statin 20mg and it was a simulator for being 85 ,I was by no means fit before but I couldn't walk up a stairs without stopping half way,stiff all over irritable, stopped taking them after 2 weeks

[@truewealth50]

Maybe you should nt take statins

[@FighterPilot1945]

Dementia side effects been published😮

[@larrystrange-i5c]

Why prescribe a medication that may cause a chronic condition like diabetes?

[@bobmarshall3700]

Suggest viewers look at David Diamond PhD and his statin research. There are several videos on KZbin.

[@carleneledwidge5352]

Can it affect joints too

[@Southafrica-g5u]

Yes. Badly. My fingers were stiff every morn and my knee joints have stiffened

[@cameronsheen1105]

🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@mboiko]

The REAL question is (excluding side effects)...who SHOULDN'T be on Statins?

[@paddy654]

Scaremongering this, mentioning rare side effects.

[@lunaticatiga]

Why would u like to reduce cholesterol levels in a healthy otherwise person????

[@mariemcrae4027]

Doesnt work. Big lie

[@lunaticatiga]

U are wrong. U should work on the root of problem to reduce CV events. Low carb to heal the tissue. Then cholesterol wont stick to the injured tissue.

[@mikeywagner]

Another Dr stuck in the 80s.

[@DavidMPHW]

This is exaggerated to the point of being scaremongering and does not match the clinical evidence.

[@JHPMedicalUK]

Hi David Lewnes, Sorry, you feel this way. A balanced view is what we wish to promote; we have produced several videos on the benefits of statins, including atorvastatin and simvastatin. We aim to allow patients to make shared, educated decisions with their doctors about their treatments. We thank you for your contribution. Regards Jhp Medical Team

[@Apol61]

My experience is exactly as stated here as was my cousins...you are deluded if you think its scaremongering 😂

[@spunkychops7484]

Dr twink in da house.

[@mrekin2146]

Safe and Effective

[@scotthanford9619]

For all these amazing side effects by taking this poison forever you are blessed with an Absolute risk reduction of suffering a heart attack of less than 1 %.

[@shushmebro3845]

Lots of anti-science and misinformation in this comment section. Yall uneducated af

[@jackjake2508]

Lol then what is the TRUTH

[@Jezebel192]

Drugs sent from the devil.

[@s.tranger1074]

A popular anti-cholesterol pill may be the key to preventing cancer, according to a new study. Statins, which are pills created to reduce cholesterol and the risk of a heart attack or stroke, may also prevent cancer by blocking an inflammatory protein, American scientists have said.

[@katejacobs5491]

They’re getting desperate.

[@dominicsinclair2142]

How do you feel about the fact that the current evidence regarding statins clearly shows that a statin, in reality, only has a 1% chance of stopping you having a cardio vascular or stroke event?

[@fenzterpenzter3701]

U fools.. Statins are super. Miljons take them and mostly they help..