Hi Swimmy
As they do with myself and many thousands of people my friend. Many people also think that it’s all a huge conspiracy by Big Pharma. So ludicrous!
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I’m one of the lucky 90 something % of people who suffer no statins side effects.
When first put on them 15 years ago, I took one/day for two weeks, went back to the GP to talk about any probs: none so I continued on them.
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Totally sympathise Art. I find ecover is the only product that doesn’t irritate me. They do dishwasher tablets & rinse aid as well as washing powder.
I wasn’t aware of that. Isn’t it just another prescribed medication? Our mum’s statins were prescribed by the cardiologist after a heart op. But the GP has agreed she can take them every couple of days to alleviate the muscle pains.
He just released a new video:
Same here .
Took them for less than a week and could almost not walk my legs ached so much so stopped taking them and it cleared up in about three weeks thankfully.
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I hate that , that’s why I like line dryed clothes it blows away the smell . I don’t have a tumble dryer by choice .
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Now we cant afford to run the tumble drier I’m struggling to get my washing dry. i’ve put an airer up but it’s making the bedroom feel damp and I am already wiping mould off the wall. I can’t see this ending well at all my tumble drier was brilliant.
Twister, get a dehumidifier if you can. They are very cheap to run and easy to maintain. Washing takes less time to dry due to it reducing humidity, and rooms are quicker to heat up too.
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I agree with PK. Google for uses of any water you collect (can’t drink it though), especially if you’re on a meter.
This is what we did last winter and will continue .
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I have been on statins for over 20 years with no side effects. I am 84 and still do lot of walking. My brother died at 63 from a massive heart attack and my sister and I were advised to go on statins due to a family history of high cholesterol. My sister is 89 and lives alone.
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I suppose it’s like most medication, Scot…works for most of us, but not all. I’m not on statins, but I’m glad there are solutions out there should we need them.
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Medication is never a “one size fits all”. What suits one person may have an adverse effect on another. Some people can take Tramadol for pain but I had an adverse reaction and was very ill.
Publication of these videos should have more control as many people could be misguided by so called advice that goes against what their body actually may need to survive.
P.S 82 been on Statins for 20 years and still going strong.
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Thank you we have one already it didnt occur to me to use it
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I’ve been taking statins for ten years but have become an irregular taker recently.
No side effects and my health check up six months go my cholesterol level was supposedly’borderline’
Another vid…
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I’ve never taken statins (or BP meds or blood thinners or daily aspirin) though all were pushed on me at my Diabetes diagnosis 15 years ago. But here is an interesting experience involving statins:
At my diabetes support group, the topic of statins was being discussed. I brought literature that showed that statins have little or no benefit & they aren’t worth the risk. Studies that showed benefit were (of course) funded by the drug’s manufacturer. Also par for the course - when paid participants of such studies start to experience negative side effects, the studies are stopped & only the (supposed) benefits are published.
Unknown to me, the guy sitting next to me was a retired pharmacist. He became very angry at me for bringing such information. I was polite & said, "I’m not telling anyone to make the same health decisions I make; we’re here to get information & we all have freedom of choice just as with flu shots, etc. He went on & on & I just let him talk until the RN who headed the meetings changed the subject.
He wasn’t at the next several meetings, then he showed up in a wheelchair with a personal nurse. He described what happened. He was relaxing in his living room after a game of tennis. He got up to go to the restroom & his legs wouldn’t work. (Muscle damage is a known side effect of statins). He couldn’t even drag himself to a phone. Since he lived alone, he spent the next four days on the floor until his son came by to check on him. No food, no water, no bathroom. He was in a convalescent home for several weeks, then therapy to regain use of his legs, but with no improvement. After being an active 70 year old, he couldn’t deal with it. We didn’t see him at future meetings.
My sister also takes statins on the advice of her doctor. She has been having painful Gall Bladder trouble. Coincidence? Maybe.
I have been on statins for over 30 years. I will be 88 in 6 weeks time. My brother died at 63 and my father at 71 both from massive heart attacks. I am still fairly mobile and I reckon statins have given me a few extra years.