Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs - The Facts (Part-2)
What is the case FOR cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? (continued from part-1).
IT IS A SECRET - as the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration in Oxford has an AGREEMENT to KEEP SECRET much of the information that is contained in its huge database (results from 27 trials of these drugs), nearly all of which were run by (a) drug company.
Transparency - there does NOT seem to be any! It is known that doctors in both the U.
K.
and the U.
S.
A.
, are now being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs to their patients.
It is also known that such drugs like Lipitor (the best selling-drug in the history of modern-day medicine, and a huge money-making machine for the BIG Pharmaceutical Industry) - Lipitor once outsold every other drug on the market, before serious competitors jumped on the band-wagon.
Published in the Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (2013) - The Ugly Side of Statins - Systemic Appraisal of the Contemporary Un-Known Unknowns which concluded as "These findings on statin major adverse effects have been under-reported and the way in which they are withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce.
" So why are doctors in the U.
K.
and U.
S.
A.
being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs? MONEY - BIG MONEY - could be the answer, as not only does the "Big Pharma" earn huge amounts from the sale of such drugs, but also governments on both sides of the world (in the form of taxes, and lots of them).
Also we could say that if the makers of such drugs were to admit that they had got it wrong (that is - IF they have actually got it wrong) with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - they would almost certainly be bankrupt shortly after-wards, due to the heavy demand of legal-suits placed against them for all the damage that they have done to peoples health over the years that they have been used (if such damage could actually be accredited to them).
However, many doctors are now actually stepping-forward and speaking out against the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - even though some maybe putting their careers at risk by doing so.
As we started with Pro Sir Rory Collins, we will offer him the last word.
He said "the studies claims, that about 20% of people suffer disabling side-effects due to statins, was not supported by the original research referenced by the papers published by the BMJ" - "It is a serious disservice to British and international medicine.
" Conclusion: Who ever is right or wrong in this debate - FACT does seem to lean towards the critics point of view on the subject of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - the reason - Why is there an AGREEMENT to KEEP SECRET much of the information that is contained in the huge database of results from 27 trials run by (a) medical company? If there is nothing to hide - Why has that data not been released? This concludes the 2-part series of "Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs - The Facts.
"
IT IS A SECRET - as the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration in Oxford has an AGREEMENT to KEEP SECRET much of the information that is contained in its huge database (results from 27 trials of these drugs), nearly all of which were run by (a) drug company.
Transparency - there does NOT seem to be any! It is known that doctors in both the U.
K.
and the U.
S.
A.
, are now being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs to their patients.
It is also known that such drugs like Lipitor (the best selling-drug in the history of modern-day medicine, and a huge money-making machine for the BIG Pharmaceutical Industry) - Lipitor once outsold every other drug on the market, before serious competitors jumped on the band-wagon.
Published in the Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (2013) - The Ugly Side of Statins - Systemic Appraisal of the Contemporary Un-Known Unknowns which concluded as "These findings on statin major adverse effects have been under-reported and the way in which they are withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce.
" So why are doctors in the U.
K.
and U.
S.
A.
being encouraged to prescribe even more statin drugs? MONEY - BIG MONEY - could be the answer, as not only does the "Big Pharma" earn huge amounts from the sale of such drugs, but also governments on both sides of the world (in the form of taxes, and lots of them).
Also we could say that if the makers of such drugs were to admit that they had got it wrong (that is - IF they have actually got it wrong) with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - they would almost certainly be bankrupt shortly after-wards, due to the heavy demand of legal-suits placed against them for all the damage that they have done to peoples health over the years that they have been used (if such damage could actually be accredited to them).
However, many doctors are now actually stepping-forward and speaking out against the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - even though some maybe putting their careers at risk by doing so.
As we started with Pro Sir Rory Collins, we will offer him the last word.
He said "the studies claims, that about 20% of people suffer disabling side-effects due to statins, was not supported by the original research referenced by the papers published by the BMJ" - "It is a serious disservice to British and international medicine.
" Conclusion: Who ever is right or wrong in this debate - FACT does seem to lean towards the critics point of view on the subject of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs - the reason - Why is there an AGREEMENT to KEEP SECRET much of the information that is contained in the huge database of results from 27 trials run by (a) medical company? If there is nothing to hide - Why has that data not been released? This concludes the 2-part series of "Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs - The Facts.
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