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Cholesterol drug statins should be given to millions more, NHS guidance says
‘Statins, the cholesterol-busting drugs already taken by 7 million people in England, should be offered to millions more who have only a low risk of heart disease or stroke, new NHS guidance says.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says in draft guidance which now goes out to consultation that the threshold for GPs to prescribe statins to their patients should be cut in half. At the moment they are given to those with a 20% risk of cardiovascular disease, but Nice says that should be reduced to 10%.
The plan is applauded by some doctors and heart disease charities but criticised by other experts, who warn that the drugs have side-effects – which can include muscle pains, memory loss and erectile dysfunction – and may not be as effective as is claimed.’
Protect Your Health—Say No to Statins
‘Like slow-acting snake venom, this biological poison destroyed Joe’s health over the subsequent year. Poison is defined as “any substance, which introduced into an organism in relatively small amounts, acts chemically upon the tissues to produce serious injury or death.”
This precisely describes the actions of statin drugs. They block the HMG-CoA reductase pathway in all human cells. This is an essential pathway for the manufacture of cholesterol along with other vital elements. Among these is coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).
CoQ10 is not only an antioxidant that quells the free radicals produced in the mitochondria during energy production, but also an electron carrier needed for energy extraction. If you eliminate CoQ10, life cannot exist because mitochondria cannot produce energy. Yet with statin drugs, the synthesis of both cholesterol and CoQ10 is halted.’
