A Personal Rant
I just have to get this off my chest. As you all know, I am not a fan of conventional medicine–from a prevention standpoint. We have awesome trauma medicine here in America. If you are in a car accident, or an acute situation like a heart attack, the medical interventions & techniques are second to none! Where we fall down is in prevention. The reason you are in the acute situation of a heart attack is that you were not able to prevent it through your lifestyle leading up to that event, and conventional medicine not only is no help on prevention–it is actually actively resistant, counterproductive, and a major obstacle to prevention!
Case in point:
I am going to use my parents for this example, as something happened the other day that still has me steaming mad!
My mother called me, saying she had great results from her last blood test and that even though her cholesterol numbers are good, and her heart doctor wants her on a very low statin dose, her general practitioner wants her on a very high dose and even said that he ‘couldn’t believe a heart doctor would lower her dose of statins.” (Commentary on this later!)
But my father, whose cholesterol is always right around 200-210, is constantly under attack from this doctor, pushing him to take statins. He tried them for a while, and had very bad side effects immediately. He doesn’t need them. I begged him to stop, and he did. A 200-level is perfectly healthy, and actually an ideal range. After reading much of the information I provided him a couple of years ago, he made a very valid observation: “The people who are saying that statins are dangerous, and not to take them, have no money in it. They aren’t selling an alternative, and they make no money by me not taking any statin drugs. Therefore, I am inclined to believe what they say.”
Well, Daddy went back to the doctor last week, and not only did he push the simvistatin again, but also recommended a second drug called Lipofen to take along with the simvistatin, saying it was a ‘great complement’. My mother didn’t know what it was, so she asked me to look it up on the computer.
Thank goodness she did! It only took me a couple of key strokes on a search engine to find this: http://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/fenofibrate,lipofen.html, & this: http://cholesterol.emedtv.com/lipofen/lipofen-drug-interactions-p2.html.
And I quote: “Taking Lipofen with a statin may increase the risk of serious problems, including serious breakdown of muscle (rhabdomyolysis) or kidney failure. In many cases, though, the benefits of taking Lipofen with a statin will outweigh the possible risks. Discuss these risks and benefits for your particular situation with your healthcare provider.” And this is from the PRO-Lipofen website!
What the *********?!?!?!?!?! This doctor prescribed this drug to be taken ALONG WITH the simvistatin, even giving my dad a bunch of free samples, and it is clearly indicated on dozens of regular, conventional, pro-drug websites that it interacts badly with statins, and is a very dangerous combination? Do you think if this doctor had taken two minutes to research, that it is at least a small possibility that he could have discovered the same information? Do you think he is just ignorant, to busy to do his own research or think for himself, or knows it and doesn’t care? I hope it’s the one of the first two, but all are equally as deadly.
People, THIS is why you have to Be Defiant! You have to Fight For Your Health! How many other people don’t have a crazy daughter like me who is adamant about the dangers of unnecessary drugs and deep into holistic health? How many elderly people are like my parents and don’t have a computer, or a way to find out about the dangers of the drugs? And how many more simply follow their doctors’ orders, blindly trusting that they have their best interests at heart?
You cannot blindly trust. You have to educate yourself. Your health is YOUR responsibility!
I think this doctor does actually have his heart in the right place. He is a nice man with a good sense of humor, and seems to care about my parents. But he is an older country doctor, and I think he is just brainwashed by the pretty little pharmaceutical reps that prance in with all their ’studies’ that ‘prove’ the drugs are so-o-o-o-o good for you, and necessary, and innocent, and harmless. He has fallen for it hook, line and sinker. But the Big Pharma company is the one who did the study, and also the one who manipulates the results in their favor.
Here are some great examples of just how corrupt the information from these studies is:
94% of Marketing Claims Made by Pharmaceutical Companies have no Basis in Science
Statin Drugs Worthless for Routine Use
There are many, many, many more. Research it. Google it. See it for yourself. Don’t take MY word for it either! Have a healthy level of skepticism.
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THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH
This is going to be a longer post that what I want to do here. I will get more in detail in the future. For now, I just want to comment on what the doctor told my mother.
Her cholesterol levels are in the low-to-mid 100’s. Very good. But ‘They’ keep lowering the target numbers. There is no way any healthy human being can reach those target numbers without drugs. Which is just what Big Pharma wants!
For now, just read the following article: Cholesterol is NOT the cause of heart disease!
Here is an excerpt to get you started:
“Cholesterol is not the major culprit in heart disease or any disease. If it becomes oxidized it can irritate/inflame tissues in which it is lodged in, such as the endothelium (lining of the arteries). This would be one of numerous causes of chronic inflammation that can injure the lining of arteries. However, many good fats are easily oxidized such as omega-3 fatty acids, but it does not mean that you should avoid it at all costs.
Common sense would indicate that we should avoid the oxidation (rancidity) of cholesterol and fatty acids and not get rid of important life-giving molecules. Using the same conventional medical thinking that is being used for cholesterol would lead one to believe that doctors should reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by taking out everybody’s brain.
In fact, cholesterol is being transported to tissues as part of an inflammatory response that is there to repair damage.
The fixation on cholesterol as a major cause of heart disease defies the last 15 years of science and deflects from real causes such as the damage (via glycation) that sugars such as glucose and fructose inflict on tissues, including the lining of arteries, causing chronic inflammation and resultant plaque. “
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Thanks for letting me rant today! It just gives me the chills thinking how many times every day this happens in doctors’ offices all over the nation. And then they prescribe more drugs to alleviate the symptoms caused by the side effects of the original drugs, and so on, and so on. It is horrible, shameful, and downright criminal.
The only way to fight it is through self-education, and by taking a stand. Stand up for your health. Toss the drugs in the trash. Turn to natural healing foods instead. Be Defiant! Take Control of Your Own Health! It IS yours, after all!
Blessings!
Be Defiant!
Christy
Aging Disgracefully–and Proud of It!
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VERY good article. I am against LOTS of meds and always said the docs kept the pharmacists in business (no offense to my uncle), etc, etc…
They keep each OTHER in business. It is a huge conspiracy, and don’t think for a moment it is unintentional! Like I said, some are OK as a short-term measure, but the drug companies make the most money when they keep you chronically ill & dependent on medications. Healthy people don’t take drugs, and dead people don’t take drugs–they just want to keep you chronically ill!
Your rants are so ON TARGET and appreciated. Everyone should remember this:
When in doubt, follow the money trail…. Tjat will lead you to the real answers.
Keep up the great work, Christy. Say it like it is – that is the only way we, as a nation, can change. We all need to stop sleepwalking through life and take charge and full control of our own lives.
Stop blindly believing what others say, especially the medical monopoly, the Pharmas and gov’t medical “authorities” and find out everything for yourselves. Your eyes will be opened in a way that you will barely be able to comprehend. Yes, for those that don’t have internet, some parents have crazy sons and daughters to help.
Not many people realize the revolving door that exists between the CDC executive positions and Pharmaceutical company executive positions, as just one example? As recently as just a couple of weeks ago yet again! Follow the money, people…trust in yourselves to find out the truth – your lives depend on it. Literally. Take control of your lives and claim Victory!
The internet can be a very bad thing at times…but it can be a huge blessing as well, such as finding information that we need like this.
Research, research more…and then use simple common sense to add to that.
Okay, sorry for MY rant…
I can definitely agree with you on this one…not too long ago, the CNBC program “American Greed” featured the story of a doctor who was put behind bars for diluting thousands of cancer patients’ chemo drugs. Obviously, if one is on the idea that chemo helped these patients, that’s one thing. But having a detached point of view, all of the interviewees went on and on about how harmful the doctor was versus the useless chemo! The FDA and FBI were touted as the heroes… yet nowhere did you hear about one case in which a patient survived their cancer with the chemo.
It was quite surreal.
It was probably better for them to dilute those horrible poisons! That is just doubly reprehensible–the chemo is poison & literally kills the patients, but he is diluting the drugs to make even MORE money, when they make something like half a million dollars per patient already. Cancer is a very profitable industry.
Christy – you really hit the nail on the head! You keep up the good work.
Thank you Marsha! Glad to see you here!! <3