Lipitor Thief of Memory

As a retired ICU nurse, it is a continual aggravation with me that multiple physicians have tried to get me to take statins. I have a normal cholesterol-always below 200; I use this cholesterol (as everyone does) to make cell walls and hormones, and probably other little jobs in my body that I am not aware of. Cholesterol is not public enemy #1. My HDL and LDL levels are not where they should be, and I will appreciate knowing how I can improve those, but especially after reading this informative, convincing book, I refuse to take statins. BTW, I had a fellow nurse who took 2 statins for years because she wanted her cholesterol below 100. Guess who ended up having a heart cath and coronary artery bypass graft-and then stents in her grafts- even though she had a cholesterol below 100? Perhaps it was the smoking that did it. If you have a heart, read this book. And God bless this MD for having the courage to write it!

I just finished a book and I will start this one tomorrow. It looks like a good read. Thank you!

Not only did Dr. Graveline give his own experience with severe transglobal amnesia as a result of taking Lipitor, but those of others, and a complete description of what statin drugs do in our body. Technical but fully undstandable for a layman. He also gave an excellent, comprehensive.description of how vital cholesterol is to our memory synapses, as well as to the function of every cell in our bodies. I want everyone who is, or who loves someone who is considering taking a statin drug to read this book first and know that they are taking the chance of extreme memory loss as well as muscle damage.

The book is very good. He tells of his horrific experience with amnesia due to using lipitor. He also delves into the fraud of research that caused the whole cholesterol histeria. He then quotes research and experiences of doctors in the earlty 1900s and states that heart disease was almost unheard of. Only when the low-fat, high-carb diets came in did heart disease and obesity explode. Finally he writes about what to do to help your heart health and bring down homocysteine which he appearantly think is the real culprit in heart disease. He pushes B vitamins, CoQ10 among other things. HE COMPLETELY MISSES VITAMIN C FOR ARTERY HEALTH. BAFFLING! Dr. Matthias Rath came up with the vitamin c and lysine combination to reduce LP(a) which is the inflammatory, sticky part of cholesterol in LDL. Vitamin C repairs your arteries. Rath's info has been out there since 1991. Why Animals Dont't Get Heart Attacks But People Do is the book. Free PDF.

I am an old fan of Doc. Duane Graveline since I first came across his articles, then books, a few years ago. I am not medically trained but have learned a lot from my doctor friends over the years and was immediately struck by the clear and precise way Doc. Graveline tackled his subject.This is in a time when Statins are purported to be the wonder boy of the medical world and extremely popular among all medical practitioners in the UK and doubtless in other Western countries. On being offered statins, unnecessarily, for about the fifth or sixth times, I remarked that the medical profession in this country seemed to be obsessed by these, supposedly remarkable medicines. I said: It seems that you are dishing out statins by rote; everybody must have a statin! What was meant to be a provocative remark drew an expression of complete agreement. The doctors, here, were for some reason or other, encouraged to give everybody one or other of the statins. Amazing!Some considerable time later, I began to read newspaper articles by doctors who seemed to be sharing Doc. Graveline's view; that there was something wrong about a seeminly miracle cure. And then and article by a very well read doctor in one of our leading national newspapers, which actually mentioned Doc. Graveline and his works, concurring with the idea that these drugs are, in one way or other, character changing.Nor is there too much emphasis on the difference between HDL and LDL when discussing cholesterol with patients. Another key point in Doc Graveline's work.. Too bad.

Lipitor is the worst product that exist and should be banned. Lowering the Cholesterol in reducing the production by the liver is idiotic. Cholesterol I the the main material to build our cell walls, and not having enough building materials weakens our body. I you build a house with concrete and you suddenly reduce the concrete production, how did you think the house will look like. The Pharmaceutical killed the true solution from Kilmer S. McCully, M. D. to make $Billions with worthless product that makes you slowly sick and you can loose your memory as the author Duane Graveline, M. D. writes in his book after such an experience.

Good info

This book was recommended by my Naturapathic doctor since I have plaque on my arteries due to having Rheumatoid Arthritis. My cholesterol levels are great and my good cholesterol is off the dial great. I bought the book on Amazon and his author just paraphrases and quotes his info. I found it minimally helpful and boring. I didn't even finish the book but read enough to know that there is NO WAY I AM TAKING LIPITOR OR ANY STATIN DRUG. I purchased Red Yeast Rice and will take my chances. So, if you get the book, buy it used for a very inexpensive price. I think I paid a total of maybe $6.50