Great, as usual, but there is a correction to make. Statins do not make 1 trillion a year. It was an estimate, in 2014 by Ioannidis, that total cumulative sales would approach 1 trillion by 2020. But annual sales are around 15 billion (still a great business though) Source : https://www.imarcgroup.com/statin-market
Great article Dr. as usual! My personal story with statins happened in the 90's and solidified my distrust of the medical industrial complex. At that time I had a bad sinus infection and needed a referral from my primary doctor to see an ENT (this was during the HMO days when everything needed a referral). So off to the primary who scheduled tons of bloodwork and allergy tests. It was found I had no allergies BUT my cholesterol was high, so I needed to get on statins, STAT! If I remember rightly, the doc said that required 6 month liver checkups to make sure the drugs weren't destroying my liver. I laughed in the doc's face and commented that I would never take a drug that had a side effect of destroying my liver just to get my cholesterol numbers down. The doc was not amused that I rejected the drugs.
Thirty years later I am still alive, no stroke or heart attack yet and with an intact liver. I also have never been back to any doctor since. As for my sinus infection - nasal rinses and time cured that.
Anyone who didn't take the (literally) 3 minutes necessary to look into Pfizer's record of unremitting corruption and crimes was and is a fool.
Experimental injections from a serial felon for an imaginary illness. What a wild ride and the show continues.
The short list:
In 2008 Pfizer announced that it was setting aside $894 million to settle the lawsuits that had been filed in connection with Bextra and Celebrex.
In 1996 Pfizer was one of 15 large drug companies that agreed to pay more than $408 million to settle a class action lawsuit charging that they conspired to fix prices charged to independent pharmacies.
In 1999 Pfizer pled guilty to criminal antitrust charges that its former Food Science Group unit took part in two international price-fixing conspiracies—one involving the food preservative sodium erythorbate and the other the flavor enhancer maltol. Pfizer agreed to pay fines totaling $20 million.
In 2002 Pfizer agreed to pay $49 million to settle charges that one of its subsidiaries defrauded the federal Medicaid program by overcharging for its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.
In 2016 the Justice Department announced that Pfizer would pay $784 million to settle allegations that Wyeth underpaid rebates to Medicaid on two of its drugs. Later in 2016 the UK's Competition and Markets Authority fined Pfizer the equivalent of $107 million for charging excessive and unfair prices for an epilepsy drug.
In 2000 the FDA warned Pfizer and Pharmacia, co-marketers of the arthritis drug Celebrex, that the consumer ads they were running for the medication were false and misleading.
Two years later, the FDA ordered Pfizer to stop running a series of magazine ads that the agency said misleadingly suggested that its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor was safer than competing products.
In 2003 Pfizer paid $6 million to settle with 19 states that had accused the company of using misleading ads to promote its Zithromax medication for children’s ear infections.
In 2004 Pfizer’s Warner-Lambert subsidiary agreed to pay $430 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it paid physicians to prescribe its epilepsy drug Neurontin to patients with ailments for which the medication was not approved.
In 2007 Pfizer subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn agreed to pay $34.7 million to settle federal charges relating to the illegal marketing of its Genotropin human growth hormone.
In 2009, Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion, then the largest healthcare fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the United States. Pfizer pled guilty to misbranding the painkiller Bextra with "the intent to defraud or mislead,” promoting the drug to treat acute pain at dosages the FDA had previously deemed dangerously high.
John Kopchinski, a former Pfizer sales representative whose complaint helped bring about the federal investigation, told the New York Times: “The whole culture of Pfizer is driven by sales, and if you didn’t sell drugs illegally, you were not seen as a team player.”
In 2010 Pfizer disclosed that during a six-month period the previous year it had paid $20 million to some 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on the
company’s behalf.
In 2011 Pfizer agreed to pay $14.5 million to resolve federal charges that it illegally marketed its bladder drug Detrol.
In 2012 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had reached a $45 million settlement with Pfizer to resolve charges that its subsidiaries had bribed overseas doctors and other healthcare professionals.
In 2012, Pfizer paid $1.2 billion to settle claims by nearly 10,000 women for punitive damages for the drug maker’s actions in withholding information about the risk of breast cancer from Prempro.
In 2013, Pfizer agreed to pay $55 million to settle criminal charges for failing to warn patients and doctors about the risks of kidney disease, kidney injury, kidney failure, and acute interstitial nephritis caused by its proton pump inhibitor, Protonix.
In 2013, Pfizer set aside $288 million to settle claims by 2,700 people that its drug, Chantix, caused suicidal thoughts and severe psychological disorders. The FDA determined that Chantix is probably associated with a higher risk of a heart attack.
In 2013 Pfizer reached a $35 million settlement relating to the improper marketing of the kidney transplant drug Rapamune brought by more than 40 state attorneys general.
In 2000 the Washington Post published a major exposé accusing Pfizer of testing a dangerous new antibiotic (in 1996) called Trovan on children in Nigeria without receiving proper consent from their parents. This unapproved clinical trial on 200 Nigerian children with its experimental anti-meningitis drug, Trovafloxacin, caused the death of 11 children from kidney failure and left dozens more disabled.
In 2001 Pfizer was sued in U.S. federal court by thirty Nigerian families, who accused the company of using their children as human guinea pigs.
In 2006 a panel of Nigerian medical experts concluded that Pfizer had violated international law.
In 2009 the company agreed to pay $75 million to settle some of the lawsuits that had been brought in Nigerian courts.The U.S. case was settled in 2011 for an undisclosed amount.
My belief system was well equipped for this hoax before it started; I didn't have to adjust it like Dr. Malhotra apparently needed to do. Basically, as a classic libertarian, I believed that any civil servant or politician (from the lowly janitor or receptionist all the way to the Prime Minister) is an incompetent rogue and fraud out for power over civilians. Secondly, that any medical intervention that has not been widely tested for over 50 years is not going anywhere near my body, particularly if it involves novel technology or came from companies with long histories of fraud and medical malfeasance. Thirdly, that most so-called national or international crises declared by politicians are in reality fabrications aimed at giving the State more powers over civilians. It is people who are too trusting of their fellow man (or the State or the medical profession) who always need to adjust their views after something awful happens. A real skeptic usually has his belief confirmed on a daily basis.
My new doctor (we moved a few years ago and lost our old family physician who knew me well) keeps pushing me to get on statins. I keep saying no. She keeps saying we will “need to revisit” this. It’s quite frustrating. Eventually I suspect doctors will be told/encouraged to drop patients who are non-compliant as to taking pushed pharmaceuticals. I can feel this coming in my bones.
Spot on! Meet two widowers who lost their husbands to flank pain (liver necrosis) which was caused by statin drugs. Reputable hospitals including Mayo didn't connect the dots! Kept them on statins as they explored for cause! Bottom line: Every cell in the body needs cholesterol. Stopping the inflammatory source is key! Dr. Martin nails the development of Covid which was a preplanned Bio Weapon exercise with Fauci having full knowledge! Dr. Martin spoke at the euroepean parliment as the key note speaker which was a all day session with many truth tellers on the truth about the covid con! https://thomasabraunrph.substack.com/p/do-not-ignore-this TIME WE TAKE BIG PHARMA DOWN TO THE STUDS AND REBUILD IT!
May 4, 2023·edited May 4, 2023Liked by A Midwestern Doctor
"Because vaccines were never questioned in his training, it never even occurred to him to question the COVID-19 vaccines." This is still astonishing to me that a doctor who spent a lot of time researching and questioning the efficacy of statins would just accept A BRAND NEW NEVER-BEFORE-USED-ON-HUMANS vaccine technology. I am not saying I don't believe him. What I'm saying is it's remarkable how effective the brain washing about vaccines has been to medical professionals. I am not a medical professional, but it was obvious to me from the get-go that an injection that causes my own cells to create trillions of toxic foreign proteins would not be a good idea. At the very least, wouldn't it spur the development of autoimmune diseases? Add to that the horrific numbers that were already in VAERS by March or April of 2021, and it was obvious beyond a doubt that the experimental injections were poison. So if I could see this by April of 2021, why couldn't all these medical professionals see it? The only answer I can come up with is that the brain washing regarding "vaccines" (which the covid experimental injections are NOT!) is so effective that they don't even consider looking at what these injections are really doing.
I’m a retired pharmacist, but I am in the same group as Dr Malhotra-- allopathically trained, never doubted the efficacy of vaccines nor most of the drugs I dispensed. We simply are not taught, and have no time to look into, the horrendous damage done by the medications we push. I will never take another vaccine for anything (have you had a look at the data for the RSV vaccine? It’s laughable) and have discontinued most of the drugs my wife and I take. I don’t know if my fatigue and cognitive loss will heal, but at least I’m not making them worse.
I was prescribed statins as I was quite overweight. I immediately was wracked with pain throughout my body. That experiment lasted three days. I’ve dropped about 25 pounds and now I’m mountain bilking every day while fasted as I attempt to lose more. I cleaned up my diet and I use the Healthy Cell AM/PM supplement. I believe that supplement to have had a dramatic effect on my health. My BP and PSA went way down.Urologist was dumbfounded. Every male in my family tree has had testicular cancer. My PSA went from 4.4 to 2.5. I sweat far less than I have my entire life. My heart rate while biking is lower. I ride further and faster. There is absolutely nothing within Pharma’s portfolio that would have provided any of those benefits. Salads, Vitamin D, tons of fresh air, and a great supplement full of proven life enhancing ingredients. I’ll stick with that formula. I may never see a traditional doctor again. And hospitals are practically death camps. Not interested thanks.
It is nice to know I am in good company with this instinctive fear
'Since I have been a child, for reasons I still do not understand, I have had a visceral fear and mistrust of pharmaceuticals. Because of this, from a very young age, I talked back to doctors who tried to push drugs on me (which, now that I know what I know, I am profoundly grateful for), I sought out information in the alternative literature about the dangers of many commonly used drugs, and I connected with many who pharmaceuticals had injured'
Truly outstanding article. The errant Cholesterol theory and statins are what started my extreme distrust of the medical industry and why I greatly feared the Covid vaccine before it was even released. 23 years ago when I was diagnosed with “high” cholesterol and given a Lipitor prescription I thought it was my ticket to heart disease. But, something didn’t sit right with me about a 40 year old perfectly healthy male being put on a lifelong drug. When my doctor said don’t worry I have to take it too I got more suspicious than ever. That’s when I decided to do some research and discovered Dr. Uffe Ravnskov and his excellent book, The Cholesterol Myths. From there, I stopped trusting a lot of things I was told. I stopped getting flu shots and soon after began questioning all vaccines. Today I am fully against all vaccines and just about any prescription drug. I also pay little attention to mainstream doctors advice on what constitutes a healthy diet and am extremely suspicious about the way diabetics are treated as far as recommended diets. Low fat is the scourge of our modern civilization.
I am so pleased that you have mentioned Dr Malcolm Kendrick's contribution to uncovering the statins racket. He also asked questions about the covid jab strategy (despite being coerced into having them) - and I believe he has paid the price in more ways than one.
I have read Dr Malhotra's book on living without statins. I liked it a lot. And I have read several other related books including the esteemed Dr Kendrick and his book "The Clot Thickens". Even though I have heart issues at age 73, I would never take any statins or other heart drugs. I don't even like taking a baby aspirin. I am not on any drugs but I am sure if I let the doctors have their way, I would be on 5-7 prescriptions or more.
The cardiologist I saw wanted to get me into surgery for a catheterization and stents right away after having a stress test, with a mask on no less. That to me was totally nutzo. I told him I would have to do research before going that far. I did and decided against it. Using both statins and stents do not prolong your life unless you happen to be that one in a thousand who might get a few extra months of life.
That was about 20 months ago and I am using herbs and supplements to manage these heart issues. Sure, I could have a heart attack and die tomorrow but there is no way to know if taking a handful of drugs would extend my life either and there is no solid scientific evidence that it would.
I feel sorry for you docs, but you guys have been sold a bill of goods as you spend years of schooling and tons of money and another small fortune on other requirements just to become professional drug salesmen. Nothing wrong with that. But you know so little about getting down to the root of the problem and treating it or healing it.
It is more than obvious that if a person is experiencing heart troubles, there are specific causes. You never consider those unless it may be a physical heart malfunction. But if a body is in distress, there is something causing it and no pill or drug is gonna change that. You have to discover the root cause of the distress and change what is causing those problems. That for sure is not what big pharma has in mind.
I am a nurse and have noticed a trend that macular degeneration appears to be on the upswing for the past 25 years. So many patients losing their vision very quickly . Anecdotally, it appears most patients are on statins. Of course this would be true, due to the ever-changing "guideline" which results in most people being on statins so causation is difficult to prove. However, it could make sense that a great reduction in needed fatty "glue" to hold the macula in place could be the result of long-term statin use. Do you have thoughts on this?
Doctors promoting “Better health through chemistry” are completely missing the boat and shouldn’t even practice medicine. Shouldn’t a first line of attack always be based upon achieving optimal health through a diet of fresh foods, daily exercise and movement, mental
stimulation (turning off the boob tube).
If a doctor pushed drugs over personal responsibility and lifestyle change they need to be avoided. Period.
Great, as usual, but there is a correction to make. Statins do not make 1 trillion a year. It was an estimate, in 2014 by Ioannidis, that total cumulative sales would approach 1 trillion by 2020. But annual sales are around 15 billion (still a great business though) Source : https://www.imarcgroup.com/statin-market
Great article Dr. as usual! My personal story with statins happened in the 90's and solidified my distrust of the medical industrial complex. At that time I had a bad sinus infection and needed a referral from my primary doctor to see an ENT (this was during the HMO days when everything needed a referral). So off to the primary who scheduled tons of bloodwork and allergy tests. It was found I had no allergies BUT my cholesterol was high, so I needed to get on statins, STAT! If I remember rightly, the doc said that required 6 month liver checkups to make sure the drugs weren't destroying my liver. I laughed in the doc's face and commented that I would never take a drug that had a side effect of destroying my liver just to get my cholesterol numbers down. The doc was not amused that I rejected the drugs.
Thirty years later I am still alive, no stroke or heart attack yet and with an intact liver. I also have never been back to any doctor since. As for my sinus infection - nasal rinses and time cured that.
Anyone who didn't take the (literally) 3 minutes necessary to look into Pfizer's record of unremitting corruption and crimes was and is a fool.
Experimental injections from a serial felon for an imaginary illness. What a wild ride and the show continues.
The short list:
In 2008 Pfizer announced that it was setting aside $894 million to settle the lawsuits that had been filed in connection with Bextra and Celebrex.
In 1996 Pfizer was one of 15 large drug companies that agreed to pay more than $408 million to settle a class action lawsuit charging that they conspired to fix prices charged to independent pharmacies.
In 1999 Pfizer pled guilty to criminal antitrust charges that its former Food Science Group unit took part in two international price-fixing conspiracies—one involving the food preservative sodium erythorbate and the other the flavor enhancer maltol. Pfizer agreed to pay fines totaling $20 million.
In 2002 Pfizer agreed to pay $49 million to settle charges that one of its subsidiaries defrauded the federal Medicaid program by overcharging for its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.
In 2016 the Justice Department announced that Pfizer would pay $784 million to settle allegations that Wyeth underpaid rebates to Medicaid on two of its drugs. Later in 2016 the UK's Competition and Markets Authority fined Pfizer the equivalent of $107 million for charging excessive and unfair prices for an epilepsy drug.
In 2000 the FDA warned Pfizer and Pharmacia, co-marketers of the arthritis drug Celebrex, that the consumer ads they were running for the medication were false and misleading.
Two years later, the FDA ordered Pfizer to stop running a series of magazine ads that the agency said misleadingly suggested that its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor was safer than competing products.
In 2003 Pfizer paid $6 million to settle with 19 states that had accused the company of using misleading ads to promote its Zithromax medication for children’s ear infections.
In 2004 Pfizer’s Warner-Lambert subsidiary agreed to pay $430 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it paid physicians to prescribe its epilepsy drug Neurontin to patients with ailments for which the medication was not approved.
In 2007 Pfizer subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn agreed to pay $34.7 million to settle federal charges relating to the illegal marketing of its Genotropin human growth hormone.
In 2009, Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion, then the largest healthcare fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the United States. Pfizer pled guilty to misbranding the painkiller Bextra with "the intent to defraud or mislead,” promoting the drug to treat acute pain at dosages the FDA had previously deemed dangerously high.
John Kopchinski, a former Pfizer sales representative whose complaint helped bring about the federal investigation, told the New York Times: “The whole culture of Pfizer is driven by sales, and if you didn’t sell drugs illegally, you were not seen as a team player.”
In 2010 Pfizer disclosed that during a six-month period the previous year it had paid $20 million to some 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on the
company’s behalf.
In 2011 Pfizer agreed to pay $14.5 million to resolve federal charges that it illegally marketed its bladder drug Detrol.
In 2012 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had reached a $45 million settlement with Pfizer to resolve charges that its subsidiaries had bribed overseas doctors and other healthcare professionals.
In 2012, Pfizer paid $1.2 billion to settle claims by nearly 10,000 women for punitive damages for the drug maker’s actions in withholding information about the risk of breast cancer from Prempro.
In 2013, Pfizer agreed to pay $55 million to settle criminal charges for failing to warn patients and doctors about the risks of kidney disease, kidney injury, kidney failure, and acute interstitial nephritis caused by its proton pump inhibitor, Protonix.
In 2013, Pfizer set aside $288 million to settle claims by 2,700 people that its drug, Chantix, caused suicidal thoughts and severe psychological disorders. The FDA determined that Chantix is probably associated with a higher risk of a heart attack.
In 2013 Pfizer reached a $35 million settlement relating to the improper marketing of the kidney transplant drug Rapamune brought by more than 40 state attorneys general.
In 2000 the Washington Post published a major exposé accusing Pfizer of testing a dangerous new antibiotic (in 1996) called Trovan on children in Nigeria without receiving proper consent from their parents. This unapproved clinical trial on 200 Nigerian children with its experimental anti-meningitis drug, Trovafloxacin, caused the death of 11 children from kidney failure and left dozens more disabled.
In 2001 Pfizer was sued in U.S. federal court by thirty Nigerian families, who accused the company of using their children as human guinea pigs.
In 2006 a panel of Nigerian medical experts concluded that Pfizer had violated international law.
In 2009 the company agreed to pay $75 million to settle some of the lawsuits that had been brought in Nigerian courts.The U.S. case was settled in 2011 for an undisclosed amount.
My belief system was well equipped for this hoax before it started; I didn't have to adjust it like Dr. Malhotra apparently needed to do. Basically, as a classic libertarian, I believed that any civil servant or politician (from the lowly janitor or receptionist all the way to the Prime Minister) is an incompetent rogue and fraud out for power over civilians. Secondly, that any medical intervention that has not been widely tested for over 50 years is not going anywhere near my body, particularly if it involves novel technology or came from companies with long histories of fraud and medical malfeasance. Thirdly, that most so-called national or international crises declared by politicians are in reality fabrications aimed at giving the State more powers over civilians. It is people who are too trusting of their fellow man (or the State or the medical profession) who always need to adjust their views after something awful happens. A real skeptic usually has his belief confirmed on a daily basis.
My new doctor (we moved a few years ago and lost our old family physician who knew me well) keeps pushing me to get on statins. I keep saying no. She keeps saying we will “need to revisit” this. It’s quite frustrating. Eventually I suspect doctors will be told/encouraged to drop patients who are non-compliant as to taking pushed pharmaceuticals. I can feel this coming in my bones.
Spot on! Meet two widowers who lost their husbands to flank pain (liver necrosis) which was caused by statin drugs. Reputable hospitals including Mayo didn't connect the dots! Kept them on statins as they explored for cause! Bottom line: Every cell in the body needs cholesterol. Stopping the inflammatory source is key! Dr. Martin nails the development of Covid which was a preplanned Bio Weapon exercise with Fauci having full knowledge! Dr. Martin spoke at the euroepean parliment as the key note speaker which was a all day session with many truth tellers on the truth about the covid con! https://thomasabraunrph.substack.com/p/do-not-ignore-this TIME WE TAKE BIG PHARMA DOWN TO THE STUDS AND REBUILD IT!
"Because vaccines were never questioned in his training, it never even occurred to him to question the COVID-19 vaccines." This is still astonishing to me that a doctor who spent a lot of time researching and questioning the efficacy of statins would just accept A BRAND NEW NEVER-BEFORE-USED-ON-HUMANS vaccine technology. I am not saying I don't believe him. What I'm saying is it's remarkable how effective the brain washing about vaccines has been to medical professionals. I am not a medical professional, but it was obvious to me from the get-go that an injection that causes my own cells to create trillions of toxic foreign proteins would not be a good idea. At the very least, wouldn't it spur the development of autoimmune diseases? Add to that the horrific numbers that were already in VAERS by March or April of 2021, and it was obvious beyond a doubt that the experimental injections were poison. So if I could see this by April of 2021, why couldn't all these medical professionals see it? The only answer I can come up with is that the brain washing regarding "vaccines" (which the covid experimental injections are NOT!) is so effective that they don't even consider looking at what these injections are really doing.
I’m a retired pharmacist, but I am in the same group as Dr Malhotra-- allopathically trained, never doubted the efficacy of vaccines nor most of the drugs I dispensed. We simply are not taught, and have no time to look into, the horrendous damage done by the medications we push. I will never take another vaccine for anything (have you had a look at the data for the RSV vaccine? It’s laughable) and have discontinued most of the drugs my wife and I take. I don’t know if my fatigue and cognitive loss will heal, but at least I’m not making them worse.
I was prescribed statins as I was quite overweight. I immediately was wracked with pain throughout my body. That experiment lasted three days. I’ve dropped about 25 pounds and now I’m mountain bilking every day while fasted as I attempt to lose more. I cleaned up my diet and I use the Healthy Cell AM/PM supplement. I believe that supplement to have had a dramatic effect on my health. My BP and PSA went way down.Urologist was dumbfounded. Every male in my family tree has had testicular cancer. My PSA went from 4.4 to 2.5. I sweat far less than I have my entire life. My heart rate while biking is lower. I ride further and faster. There is absolutely nothing within Pharma’s portfolio that would have provided any of those benefits. Salads, Vitamin D, tons of fresh air, and a great supplement full of proven life enhancing ingredients. I’ll stick with that formula. I may never see a traditional doctor again. And hospitals are practically death camps. Not interested thanks.
It is nice to know I am in good company with this instinctive fear
'Since I have been a child, for reasons I still do not understand, I have had a visceral fear and mistrust of pharmaceuticals. Because of this, from a very young age, I talked back to doctors who tried to push drugs on me (which, now that I know what I know, I am profoundly grateful for), I sought out information in the alternative literature about the dangers of many commonly used drugs, and I connected with many who pharmaceuticals had injured'
Truly outstanding article. The errant Cholesterol theory and statins are what started my extreme distrust of the medical industry and why I greatly feared the Covid vaccine before it was even released. 23 years ago when I was diagnosed with “high” cholesterol and given a Lipitor prescription I thought it was my ticket to heart disease. But, something didn’t sit right with me about a 40 year old perfectly healthy male being put on a lifelong drug. When my doctor said don’t worry I have to take it too I got more suspicious than ever. That’s when I decided to do some research and discovered Dr. Uffe Ravnskov and his excellent book, The Cholesterol Myths. From there, I stopped trusting a lot of things I was told. I stopped getting flu shots and soon after began questioning all vaccines. Today I am fully against all vaccines and just about any prescription drug. I also pay little attention to mainstream doctors advice on what constitutes a healthy diet and am extremely suspicious about the way diabetics are treated as far as recommended diets. Low fat is the scourge of our modern civilization.
I am so pleased that you have mentioned Dr Malcolm Kendrick's contribution to uncovering the statins racket. He also asked questions about the covid jab strategy (despite being coerced into having them) - and I believe he has paid the price in more ways than one.
I have read Dr Malhotra's book on living without statins. I liked it a lot. And I have read several other related books including the esteemed Dr Kendrick and his book "The Clot Thickens". Even though I have heart issues at age 73, I would never take any statins or other heart drugs. I don't even like taking a baby aspirin. I am not on any drugs but I am sure if I let the doctors have their way, I would be on 5-7 prescriptions or more.
The cardiologist I saw wanted to get me into surgery for a catheterization and stents right away after having a stress test, with a mask on no less. That to me was totally nutzo. I told him I would have to do research before going that far. I did and decided against it. Using both statins and stents do not prolong your life unless you happen to be that one in a thousand who might get a few extra months of life.
That was about 20 months ago and I am using herbs and supplements to manage these heart issues. Sure, I could have a heart attack and die tomorrow but there is no way to know if taking a handful of drugs would extend my life either and there is no solid scientific evidence that it would.
I feel sorry for you docs, but you guys have been sold a bill of goods as you spend years of schooling and tons of money and another small fortune on other requirements just to become professional drug salesmen. Nothing wrong with that. But you know so little about getting down to the root of the problem and treating it or healing it.
It is more than obvious that if a person is experiencing heart troubles, there are specific causes. You never consider those unless it may be a physical heart malfunction. But if a body is in distress, there is something causing it and no pill or drug is gonna change that. You have to discover the root cause of the distress and change what is causing those problems. That for sure is not what big pharma has in mind.
Great article Dr.
I am a nurse and have noticed a trend that macular degeneration appears to be on the upswing for the past 25 years. So many patients losing their vision very quickly . Anecdotally, it appears most patients are on statins. Of course this would be true, due to the ever-changing "guideline" which results in most people being on statins so causation is difficult to prove. However, it could make sense that a great reduction in needed fatty "glue" to hold the macula in place could be the result of long-term statin use. Do you have thoughts on this?
Doctors promoting “Better health through chemistry” are completely missing the boat and shouldn’t even practice medicine. Shouldn’t a first line of attack always be based upon achieving optimal health through a diet of fresh foods, daily exercise and movement, mental
stimulation (turning off the boob tube).
If a doctor pushed drugs over personal responsibility and lifestyle change they need to be avoided. Period.
Just finished listening to it.
Very articulate case for the prosecution of Pharma and the elimination of the vaccines. His advice on statins is also not to be ignored.
Kudos to both him and Joe Rogan for giving him a platform. Both brave men.