Duane Graveline and Statins

 Duane Graveline begins his book The Statin Damage Crisis as follows: Tens of thousands of statin users have complained to their doctors of weakness, instability, easy fatigue, muscle aches and pains, burning of their extremities, depression and faulty memory, to which their doctors generally have responded, "You have to expect this now, You are over fifty."

"Although these experienced doctors have all pointed to a correct presumptive diagnosis, few have been entirely comfortable with this explanation because of a curious recurring element in their presentation. All have been on statins of one brand or another and the transition from midlife vigor to the multiple infirmities of the elderly hav been much too swift in most cases."

Graveline should be qualified to observe the consequences of thoughtless use of statin medications as he himself suffered damage from the drugs. The most serious of these consequences are memory impairment and muscle damage. Graveline experienced memory loss and muscle damage which he documents in the several books he has written on the topic of statins and cholesterol. He went from being a healthy astronaut in the space program to an invalid in a wheelchair for a time as the result of statin drug use which he discusses in The Statin Damage Crisis.

Reference Books:

Graveline, Duane, Lipitor Thief of Memory, 2006.

Graveline, Duane, The Statin Damage Crisis, 2012.

Graveline, Duane, The Dark Side of Statins, Spacedoc Media, 2017.

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Damage to Brain and Muscle

Beatrice Golomb is one of the few people who has studied the detrimental effects of statin medications on behavior. In one paper she observed that "Reported problems included violent ideation, irritability, depression, and suicide. Problems resolved with drug discontinuation and recurred with rechallenge where attempted." Statin use has been associated with road rage and other aggressive behaviors. Statins have also been known to induce memory loss. The brain effects of statins can be compounded by the effects of statins on muscles and energy production in the body. Statins have been known to cause fatigue and severe muscle damage by depleting Coenzyme Q10. Anyone using statin medications should be supplementing with NeoLife's CoQ10 supplement as a prevention of deficiency of the nutrient by statin drugs. The damage statin drugs can cause was widely popularized by Duane Graveline, M.D. He developed memory loss and severe muscle damage after using Lipitor and wrote several books including Lipitor, Thief of Memory and The Statin Damage Crisis. Anyone using these drugs should obtain a copy of the potential harmful effects of these drugs so they can be on the watch for them. There are a number of nutritional options to address the cholesterol issue and the following article will address that topic. References: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40800-015-0024-2 Link to Lipitor: Thief of Memory Link to The Statin Damage Crisis Link to The Dark Side of Statins

Book Review: The Statin Damage Crisis

Almost daily I receive questions regarding the use of statin medications to lower cholesterol. It is important to realize that statin medications are not harmless and without side effects. One of the best books describing the potential problems associated with the use of statin medications is The Statin Damage Crisis by Duane Graveline, M.D. Dr. Graveline experinceed both memory loss and muscle degeneration after the use of Lipitor.      The following are a couple of brief quotes from the book by Graveline:      "Statin drugs cause effects on our mitochondria (the part of the cell which produces energy) identical to those that accumulate with age. One might say that one side effect of statin therapy is premature aging."      "First I learned about statin drug inhibition of glial cell cholesterol, so vital for memory. Then...I learned about the inevitable mevalonate blockade by statins with resulting neuropathies, myopathies and chronic muscular degeneration."      "Many statin victims say that abruptly, almost in the blink of an eye, they have become old people." References: Graveline, Duane, The Statin Damage Crisis, First Edition, 2009, p.140. http://www.spacedoc.com/