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.

www.spacedoc.com

CoQ10 and the Heart

 It is almost impossible to overestimate the benefit of CoQ10 for heart function. The beating of the heart for a lifetime is one of the 3 most energy demanding processes in the human body along with brain function and the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach lining. In one study of 40 patients suffering severe heart failure 69% of those with cardiomyopathy benefited from 100 mg of CoQ10. Among those with ischemic heart disease 43% experienced subjective and objective improvement. The researchers wrote, "The results suggest that CoQ10 is a novel and effective breakthrough in heart-failure therapy and it appears safe, as no adverse reactions were registered."

CoQ10 is depleted by statin medications which can lead to muscle damage. Anyone using statin drugs would be wise to supplement with CoQ10. The nutrient was also shown to benefit suffering of Gulf War Veterans.

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References:

Heart and CoQ10.

Gulf War Veterans

Statins and CoQ10

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/

Inflammation and Vitamin C

     Statin medications for heart disease are believed to produce most of their benefits due to their anti-inflammatory effects rather than their activity in lowering cholesterol.
     A new study has shown that 1,000 mg of vitamin C a day had effects that "are similar to those of statins" when it comes to reducing C-reactive protein, one of the best laboratory means of assessing an individual's inflammatory state. It is too bad that pharmaceutical firms will not study the use of vitamin C in place of statins to see if the nutrient doesn't produce results as good as the patented medication.
Reference:
Block, Gladys, et al., Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein, Free Radic Biol Med, January 1, 2009;46(1):70-77.