Can your statin give you a heart attack?

Another comment from me on a post at forum.lowcarber.org regarding statin

Nancy LC:

Robs the body of CoQ10 which is need to power the body (including the heart), lowers insulin sensitivity, increases risk of diabetes…

Are you sure you want to take that pill just to get a lower meaningless number?

My response:

Hi Nancy LC,

More and more studies are showing that indeed statins do interfere with cardiac function and some of those studies have concluded that statins may actually cause heart failure. So I guess the answer to your question is, yes, they can give you a heart attack.

Frankly, whilst the manufactures may not admit this at the moment, when you look at their list of contraindications and adverse reactions, these are frankly quite scary. Even the common ones aren’t something that you would particularly want such as up to 14% of people can get diarrhea from taking statins, 8% of people taking statins can experience urinary tract infection disease. Of the most serious adverse effects is liver failure, autoimmune disease, myalgia and hemorrhagic cerebral infarction.

I’ve attached the slide from my MicroMedex Drug Information program as of course, it’s far better to see the proof rather than just take my word for it.

Cheers,

Mark