Statins: Just Say NO. Part II

By guest contributor Chris Wunsch

The information in parts II and III of this series is what I have researched and collected since I discovered—through the Statin Effects Study I was in, based on the review of my records, brain biopsy, muscle biopsy, MRI scans, lumbar punctures, hundreds of lab tests, etc—that the holes (apoptosis) in my brain, the mitochondrial DNA mutations seen under electron microscopy of my brain biopsy, as well as the muscle biopsy, were all a direct result of my taking Lipitor. I was a critical care RN for 12 years when Lipitor ended life as I knew it, causing my 17+ years of total disability since Oct 10, 2002. —Chris Wunsch

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• Statin Wars: Have we been misled about the Evidence? A Narrative Review by Dr Maryanne Demasi PhD

• Statins: The Biggest Scam in History?

• Lack of or Inverse Association between LDL and heart disease

• LDL-Cholesterol Does NOT cause Cardiovascular Disease 

• NO benefit on Cardiovascular health and Serious Adverse Events in PCSK9 Inhibitor trials

• High LDL-C is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years

• Statins in Primary Prevention (Trying to prevent a 1st heart attack) The Debate is Intense but the Data are Weak

An interesting and VERY INFORMATIVE article from Dr Uffe Ravnskov MD, PhD discussing "misleading" trial information which lead to the grossly over prescribed "wonder drugs" we know as statins.

• http://www.ravnskov.nu/october-2017-proofs-statin-supporters-mislead-us-purposely/

• https://www.crossfit.com/health/in-conversation-with-uffe-ravnskov

"Clinical Trial" does not equal science (Difference between Absolute and Relative Risks) Pharma "Studies" use Relative Risk reduction as a way to make the drug appear much more effective....If you would like clarification on this, please email and I will do my best to clarify...
http://brianpeskin.com/BP.com/reports/RelativeRisk-StudiesCAMB.pdf

Do you really need a statin? This Expert says no
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/statins_b_1818370?

Why are so many taking a statin? A Harvard Professor Explains...well sorta....
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cholesterol-and-statins-its-no-longer-just-about-the-numbers-201311136868

Physicians Experiences as Patients with Statin Side Effects :A Case Series 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5316517/?

Dr Verner Wheelock explains and Deciphers Statins and their real benefits and risks
http://vernerwheelock.com/218-should-i-take-statins/

New Article from WebMD "More Doctors Wonder if Statins Are Worth the Risk"
https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20140818/statins-side-effects-news

Dr Ali Cardiologist on Statins, Cholesterol and the Statistics used to make billions of $ for drug companies at your expense

Dr. David Perlmutter YOUR BRAIN NEEDS CHOLESTEROL
https://www.drperlmutter.com/brain-needs-cholesterol/

How doctors ignore most statin side effects
http://drcate.com/video/review-article-ignores-most-statin-side-effects/

How do statisticians "mislead" doctors.. Dr Cate explains
http://drcate.com/statisticians-may-mislead-doctors-about-statin-safety/

Absolute Risk versus Relative Risk Reduction: How the "Clinical Trial Data" are manipulated

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK63647/

• http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Risks-of-Disease-Absolute-and-Relative.htm

• http://thepeopleschemist.com/cholesterol-lowering-drugs-show-no-benefit-drug-trials-prove-it/

• http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1586/17512433.2015.1012494

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150220110850.htm

• http://www.pharmacylearningnetwork.com/articles/has-effectiveness-statins-been-purposely-exaggerated

• https://proteinpower.com/drmike/2013/12/30/absolute-risk-versus-relative-risk-need-know-difference/#comment-831802

• http://www.thennt.com/?s=Statins

Well referenced statin effects and debunking clinical trial data

• http://www.health-heart.org/cholesterol.htm

• http://www.thepeopleschemist.com/cholesterol.pdf

• http://thepeopleschemist.com/dude-high-cholesterol-heart-disease/

• http://www.spacedoc.net/truth_about_cholesterol

• http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/26/think-twice-before-using-statin-drugs.aspx?e_cid=20111026_DNL_art_1

• http://healthimpactnews.com/2012/putting-the-myth-to-rest-there-is-no-such-thing-as-bad-cholesterol/

• http://www.thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-without-prior-heart-disease/

• http://chriskresser.com/cholesterol-doesnt-cause-heart-disease

• http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/dangers-of-statin-drugs-what-you-havent-been-told-about-popular-cholesterol-lowering-medicines/

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150220110850.htm

Dr Beatrice Golomb MD, PhD on Medical conflicts of interests

Doctors still refuting patients complaints after taking statins
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/archive/index.php/t-38209.html

Excellent and informative article about the lack of benefit and the dangers of statin drugs  written by Dr Donald Miller Jr. MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon of 40 years at University of Washington School of Medicine
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/07/donald-w-miller-jr-md/statins-will-kill/

Cracking the Cholesterol Myth: How Statins Harm the Body and Mind an Article by Kelly Brogan MD
http://extrasensoryprecepts.blogspot.ca/2015/03/cracking-cholesterol-myth-how-statins.html

The Dangers of Cholesterol (Myth or Reality)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9G_GriRDRzTdXFORGdVQjU2NXM/view?usp=sharing

Cholesterol and Statins: The Good, The Bad and The Truth  By Dr Chris Nagy MD
http://yourpersonalwellnesscenter.com/reference-center/cholesterol-and-statins-%E2%80%93-the-good-the-bad-the-truth/

What a Statin Study Boasts: “Cholesterol-lowering statins have almost no side effects,”
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/03March/Pages/Statins-side-effects-are-minimal-study-argues.aspx

Slide Show by Dr Stephanie Senneff MIT PhD  How Statins Really Work Explains Why they Dont Really Work
https://www.slideserve.com/farrah/fighting-sepsis-in-the-geriatric-patient 

Dr Gary Berg DC Why Your Arteries are Calcifying and Turning into Bone: The Real Reason

Study Finds Link Between High Cholesterol and Heart Disease Inconsistent
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-link-high-cholesterol-heart-disease.html

New Statin Analysis Shows Statins have Minimal Benefits

• https://maryannedemasi.com/publications/f/new-analysis-shows-statins-have-minimal-benefits

• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2790055

Dangers of Statins:  What you Haven't Been Told
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/modern-diseases/dangers-of-statin-drugs-what-you-havent-been-told-about-popular-cholesterol-lowering-medicines/#comments

What the Statin Study really found: Its fixable flaws, and Why Transparency Matters. By Dr Ben Goldacre, the studies Co-Author
http://www.badscience.net/2014/03/statins-have-no-side-effects-what-our-study-really-found-its-fixable-flaws-and-why-trials-transparency-matters-again/#more-3129</a></p

Drug Studies Don't Lie, But they Do Fool People
http://www.spacedoc.com/articles/drug-studies-dont-lie-1

Is the FDA protecting Drug Companies instead of patients? 
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2015/03/02/is-the-fda-protecting-drug-companies-instead-of-patients/

Statin Wars: how Big Pharma infiltrates governments and the medical
profession
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/statin-wars-how-big-pharma-infiltrates-governments-and-the-medical-profession/

Be sure to read the link, posted inside this article, Research Misconduct Identified by the US FDA…sickening!
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2109855&resultClick=3

Is the American Heart Association a terrorist organization?
An interesting look at the American Heart Association, with credible references

The cardiovascular risk tool overestimates the actual chance of cardiovascular events
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160502161114.htm

Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) Saturated fat does not clog the arteries:
coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition,therisk of which
can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/15/1111

UK Cholesterol "Expert" has Financial ties to the Pharmaceutical Industry
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/467673/Prof-Rory-Collins-research-funded-by-multi-million-drug-manufacturer-Pfizer

Statins Do Not Reduce the risk of DEATH in Healthy People

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=statins-should-healthy-adults-over-50-take-them

• http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/462607/Health-chief-slams-statins-Millions-face-terrible-side-effects-as-prescription-escalates#.UxU20HurYxM.facebook

• http://www.brianpeskin.com/BP.com/reports/CrestorFailure-CAMB.pdf

Mevalonate Pathway: The way a statin works to reduce cholesterol and dozens of other crucial elements
http://www.suestatins.com/Mevalonate.pdf

Statin Induced Mitochondrial Problems (adverse Effects of Statins are not rare and may signal  mitochondrial vulnerability)
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703699

This model of pharmacologically induced and reversed mitochondrial dysfunction in healthy adults
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943100   

Dr Gary G. Kohls:
Thanks, Big Pharma for the Mitochondrial Collateral Damage

Statin Side Effects Can Cause Devastating Functional Loss
https://www.side-effects-site.com/statin-side-effects.html

Mitochondrial Medicine: Molecular Pathology of Defective Oxidative Phosphorylation
http://www.annclinlabsci.org/content/31/1/25.full

Cyclophilin D: a target for counteracting skeletal muscle dysfunction in mitochondrial myopathy
https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/24/23/6580/2385636

Statins function as mitochondrial toxins

• http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/17512433.2015.1011125   

• http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07853890510007368

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17013560

Statin Adverse Effects: A Review of the Literature and Evidence for a Mitochondrial Mechanism   

• https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703699_2  

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159124

Mitochondrial Collateral Damage Thanks to Big Pharma
http://www.globalresearch.ca/mitochondrial-collateral-damage-thanks-to-big-pharma/5447650

Statin Provoked MELAS
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17389800/

A Novel Hypothesis for Atherosclerosis as a Cholesterol Sulfate Deficiency Syndrome
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26014131

Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra urging the NHS to Choose Food over Drugs for Heart Disease Prevention
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5855771/Ditch-pills-beat-heart-disease.html#readerCommentsCommand-message-field

Statins Stimulate Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure and can function as mitochondrial toxins

• http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/17512433.2015.1011125#.VjtmwtKrTvY

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25655639   

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2042680/pdf/bcp_0417.pdf

Mitochondrial DNA Alterations and Statin-Induced Myopathy

• http://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/9949/ubc_2009_fall_stringer_henry.pdf?sequence=1 

• http://adisonline.com/drugsafety/Abstract/2005/28080/The_Effect_of_HMG_CoA_Reductase_Inhibitors_on.2.aspx 

Statin Proviked MELAS Syndrome
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=10.1159/000101287 

Statins and Mitochondrial Mutations

• http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_mitochondrial_mutations.html 

• http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/07/08/ubiquinol-benefits.aspx?

Molecular Mechanism of Statin Toxicity
http://www..springerlink.com/content/n881327445607043/

Statins effects on Mitochondria

• https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/101287 

• http://nnr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/3/259

Coenzyme q10 and statin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21603349

Should Statins be used following a Stroke
http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/68/5/561

Probing Mitochondria for Statin Myopathy Mystery
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/8489

First Comprehensive Paper on Statins’ Adverse Effects Released...Dr Golomb Statin Effects Study Summary
http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=1833

Spacedoc: My statin story
http://www.spacedoc.com/rest_of_my_story.html

Statins Adverse Effects Literature Review
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849981/

Statin-induced Parkinsons Disease
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/562600/Parkinsons-link-statins-mass-use-drug-risk-thousands-developing-nerve-disease

Statins Causing Heart Disease, Do the Risks truly outweigh the benefits? Several Experts discuss
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/633160/Cholesterol-drug-statins-cause-heart-disease-experts

Statins and Dementia/Memory

• https://www.globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-prescribed-drugs-or-vaccine-induced-dementia-is-not-alzheimer/5628607?

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-not-dementia-its-your-heart-medication/

• https://scitechdaily.com/statins-used-to-lower-cholesterol-linked-to-doubled-risk-of-developing-dementia/

• http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2015/06/22/do-cholesterol-lowering-drugs-damage-memory/#respond

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/4974840/Wonder-drug-that-stole-my-memory.html

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/neurodegeneration-and-cholesterol-what-is-the-link

Statins Used to Lower Cholesterol, Doubled Risk of Developing Dementia
https://scitechdaily.com/statins-used-to-lower-cholesterol-linked-to-doubled-risk-of-developing-dementia

Statins and Cognitive Decline
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31030614/

Statins and Alzheimer's Risk: Dr. Ken Berry MD 

Statins And Mitochondrial Dysfunction
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322222038_Statins_and_mitochondria

Cardiovascular risk tool overestimates actual chance of cardiovascular events
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160502161114.htm

One Woman's Horrific Statin Effects Story
http://www.canyon-news.com/statin-induced-nightmare/17082#comment-87

And speaking of Women, for women, Studies have proven that elevated cholesterol especially in women may prove to be not only harmless but even beneficial. Bet your doctors never told you that little nugget of truth!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21951982

Cholesterol and Heart Disease?
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Does-Cholesterol-Cause-Heart-Disease-Myth.html 

"The epidemic of heart failure and atherosclerosis that plagues the modern world may paradoxically be aggravated by the pervasive use of statin drugs. We propose that current statin treatment guidelines be critically reevaluated"
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1586/17512433.2015.1011125 

Dr. Maryanne Demasi Ph.D. exposes the fraud behind Statins and the Cholesterol Theory
https://www.crossfit.com/health/mayanne-demasi-1-the-secret-life-of-data?

Dr. Steven Nissen Cardiologist Cleveland Clinic on Nutrition Guidelines and the LACK OF EVIDENCE
https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2016/01/new-dietary-guidelines-represent-nearly-evidence-free-zone-says-leading-cardi/

Dr Stephanie Seneff PhD well referenced slide show, How Statins Really Work, explains why they don’t really work
http://www.slideserve.com/farrah/fighting-sepsis-in-the-geriatric-patient

Dr Dave Diamond Phd explaining the ALL to common statistical tactics employed by Drug companies

Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: An Evidence Free Zone
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/07/05/bmjebm-2020-111412.long

Higher Cholesterol is Associated with a Longer Life
https://medium.com/the-mission/higher-cholesterol-is-associated-with-longer-life-b4090f28d96e

Peoples Pharmacy "Are Statin Side Effects Fake Medical News
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/are-statin-side-effects-fake-medical-news/?

SLC1B1 Polymorphisms and Statin Induced Myopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871416/

Myocardial Infarctions and Oral Hygiene
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068156/?fbclid=IwAR1-ZJvwSdGd_fYS_LgzlfvgDwxxAVvQoGqG4NAuQ7EYeZI2I_7A6-GQMDk

High Cholesterol and Heart Disease Myth
http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/myths-truths-about-cholesterol/

Ways to Reduce Inflammation without a statin or a Heart Test

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/heart/articles/2008/11/11/6-ways-to-reduce-inflammation--without-a-statin-or-a-heart-test  

Spacedoc

• http://www.spacedoc.net/what_causes_atherosclerosis

• http://www.spacedoc.net/statin_scam

• http://www.spacedoc..com/benefits_cholesterol

The truth about cholesterol

• http://beta.thepeopleschemist.com/forget-about-high-cholesterol/

• http://healthyfixx.com/15/the-truth-about-statin-drugs-may-cause-heart-attacks

Chris Masterjohn PhD: Why cholesterol cannot cause heart disease

Dr Malcolm Kendrick on familial high cholesterol
http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/tag/familial-hypercholesterolaemia/

MIT Dr Stephanie Seneff
http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/statins_pregnancy_sepsis_cancer_heart_failure.html 

Could Low Cholesterol kill you?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/going-vegetarian-poses-own-set-potential-health-risks-185053959.html

Honolulu Heart program
http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2801%2905553-2/abstract

Dr Bowden on the pros and cons of statin drugs
http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=42B9E7912479231ACD59F653BA7EF2CC

Lipitor Paradox (Sad but true account of a typical Dr Office Visit today)

Challenging the Concept of White Coat Authority (and taking back your health)
https://chronicdiseaseprevention29.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenging-concept-of-white-coat.html?m=1

What happens when we learn the truth and go against the widely accepted standard of care
http://chronicdiseaseprevention29.blogspot.com/2013/01/they-told-me-hes-quack.html

Dr. Dwight Lundell a retired heart surgeon reveals the cause of heart disease. NOT CHOLESTEROL
https://www.facebook.com/groups/127447157284192/permalink/1935487826480107/

Ex Pharma Insiders expose the drug industry

• http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=8E37A3556A8DA048E88647B82DE9C293

• www.gwenolsen.com

• http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/ex-pharma-rep-reveals-dirty-secrets-of-the-drug-business/

Morley Evans, statin Effects sufferer for over 18 years....has a plethora of info on his website http://suestatins.com

Very informative and factual information regarding Sugars and diseases 
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/17/stephanie-seneff-on-sulfur.aspx

Sugar and Heart Disease

• http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane23.htm

• http://www.lizscript.co.uk/glyn/paradox.pdf

Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra discusses Sugar and Heart Disease

Statins Linked to Lung Disease Progression in Smokers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240141.php

Neurologic Disease

• http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/2/3/134/pdf

• http://www.fodors.com/community/fodorite-lounge/supplements-particularly-coenzyme-q10.cfm

• http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/12/31/nerve-problem-with-lipitor-and-crestor-anns-story/

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/another-side-statins

• http://www.anh-usa.org/and-yet-another-brain-threat-statin-drugs/

Apoptosis
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/7/4368?

Role of CoQ10 in Statin associated Myopathy http://www.mitochondrial.net/showabstract.php?pmid=17560286

Vital Importance of Ubiquinol
http://www.fsponline-recommends.co.uk/page.aspx?u=Ubiquinol0409&tc=E975MB29&PromotionID=2147066075&u=25712384&g=0&r=Milo&s=551028&o=547027&l=346302

The Importance of Coenzyme Q10: Dr Steven Sinatra

Statin Users Suffering from Side Effects Are in the Dark (The Importance of Ubiquinol)
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statin-users-suffering-from-side-effects-are-in-the-dark-150419105.html

Do Statin Drugs do any good?

• http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-01-16/do-cholesterol-drugs-do-any-good

• https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/do-statins-really-work-who-benefits-who-has-the-power-to-cover-up-the-side-effects/

• http://www.statinnation.net/blog/

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150220110850.htm

• https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-statin-side-effects-linked-off-target.html

… To be continued

Chris Wunsch’s Facebook group can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/statins