Health Buzz: Cholesterol Drug Crestor's Coup and Other Health News

Crestor

On December 23, 2005 Crestor took my grandfathers life. He had cancer in his liver and they gave him Crestor with other medicines. The labs revealed it was the crestor that killed him

Not to mention that the study was funded by the maker of the drug, AstraZeneca, and the lead author, Paul M Ridker MD, is listed as a co-inventor on patents held by Brigham and Women's Hospital related to the use of HS-CRP for the evaluation of a patient’s risk of heart disease. The cost of Crestor (rosuvastatin) is about $3.45 per day—much higher than that of generic statins. That amounts to $1259 a year just for this drug. Doing the math, this means to prevent one event in one “apparently healthy patient” would cost about $300,000 just for the Crestor. These figures do not include the cost of doctors’ visits, the lab tests and the treatment of side effects from the medications, including the serious adverse events caused by Crestor.(Calculations: Absolute benefit of 1 event for 120 treated patients for 1.9 years at $1259 = 120 x 1.9 x $1259 = $287,052.)

Crestor

Thanks, but no thanks. I was on Crestor for 6 months. "Muscle pain and weakness" indeed.

Since adding fish oil, my CRP, Triglycerides, and blood pressure have all dropped. Nice try on the study you funded and probably wrote. Shame on you and any doctor who puts their patients on this stuff.

wrong target

This fascinating study conceals far more than it reveals. What the results actually suggest is that cholesterol levels are not the issue at all, but - as many of us have long suspected -endothelial dysfunction (chronic, sub-clinical arteritis) as the critical factor that drives both atheroma formation and essential hypertension. The reason why so many suffer from these conditions is almost certaainly due to an excess of pro- over anti-inflammatory factors in our blood streams; and that balance reflects primarily dietary and smoking habits. The way to resolve this is not to uncritically swallow Crestor and the recommendations of the drug industry representatives, medical and otherwise, who sell it; but to stop smoking, eat more fruits and vegetables, and consume more flavonoids. This was very clearly shown by studies such as HALE, and by papers by Clayton & Rowbotham in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Crestor (and other drugs) merely suppress symptoms, and carry a significant risk of adverse effects; beneficial lifestyle changes are cheaper, safer and self-empowering.

Crestor's cholesterol drug

Bear in mind that Crestor is one of several drugs at the vanguard of what Paul Zane Pilzer's "the next millionaires" book calls "The Wellness Industry". The sickness industry has been prescribing such drugs in reaction of cardiovascular disease. However, it does make sense to have a preventative approach to cardiovascular diseases. Another exciting example of the Wellness approach is the billion dollar company Monavie, which recently formulated their Pulse product, and have FDA approval on a key ingredient that gives them two years of exclusive rights to formulate and sell their blend of Plant Sterols, super fruits, and other natural ingredients. Keep your eyes on this company because they will double in volume over the next 12 months.

chronic inflamation

Deal with the inflamation, eg. floss your teeth get denatl check-ups etc. If you have chronic inflamation, you have a problem. Don't medicate it solve it.