CRP Heart Test May Lead to Overuse of Statins Like Crestor
Reader Comments
Statins
After recently suffering two Heart attacks I was advised to take statins.
I said they were immuno-suppressive and as I was already immuno-suppressed due to heavy metal poisoning it was not a good idea.
The Consultant swore they were not in front of his students. Twice! Secret...they are immuno-suppressive in many instances.
I was also told statins have side effects such as muscle problems. Isn't the Heart a muscle. I subsequently have learned statins deplete Co Enz. Q10 over a long period. This not good for the heart!
Anyway I took one of these statins in hospital and within 20 mins was spacious and semi-comatose and hallucinating. The nurse thought that I had a diabetic attack and did a rush blood sugar...it was normal. Now that I have done more research I discovered that statins can also screw up your mind.
Having worked in 25 countries for several drug companies and used to being given different drugs I thought I should verify my reaction and took another statin when I got home. Same result.
I have yet to see that statins increase mortality...before taking them google everything. Try ...mercola statins...for a start. You might want to walk an hour a day instead. Plus correct your diet. According to Mercola only one in 100 of us have genetic problems that may require statins.
CRP and hs CRP
The Jupiter Trial is based on increased levels of hsCRP which measures CRP levels in the range of 0.5 to 10mg/L unlike CRP which measures from 10 to 1000mg/L. The hs CRP levels have more specificity to cardiovascular inflammation than to other causes though this hasn't been definitely ascertained. The hsCRP level connection to the incidence of heart disease thus assumes more significance here and may warrant intervention with statins.
crp
As an expert in nonsurgical periodontal treatment, I can personally testify that this treatment,in conjunction with use of subantimicrobial dose doxycycline(20 mg. 2x/day)reduces CRP as well as or better than statins. When the drug is used alone, almost no side effects, the levels are reduced almost 50% and the treatment is much safer.
I am currently doing clinical research with a world famous interventional cardiologist, Marvin Slepian, who brought the artifical heart to marketplace(www.syncardia.com). We suspect that all enzyme levels elevated in heart attack patients are reduced by the nonsurgical treatment. We have written several papers which show how this care can reduce the dental risk of cardiac disease.
We anticipate that the dentist will be very helpful to the MD in reducing dental risk for cardiac disease and will be called upon in the future to assess periodontal status and treat this horrible disease. Studies now confirm the oral/body inflammatory connection and the time is now to evaluate and treat. Informed dentists will do this and we are actively involved in this educational process.
