Statin may block nerve repair AND why you NEED cholesterol

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Statin may block nerve repair AND why you NEED cholesterol

Postby cjbrooksjc » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:47 pm

ALL:
Here are two links I think we will find informative. They are short and in lay terminology. You should take a look:

1.

Statin may block nerve repair (excerpt):

Zocor (simvastatin), a "statin" type of cholesterol-lowering drug, may block the body's ability to repair nerve tissue, according to a report in The American Journal of Pathology.

The results of an animal study suggest that use of Zocor impairs "remyelination", a process in which the fatty outer covering of nerve cells is reformed. Several neurologic disorders, most notably multiple sclerosis, involve the loss of this covering, which protects nerves and helps them transmit signals faster.

Statins are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of multiple sclerosis based on their ability to improve symptoms in animal models of the disease. However, there has also been evidence that statins may damage the cells responsible for remyelination.

*******************LINK FOLLOWS*******************

**http://www.health24.com/news/Cholesterol/1-924,51281.asp


2.

You need cholesterol; not STATINS (excerpt):

The cholesterol myth proves that super fortunes can be built on the sale of products based on medical myths. This has absolutely nothing to do with medicine or the treatment of disease. It is commerce, pure and simple. It is crime, incorporated.

*******************LINK FOLLOWS*******************

**http://www.personalliberty.com/bob-livingston/forget-statin-drugsyou-need-cholesterol/


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