Re: Statins: Muscle pain, damage and weakness, Hartke and all in the group.

February 26, 2012

: You're right on...statins are one of the worse medications

that Doctors can prescribe

Everything I've read recently indicates that bacteria is the real

culprit as it causes inflammation

Lee...

A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or reaching down below my core.

I cooked my first

full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me! So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me. I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS. I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.

And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!

Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure

------------------------------------

February 27, 2012

Thanks for posting. I would encourage you to post on the webmd cholesterol management community support group with an update of your story. I am very active there and have been battling the cholesterol drug con for years. Bobby Alternate email: marooned@...Bobby- Your Caribbean Travel Plannerwww.pinkystravel.com International Destinations, Resorts, Vacation PackagesPhilippine Destination Specialist From: tulsatimeflies

To: TakingLipitorAndHateIt Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 5:46 PM Subject: Statins: Muscle pain, damage and weakness, Hartke and all in the group.

A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or

reaching down below my core. I cooked my first full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me!

So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me.

I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS.

I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.

And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!

Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure

February 27, 2012

If all of America would simply refuse to pay for any office visit where a physician attempts to prescribe a statin, maybe the message would become clear to doctors. Prescribe a statin and you forfeit the office visit fee. Alternate email: marooned@...Bobby- Your Caribbean Travel Plannerwww.pinkystravel.com International Destinations, Resorts, Vacation PackagesPhilippine Destination Specialist To: TakingLipitorAndHateIt Cc: tulsatimeflies Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:26 PM Subject: Re: Statins: Muscle pain, damage and weakness, Hartke and all in the group.

: You're right on...statins are one of the worse medications

that Doctors can prescribe

Everything I've read recently indicates that bacteria is the real

culprit as it causes inflammation

Lee...

A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or

reaching down below my core.

I cooked my first

full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me!

So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me.

I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS.

I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.

And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!

Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure

------------------------------------

February 28, 2012

Hi , you wrote: " ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. "Thank you for reminding me of problems I've had when i took statins. Extreme shortness of breath and muscle loss are two things that happened to me. I am not sure if the interrupted sleep is from statins, too, but I quit taking them recently and am taking other things to address the clogged arteries that put me into open heart surgery maybe 12 years ago. I am going to tell my doctor what I have chosen to do after studying the literature out there about statins and other treatments for my health issues - like low thyroid, also.Suzanne in Ohio>> A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or reaching down below my core. I cooked my first full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me! > > So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me. > > I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS. > > I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.> > And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!> > Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure>

March 1, 2012

Suzie! Hi! I have a younger sister named Suzanne so I am already endeared to you. It feels so good to be validated. Not everyone gets quadruple whammed from statins. Vytorin just knocked me for a loop. When it affected my memory was the worst. I miss my brain the most. I would rather take the sudden, hopefully final heart attack than live with the repercussions of taking Vytorin. My twins are raised, my job as a mom is done. My husband is diabetic & had pretty low cholesterol and they put him on statins. I begged him to not take them. He balked. Until he was getting ready for foot surgery, & he had to go off them; then he could feel what the drug did to him. Why some people suffer more than others is beyond me & the doctors. I feel like we were just one big experiment. It makes me so sad. I will be sad forever until someone, like a lawyer takes a statin and is well enough to take the drug companies to court. Not for $$$ so much as prompting them to acknowledge the damage, have Dr.s do the proper b4 testing so we have a benchmark to analyze the changes & damage, tell people how much CoQ10 they have to take, which my doctor never mentioned, prepare people for what can happen to them. Not just in a casual TV commercial. Some drugs cause people's jaws to come unhinged! Just a casual mention on a TV ad. It is not a casual problem to the person who has to deal with the damage the rest of their life. If I could un-ring a bell I would. How many are suffering in silence, never to be heard? But at least some of my friends now know to call me when they feel the horrible results of statin therapy. So, Suzanne, keep me posted! I pray you a miracle! I need one, too. McClure

Hi , you wrote: " ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. "Thank you for reminding me of problems I've had when i took statins. Extreme shortness of breath and muscle loss are two things that happened to me. I am not sure if the interrupted sleep is from statins, too, but I quit taking them recently and am taking other things to address the clogged arteries that put me into open heart surgery maybe 12 years ago. I am going to tell my doctor what I have chosen to do after studying the literature out there about statins and other treatments for my health issues - like low thyroid, also.Suzanne in Ohio>> A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or reaching down below my core. I cooked my first full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me! > > So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me. > > I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS. > > I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.> > And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!> > Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure>

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March 1, 2012

Suzanne &

How I resonate with both of you.I was on Statins for 28 months, and I nearly

died.I had severe memory loss and lack of cognitive skills- this damage I have

never recovered from.

Muscle damage, bowel incontinence, tendonitis, tinnitus , neuropathy, sciatica,

cysts on my brain ( calcium deposits ) otitis, immune system shot to bits, +

much more.

The pushers and drug makers should be sent to jail with the key thrown away for

what they have done to me.

Pamela SP Suffolk, England

> > >

> > > A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking

Vytorin. It basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort

at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself

well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on

FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in

their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body!

had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of

2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am

going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms

(feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves

reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies,

changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core

or reaching down below my core. I cooked my first full recipe yesterday. It has

taken years to become functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather

than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a

GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses

you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY

HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS

ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years

thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on

me!

> > >

> > > So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will

no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a

copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly

do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a

downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could

cook and clean the house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was

taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND

LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really

screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare

before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the

damage this drug did to me.

> > >

> > > I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to

improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we

did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is

irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on

a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS.

> > >

> > > I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were

totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS

compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my

body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS.

I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and

tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what

has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still

trying to force this on me.

> > >

> > > And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA.

THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still

eat Mc's!!!!

> > >

> > > Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to

contact me. McClure

> > >

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McClure said: "I feel like we were just one big experiment"I have sometimes wondered that too . Then I shrug it off as nonsense. Then I can't help but start wondering again if we were some big experiment for bio-weapons. Looking back at the big picture of statins, none of it ever made sense. There never was any evidence blocking the mevalonate pathway prevented or reversed heart disease. But science knew very well the value of cholesterol in supporting life. Blocking its production would certainly result in major nerve, muscle, and cognitive problems. Science knew the value of cholesterol back

in the 60's. So why did they block this important metabolic pathway? What was their ultimate purpose? Was it purely corporate greed playing on the public's acceptance of the lipid hypothesis? Or was it something beyond that?Bobby Alternate email: marooned@...Bobby- Your Caribbean Travel Plannerwww.pinkystravel.com International Destinations, Resorts, Vacation PackagesPhilippine Destination Specialist To: "TakingLipitorAndHateIt " <TakingLipitorAndHateIt > Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:35 PM Subject: Re: Re: Statins: Muscle pain, damage and weakness, Hartke and all in the group.

Suzie! Hi! I have a younger sister named Suzanne so I am already endeared to you. It feels so good to be validated. Not everyone gets quadruple whammed from statins. Vytorin just knocked me for a loop. When it affected my memory was the worst. I miss my brain the most. I would rather take the sudden, hopefully final heart attack than live with the repercussions of taking Vytorin. My twins are raised, my job as a mom is done. My husband is diabetic & had pretty low cholesterol and they put him on statins. I begged him to not take them. He balked. Until he was getting ready for foot surgery, & he had to go off them; then he could feel what the drug did to him. Why some people suffer more than others is beyond me & the doctors. I feel like we were just one big experiment. It makes me so sad. I will be sad forever until someone, like a lawyer takes a statin and is well enough to take the drug companies to court. Not

for $$$ so much as prompting them to acknowledge the damage, have Dr.s do the proper b4 testing so we have a benchmark to analyze the changes & damage, tell people how much CoQ10 they have to take, which my doctor never mentioned, prepare people for what can happen to them. Not just in a casual TV commercial. Some drugs cause people's jaws to come unhinged! Just a casual mention on a TV ad. It is not a casual problem to the person who has to deal with the damage the rest of their life. If I could un-ring a bell I would. How many are suffering in silence, never to be heard? But at least some of my friends now know to call me when they feel the horrible results of statin therapy. So, Suzanne, keep me posted! I pray you a miracle! I need one, too. McClure

Hi , you wrote: " ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. "Thank you for reminding me of problems I've had when i took statins. Extreme shortness of breath and muscle loss are two things that happened to me. I am not sure if the interrupted sleep is from statins, too, but I quit taking them recently and am taking other things to address the clogged arteries that put me into open heart surgery maybe 12 years ago. I am going to tell my doctor what I have chosen to do after studying the literature out there about statins and other treatments for my health issues - like low thyroid, also.Suzanne in Ohio>> A friend just called who remembered the hell I went through after taking Vytorin. It

basically ruined my physical life. It is has been a constant effort at Rehabilitation centers, nutrition research, being pro-active to get myself well. I know people are getting tired of me trying to get the word out. When on FaceBook I always remind people to do their research before putting a statin in their body. I LIKEN IT TO TAKING CYANIDE! It was that destructive to my body! had contacted me some years after reading my post on Web MD, Nov of 2009 I think. I did not PDF THE POST UNFORTUNATELY! This is to let you know I am going to be 60 this year and have never recovered the full use of my upper arms (feels like rotator cuff). I have great difficulty doing anything that involves reaching up. Like getting something out of my closet, picking up babies, changing light bulbs, cleaning the house that involves reaching up above my core or reaching down below my core. I cooked my first full recipe yesterday. It has taken years to become

functional. I basically gave up and isolated myself rather than have to explain over and over what did this to me. Statins are like a GATEWAY to your future diseases because it unlocks the key to future illnesses you would not get for 15-20 years in the future. I suddenly got ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS. BIG CYSTS ON MY PINKY FINGERS THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES. BOTH PINKY FINGERS ARE LAYING DOWN ARTHRITIS deposits very quickly. I collected beads for 25 years thinking i would be doing creative projects after retiring! HA! The joke was on me! > > So if you still have a copy of that Web MD post which they will no longer allow us access to; please copy it and post it to the site. I have a copy, but it is not digital. You had contacted me soon after my post to possibly do an article on my progression of the damage. I lived in Vail, CO, was a downhill skier, climbed mountains, rode bicycles, could do jumping jacks, could cook and clean the

house easily. Upon ingestion of the drug all of this was taken from me. I contacted a Vytorin lawyer and they were only taking DEATH AND LIVER FAILURE PATIENTS. Because I didn't take it until I died I am really screwed! The doctors never did any pre-tests that could be used to compare before and after results of what the drug did to me. And am astonished at the damage this drug did to me. > > I am working with a nurse who is helping me lengthen the muscles to improve circulation to the damaged sites. I worked with her on Thursday and we did a class today for 1 1/2 hours. Much to my dismay, this pain and damage is irreversible in me. But I keep trying anything to ease the symptoms. And I am on a CRUSADE TO TELL OTHERS. > > I do ZUMBA now, but cannot jump like the other participants. My feet were totally screwed up by VYTORIN. ANKLES WEAKENED, WRISTS, ELBOWS, NECK, HIPS compromised. It interrupts my sleep. Took away my

earning power. Took away my body's ability to breathe properly. You name it; it was affected by the STATINS. I am still angry as heck this was forced upon me. My doctor still calls and tries to get me on the drugs. I refuse. I will not take a chance on losing what has taken about 5 years to regain for the quality of my life. And they are still trying to force this on me.> > And remember, Dr. Bearnice Golumb's video on statins. She was at UCLA. THEY WANT TO PUT STATINS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA so everyone can still eat Mc's!!!!> > Just want to let you know I am still in the game. Please feel free to contact me. McClure>

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March 2, 2012

As the film says, "29 Billion Reasons"! We live in a world consumed by greed and led by sociopaths, I'm afraid.Dave.