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Originally Posted by Villages PL
So where does this leave the patient or those of us who are trying to sort this out? It seems we're caught in the middle of a dispute: The JUPITER trial versus 4 articles published by Archives of Internal Medicine. Both sides are pointing fingers at the other. Well, that's my first impression.
I copied the article by richard N. Fogoros, M.D. and will give it a more careful reading (and more thought) later.
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Where does it leave us? We find the best physician we can afford to consult and listen to what he/she says. It is a little hard now for most of us at our age and time consuming to get a degree in medicine.
A good physician knows the interactions of drugs as does a good pharmacist. We don't have to figure this out all by ourselves. These are known factors. Known by the experts that do it every day. A good doctor.
But....we have to be open to following the directives of our doctor and not try to row our own boat in waters that we do not have charted.
Reading a bunch of articles without the background medical education AND experience just makes us full of worry and confusion.
And there are a lot of people out there selling psuedo science and their own products and they are making a LOT of money. I would rather count on the traditional medical community.
Plus...I read in The Daily Sun last week that fewer people are dying of heart related problems. I think it may have a lot to do with Statins. It takes a while to prove a medication aided longevity...