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    Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Worthless in Most Cases – Part Two

    Monday, February 18th, 2008

    In one of my blogs last week, I talked about the issues with Lipitor® and the lack of the association between high cholesterol and coronary heart disease. Now let’s talk about real problems that come up by taking this drug. Say the side-effect rate is 3-5% (which is the pharmaceutical industry line) which means that given […]

    Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Worthless in Most Cases – Part One

    Friday, February 15th, 2008

    While walking through the SeaTac Airport a few weeks ago, I saw an article in Business Week magazine that made me smile as it was saying what I have been saying for years, which is, statin drugs really don’t prevent heart disease. Aside from the Vytorin®/Zetia® debacle, the whole idea of lowering cholesterol (LDL especially) […]

    The Deceit Just Keeps Getting Deeper

    Friday, February 15th, 2008

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get any lower, it does. A report published on the Nature magazine website claims that Dr. Steven M. Haffner of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, forwarded a report to drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline warning them about a paper that was about to be published by […]

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