Statin Drugs | Side Effects (stated by manufacturers)
Tips on how you can find out what are the Side Effects of various Statin drugs on Users.
Drug Packaging Materials
Statin drug manufacturers are required, by law, to state, on their promotional literature and in their product boxes or packaging, the possible side effects of their drugs on users.
Often times, the packaging is not even given to patients and therefore the users are not fully aware of the dangers of using Statin drugs.
In Dr Ray D. Strand excellent book Death by Prescription, Dr Strand describes prescription drugs as dangerous drugs that is why the law states that it must be prescribed only by a medical doctor who has to follow the prescribing instructions strictly and take immediate action should there be complications from the drug usage. It may usually have a long list of side effects, some known and some unknown – especially newer medications – says Dr Ray. Users of such drugs have to be monitored continuously and the risk of adverse drug reactions is always a possibility however small the risk is said to be.
If you are a statin drug user, it is advisable that you go through the list of side effects (though reportedly of low risk, according to the manufacturers) but which may hold a risk to you if you fall within the risk profile mentioned in the statin drugs company’s literature. If you are not sure the prescribed statin drug will put you at risk, seek a second opinion particularly with a doctor who practices a more holistic approach towards the treatment of the heart disease or at least a doctor who is more familiar with the side effects of statins and its risk to you based on your medical history.
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Links to Official Websites giving Statins Side Effects
Below are the links to the big 3 Pharmaceutical Companies whose statins are widely used by doctors to treat heart diseases worldwide:
Simcor (niacin/simvastatin) – Abbott Laboratories
Lipitor: (atorvastin calcium) – Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co.
Zucor (simvastatin) – Merck & Co Inc
Pravachol (pravastatin sodium) / Mevalotin– Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Lescol, Canef (fluvastatin sodium) – Novartis
Mevacor, Altocor (lovastatin) - Merck & C. Inc (Wikipedia: In 1998, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a ban on the sale of dietary supplements derived from red yeast rice, which naturally contains lovastatin, arguing that products containing prescription agents require drug approval).
Mevastatin – Pharmg Kb (Naturally-occurring compound. Found in red yeast rice. Mevastatin is not used in therapy of hyperlipidemias because of multiple side effects but it is the only source for production of other statin – pravastatin (Source: Wikipedia).
Livalo (pitavastatin) – Kowa Pharmaceuticals, Tokyo (The manufacturer’s site is in Japanese – see Wikipedia and other sites for side effects)
Crestor (rosuvastatin) – AstraZeneca
Lipobay, Baycol (cerivastatin) – Bayer Pharmaceutical Division (withdrawn from the market because of adverse side effects) (see Wikipedia.org, Drugs.com and other sites)
Other Drugs (Fibrates, Sartan, etc) Used to Treat High Cholesterol, Diabetes and their Side Effects (as stated by the Manufacturer):
- TriCor (fenofibrate)
- Vytorin (ezetimibe and simvastatin)
- Caduet (amlodipine and atorvastatin)
- Aprovel/Avapro (IrbeSartan)(angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), AT1-receptor antagonists or sartans)
- Diovan/Co-Diovan (ValSartan)
- Cozaar/Hyzaar (LoSartan)
- Micardis (TelmiSartan (Systemic)
- Atacand (CandeSartan)
- Benicar/Olmetec (OlmeSartan medoxomil)
- Norvasc (Amlodipine besylate)
- Adalat (Nifedipine)
- Altace/Delix/Tritace (Ramipril)
- Accupril (Quinapril hydrochloride)
- Coreg (Carvedilol)
- Seloken/Toprol-XL
- Lotrel (amlodipine besylate and benazepril hydrochloride)
If you are taking any other statin medication mentioned above, you can check for yourself what side effects they may have by going to Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, Live Search (MSN) etc and type “the name of the statin drug you are taking” and then add word “side effects” next to it and look for particular statin drug manufacturer’s “Official Site”. Then look for the side effects page or page equivalent to “Doctor’s Prescribing Instructions“.
Statin Companies + Doctors
You can get some interesting articles on the relationship between statins companies and doctors by searching “statin companies + doctors“.
Also see videos on YouTube (below).
Those interested in this subject are recommended to read Dr Ray D. Strand’s (M.D.) excellent book “Death by Prescription“. Learn the shocking truth behind an OVERMEDICATED nation.
Get the latest news about statin drugs, its side effects etc with this link.
Statin drug lawsuits
Another useful source of fairly reliable information on statin drugs side effects are the online news media reports (eg. newspapers, TV broadcasters etc). They usually report pending or past litigation cases against the pharmaceutical companies or statins users’ experiences with a particular drug. Search “statin drugs lawsuits”.
Determining Statin Side Effects from Personal Observations
Until statistics (not sponsored or commissioned by pharmaceutical companies) on the side effects of statin drugs are published, we will never really know the true impact of long term use of statins on the user’s health. You can guess its side effects simply by observing the health of long term users of statin drug users around you, particularly family members as they probably may have the same risk profile as you due to genetic and dietary factors.
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