Crestor (Rosuvastatin calcium) is a drug of the statins family.
Its purpose is to artificially lower blood cholesterol.
Astra Zeneca is the pharmaceutical company producing it.
It is designed to be the strongest of the statins available so far.
In fact it is so strong that it literally overmedicates patients even at the low doses prescribed at the very beginning of the treatment regime.
There have been numerous reports about side effects of Crestor so far, a lot more than the rest of the statins and in a much faster rate too.
FDA approved Crestor in 2002 but even at that early moment, there were many concerns about the safety of this drug even at the range of doses used in common clinical practice.
Astra Zeneca unleashed a very aggressive and intensive marketing campaign when Crestor came out, convincing most doctors to prescribe it as a first choice statin for lowering cholesterol.
As with all statins there are dire adverse effects when taking Crestor.
The fact that it is the strongest statin results in the side effects being very obvious at the lowest of the doses such as 5 or 10 mg.
Severe muscle pains (Rabdomyolysis), short term memory loss, impaired cognitive functions, insomnia and kidney failure are only a few of the long list of side effects reported so far.
One of the targets of statins is the nerves and nerve cells.
Cholesterol is massively important for the neural system and depriving them of cholesterol results in different forms of neuropathies.
Also coenzyme Q10 (which is a powerful antioxidant) is depleted which results in leaving mitochondria exposed to mutations caused my free radicals.
Q10 is very important for the heart as well so statins can have a play a very significant role in weakening the heart muscle too.
The most important thing is that the overall quality of life of the patients taking it is substantially lowered.
Statins' damage is like a domino effect and it seems that the potential damage goes far beyond the original suspicions.
As they have been minimally tested in humans, the full range of side effects will be revealed as time goes by.
The problem with all statins is that they target the wrong molecule and that is cholesterol.
Cholesterol is very important for most body functions.
It is a molecule found in every single cell's cellular membrane in massive quantities.
It is a precursor molecule for very important hormones and it is a structural component of the neural cells.
Cholesterol plays a significant role in the development of arteriosclerosis but this is a secondary effect.
The real mechanism of this debilitating disease has been elucidated a few decades ago but the profits of statins had already started to become very significant.
Statins are a multibillion dollar business for pharmaceutical companies.
Current research has been heavily influenced by "funds" coming from pharma companies.
Publications reporting different results than the ones supporting the use of statins are ignored or hidden.
There is a wealth of scientific work at the moment which the medical community just refuses to take into account.
The truth is that there are so many natural and safe alternatives to fight atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
Cheap substances targeting the real root cause of arteriosclerosis are available for everybody but people just don't know about them.
Senior researchers confirm these findings since the 70s but all they get is minimal scientific attention.
There are more options than statins and people must know about them.
It is necessary to educate people about the choices they have.
It is of massive importance to strive to learn and research.
Knowledge is power.
Its purpose is to artificially lower blood cholesterol.
Astra Zeneca is the pharmaceutical company producing it.
It is designed to be the strongest of the statins available so far.
In fact it is so strong that it literally overmedicates patients even at the low doses prescribed at the very beginning of the treatment regime.
There have been numerous reports about side effects of Crestor so far, a lot more than the rest of the statins and in a much faster rate too.
FDA approved Crestor in 2002 but even at that early moment, there were many concerns about the safety of this drug even at the range of doses used in common clinical practice.
Astra Zeneca unleashed a very aggressive and intensive marketing campaign when Crestor came out, convincing most doctors to prescribe it as a first choice statin for lowering cholesterol.
As with all statins there are dire adverse effects when taking Crestor.
The fact that it is the strongest statin results in the side effects being very obvious at the lowest of the doses such as 5 or 10 mg.
Severe muscle pains (Rabdomyolysis), short term memory loss, impaired cognitive functions, insomnia and kidney failure are only a few of the long list of side effects reported so far.
One of the targets of statins is the nerves and nerve cells.
Cholesterol is massively important for the neural system and depriving them of cholesterol results in different forms of neuropathies.
Also coenzyme Q10 (which is a powerful antioxidant) is depleted which results in leaving mitochondria exposed to mutations caused my free radicals.
Q10 is very important for the heart as well so statins can have a play a very significant role in weakening the heart muscle too.
The most important thing is that the overall quality of life of the patients taking it is substantially lowered.
Statins' damage is like a domino effect and it seems that the potential damage goes far beyond the original suspicions.
As they have been minimally tested in humans, the full range of side effects will be revealed as time goes by.
The problem with all statins is that they target the wrong molecule and that is cholesterol.
Cholesterol is very important for most body functions.
It is a molecule found in every single cell's cellular membrane in massive quantities.
It is a precursor molecule for very important hormones and it is a structural component of the neural cells.
Cholesterol plays a significant role in the development of arteriosclerosis but this is a secondary effect.
The real mechanism of this debilitating disease has been elucidated a few decades ago but the profits of statins had already started to become very significant.
Statins are a multibillion dollar business for pharmaceutical companies.
Current research has been heavily influenced by "funds" coming from pharma companies.
Publications reporting different results than the ones supporting the use of statins are ignored or hidden.
There is a wealth of scientific work at the moment which the medical community just refuses to take into account.
The truth is that there are so many natural and safe alternatives to fight atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
Cheap substances targeting the real root cause of arteriosclerosis are available for everybody but people just don't know about them.
Senior researchers confirm these findings since the 70s but all they get is minimal scientific attention.
There are more options than statins and people must know about them.
It is necessary to educate people about the choices they have.
It is of massive importance to strive to learn and research.
Knowledge is power.