Here are some of the known side effects caused by taking statins. People who take statins have suffered terrible health problems, including permanent damage to their liver, muscles and nervous system. Statins has also shown to make people suffer memory loss and confusion.

Nerve damage                                                                                                                      
Kidney failure                                                                                                 
Suicidal                                                                                                                         
Amnesia
Muscle weakness
Unable to walk
Destruction of the vital nutrient CoQ10

How common are these side effects? Very rare, says experts, but one trial found that 90 per cent of those on statins complained of side effects, half of them serious.

Only recently a study reported a link between low LDL and Parkinson´s disease.
Statins are designed to lower LDL. In the face of anticholesterol propaganda, it is easy to forget that cholesterol is vital for our bodies.
It is vital for the proper functioning of the brain and it´s building block for most sex hormones.
Woman with a cholesterol level of five or even six have a lower risk of dying than those with a level below four.
The Lancet reported that statins didn´t benefit anyone over 69, not even men, in fact there is good evidence that they may hasten death.

Professor Beatrice Golomb of the University of California San Diego has found that muscle symtoms are common with statins drugs. "There is a multibillion-dollar industry ensuring that you hear all good thing about statins," she says. But no interest group ensuring that you hear the other side. She is particularly concerned with the effect of statins on our moods and memory. It is common to find patients on the drugs  who report trouble finding the right word or forgetting what task they are supposed to be doing. In a recent paper. Professor Golomb also described patients who were irritable, hostile and short tempers while taking statins. Some even had road rages or homicidal impulses. She also dealt with patients who developed temporary amnesia and cognitive problems. !After a couple of months on statin use," she says, " one top accountant could no longer balance a cheque book and was fired."

THE DESTRUCTION OF CoQ10

Some years ago Dr Peter Langsjoen, a researcher at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas, published a study in which patients with high levels of cholesterol but with no evidence of heart disease were given the best selling statin Lipitor.
A staggering 71 Per cent of them developed a problem with their heart muscle that goes with heart failure. Giving them a supplement of 300mg of Q10 reversed the problem for half of them. Many people now take Q10 with statins as a precaution. If you are on statins and feel that they may be causing muscle related problems or brain fog, Professor Golomb suggests asking your doctor about stopping the drug or reducing the dose.


DANGEROUS INTERACTION BETWEEN STATINS AND GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life threatening condition when taking statins and drinking grapefruit juice. Grapefruit contains a chemical which inactivates a liver enzyme involved in drug metabolism and consumption of grapefruit juice can lead to excessively high levels of the medicine in the blood.
This toxic muscle condition, rhabdomyolysis, is a recognized adverse reaction for patients taking high doses of any statin drug. The patients muscle fibers breaks down and are released into the blood circulation, therefore potentially damages the kidneys.

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