KEEP YOUR LIFESTYLE BUT TAKE THIS PILL
The
extent to which the medical profession and the pharmaceutical
industries are conjoined at the hip can hardly be better illustrated
than by their recent recommendation that Lipitor should be in general
use across the population to lower cholesterol levels.
Why would
anyone, after reading the various side effects of Lipitor, which are
amply defined on the internet, fall for this line? The list is long and
includes such things as muscle pain and weakness, dizziness, insomnia,
chest pains, peripheral edema, urinary tract infection, back pain,
arthritis and memory loss. Also attention must be paid to possible
interactions with other drugs. And oh yes, if you are pregnant or breast
feeding, definitely do not take this drug.
Lipitor has been
around for a little over twenty years. What of the long term effects of
taking this drug? There is understandably no information on this aspect
of its use.
Another concern is that the drug is available as a
generic, manufactured in places like laboratories in India. There has
been at least one recall of generics that were produced in foreign
laboratories.
Of course, the medical profession would be serving
the public better by informing them on what foods to consume, in what
quantities, what foods to avoid, and recommended proportions of food
types, leaning on nature to hold cholesterol at acceptable levels.
But no. Live it up, citizens. Our magic pill will keep you out of trouble.
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