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March 31, 2009

Statins Work by Reduction of Inflammation not Cholesterol
Dr GravelineLongitudinal studies have been proving cardiovascular benefit from statins even in the absence of significant cholesterol reduction.

Only now when study after study is proving the irrelevance of cholesterol lowering to statin benefit are they moving closer to this anti-inflammatory effect and beginning to get behind this CRP movement with the emphasis on inflammation suppression.

It has been only eight years since Ora Shovman announced to the world "The Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Properties of Statins." Until that time no physician had the slightest awareness of this. It was assumed that whatever benefit came of statin use was based on cholesterol reduction.

More on Statins, Inflammation and Cholesterol

Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon, Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Family Doctor 
 
Cholesterol, Glucose and Blood Pressure Guidelines:
Guidelines are Not Commandments
My recent astronaut physical at Johnson Space Center is an excellent starting point for this article.

I have no problem with the concept of periodic health checkups but I often have a huge problem with how doctors interpret the results. Somewhere in my past I read, "Beware the counsel of someone who stands to profit from it".
 
Duane Graveline MD MPH

Former USAF Flight Surgeon, Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Family Doctor
 
 
Books by Dr Duane Graveline MD MPH
"The Statin Damage Crisis" by Dr Duane Graveline M.D.

BooksDr Graveline's third book on statins called "The Statin Damage Crisis" will be available in March.
 
Originally planned as a new edition to "Statin Drugs Side Effects," it will instead be released as a stand alone title so that the highly relevant material in "SDSE" will still be available.

Dr Graveline wrote the following introduction to this latest title:
 
Early on my NASA doctors told me my amnesia response to statins was nothing but a coincidence but I persevered to write my first book, "Lipitor, Thief of Memory" and now find that over 1,000 cases of amnesia and memory loss have been reported to the FDA, just from Lipitor alone.
 
Then I learned of statin damage to nerves and muscles and profound behavioral and personality changes, demanding I write a second book, "Statin Drugs Side Effects." Even this broadly encompassing book was insufficient to describe what I have learned more recently of the truly dark side of statins - their ability to alter the very fabric of our makeup.
 
I had long wondered why muscle and nerve damage seemed permanent and even progressive like my own ALS-like condition. Now I have found that the ultimate effect of statins on CoQ10 and dolichols is to damage the DNA of the mitochondrial life - force within our cells - mitochondrial mutation masquerading as premature old age. 
 
Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon, Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Family Doctor 
 
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Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon, Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Family Doctor
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