Spacedoc Newsletter
May 26, 2009
 
Sleep Apnea and Statins
Many statin users have reported sleep apnea. Some report that the effect is somewhat more likely with the lipophilic statins such as Lipitor, Mevacor, Vytorin or Zocor but some reports have been associated with use of Pravachol and Crestor.

The use of statins results in reducing natural values of cholesterol, CoQ10 and dolichols to unnaturally low levels with the opportunities for dramatic physiologic consequences since all three of these substances have been shown to play strong roles in cellular function and information transfer.

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Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor
 
Mitochondrial Damage from Oxidation & Added Effects from Statins
In a manner of speaking we have all been guinea pigs for the drug companies. Even cholesterol, the ultimate target for statin development, has vital functions previously unknown.

When doctors tell their concerned patients about their muscle aches and pains after being on a statin, "You have to expect this kind of thing now, you are over fifty," they unknowingly are coming very close to the truth, for the statin drugs, in a manner of speaking, are causing premature aging.

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

BooksDr Graveline's third book on statins called "The Statin Damage Crisis" is now available.
 
Originally planned as a new edition to "Statin Drugs Side Effects," it has been 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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