Do you know that the first person to discover statins, Akira Endo, when diagnosed with high cholesterol himself, refused to take statins? That’s according to his obituary in the Daily Telegraph<\/em><\/a>. He died June 5 2024, at age 90!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In his weekly column<\/a> at The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, Dr James Le Fanu, a long-time critic of statins, addresses a recent study which suggests statins have negligible side-effects.<\/span><\/p>\n He warns: ‘The recent claim that the adverse effects of cholesterol-lowering statins (such as muscular aches and pains, impaired memory and low mood) are \u201chugely overstated\u201d will not impress those who have had the misfortune to have been so afflicted\u2026’<\/span><\/p>\n He has thoroughly documented the discovery of statins, their history and marketing, all of which bring statins into disrepute, and verge on the dark and sinister, in his beautifully written book Too Many Pills<\/em>. Other resources from scientists and doctors with heterodox views are available below; read, watch and make up your own mind.<\/span><\/p>\n Pharmacist and lecturer in pharmacy, Terry Maguire also has questions, even giving up his daily dose due to side-effects and lack of evidence as to effectiveness, if cholesterol is even a risk. . . . Read his experience and argument against statins in the Irish Pharmacist<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul Mason, an Australian doctor has given some informative and very damning talks about statins, which are available here:<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Too](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41rmhNerRLL._SY445_SX342_ML2_.jpg\")
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