Statin Drugs Found To Accelerate Arterial Calcification

Statin Drugs Found To Accelerate Arterial Calcification



Sayer Ji, founder



Newly published research reveals that more frequent statin drug use
is associated with accelerated coronary artery and aortic artery
calcification, both of which greatly contribute to cardiovascular and
all-cause mortality.

Published Aug. 8^th, 2012 in the journal Diabetes Care,
researchers studied patients with type 2 diabetes and advanced
atherosclerosis and found that coronary artery calcification "was
significantly higher in more frequent statin users than in less frequent
users." [i]

Furthermore, in a subgroup of participants initially not receiving
statins, "progression of both CAC [coronary artery calcification] and
AAC [aortic artery calcification] was significantly increased in
frequent statin users."


What is perhaps most alarming about this new finding is that statin
drugs have already been shown to significantly increase the risk of
developing type 2 diabetes, prompting the FDA on Feb. 27^th, 2011, to add "diabetes risk" to the warning label of all statin drugs marketed in this country.

Now, with this latest discovery, it is safe to say, not only do
statins likely induce type 2 diabetes in susceptible populations, but
they also accelerate the cardiovascular complications associated with
the disease -- a painfully ironic and highly concerning fact,
considering that statins are supposed to reduce cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality, not accelerate it.

As we have explored in previous articles, this is probably only the
tip of a massive iceberg of statin-associated adverse effects. Our
ongoing database project has linked statin drugs to over 300 documented adverse health effects, not the least of which is the ability to weaken the heart muscle, or to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 48% in postmenopausal women.

If you know someone on a statin drug, especially someone who also has
diabetes or is at risk of developing it, please distribute this
information to them, and expose them to the peer-reviewed and published
research that already exists on potential naturals alternatives: Health Guide: Statin Drugs.


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