Medical Then/Now

[John Gill]

Statins are a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which plays a central role in the production of cholesterol in the liver, which produce about 70 percent of total cholesterol in the body.


They can have side affects affecting joint pain , but I like the reduced cholesterol , so I swallow two different ones every day ,, two blood pressure tablets , five diabetes tablets , 3 painkillers , something to stop the painkiller making me ill and two tablets on a whole of life drug trial so fifteen a day , oh and a medicinal tot a day

Dump the drugs Rob, and stick to your docking bottle!

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates, I am not a health care professional so cant give advice on any drugs, you may or may not take , ref statins do not agree with me, have passed out on them a few times, loads of other things have happen because of them, but my G.P. still trys to get me on them, I will never take one after what they did to me? My mate bill has been on them for years will no ill effects? except for his kidneys....

[Lou Barron]

I have knowed a few people who have lived into the nineties have all been gin drinkers must go down and buy another bottle

[John Arton]

I am on statins after my mild stroke, brought on by smoking and stress and as Tony says its the fags or stress so I chose to still have the odd cigarette.
A further advantage of statins is that they have been shown to prevent/delay the possible onset of Dementia in old age so that's a plus as far as I'm concerned.
rgds
JA

[happy daze john in oz]

cappy takes 3 tablets a day ......wonder who takes most on the site and does anyone takenone

Guilty as charged of not taking any medication, do not require any according top my GP. But I do self medicate with small regular doses of Dr. Gordons and Tonic, the quinine in the tonic keeps Malaria away, so I am told.

[happy daze john in oz]

31 for me +liquid morphine?jp

Do you rattle when you move John??

[happy daze john in oz]

I have knowed a few people who have lived into the nineties have all been gin drinkers must go down and buy another bottle

My paternal grandmother drank best part of a bottle of Dr. Gordons each day for most of her life, she died ages 91

[happy daze john in oz]

Be very careful with statins, they nearly crippled me until I found out about their side affects and threw them over the side . They also effect your kidneys and other organs . Many doctors now believe they cause more damage than they cure . Do you know that GPs are actually paid extra if they prescribe them so they dish them out like smarties

But unlike Smarties they only com ein one colour!!!!

[happy daze john in oz]

On our recent cruise to NZ we went to a Kiwi farm in Tauranga, this is where they grow Kiwi fruit, not the people, and I leaner quite a bit about the properties of them.


Studies done by a Swedish compant have found the following about them.


One Kiwi contains more vitamin C than an orange

Eaten regularly they will reduce Cholesterol


They contain more fibre than a serving of oat bran, something about the eye of a needle comes to mind


They will assist in reducing the effects of Iratable Bowel Syndrome

They also contain an amount of Omega 3

I now eat two a day and have noticed the increase in use of toilet paper but do feel a lot better.

[John Pruden]

the first time in years I have a cold and chest infection been in bed three days? I know now what sh.t feels like?jp