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Just FYI
I was combing thru some of the latest AMA journals while in my Dr's office the other day, and interestingly, I came across an article that stated that by accident, they discovered that Hepatitis C cannot live in a "statin" invironment.The statin drugs are given to lower cholestrol. Anyway, they think there may be some promise and plan to continue research in this area. They found fluvastatin to be the most effective at killing the virus, and lovastatin to be the least effective, but all had some negative impact on the virus. I just thought that this was an interesting find and since it was in the AMA journal, thought I would pass it along for what it's worth.
this one gets me every time...the virus can't live in bleach either but we can't fill our blood with it can we.
statins lower cholesterol.
Cholesterol is essential to life...
liver patients make too little rather than too much in most cases.
Cholesterol also protects the brain and promotes good brain function...
it protects many chemicals therein.
Without enough cholesterol in it the brain is stripped of seretonin, and other essential chemicals leading to severe depression.
HCV itself, as well as INF/Riba tx often lead to hypothyroidism which further lowers cholesterol levels.
Ergo statins are going to be the worst choice for most, unless one has unusually high levels, (say due to kidney disease for instance) the addition of statins is likely to do far more harm than good.
On top of all that...why do you suppose every warning label on statins says "tell your doctor if you've had heptstis or have liver disease". The reason is because it's a big no no. Honestly I wish people didn't have to publish or perish...there are so many bunk articles out there is like sifting through wormy flour these days.
mb
statins lower cholesterol.
Cholesterol is essential to life...
liver patients make too little rather than too much in most cases.
Cholesterol also protects the brain and promotes good brain function...
it protects many chemicals therein.
Without enough cholesterol in it the brain is stripped of seretonin, and other essential chemicals leading to severe depression.
HCV itself, as well as INF/Riba tx often lead to hypothyroidism which further lowers cholesterol levels.
Ergo statins are going to be the worst choice for most, unless one has unusually high levels, (say due to kidney disease for instance) the addition of statins is likely to do far more harm than good.
On top of all that...why do you suppose every warning label on statins says "tell your doctor if you've had heptstis or have liver disease". The reason is because it's a big no no. Honestly I wish people didn't have to publish or perish...there are so many bunk articles out there is like sifting through wormy flour these days.
mb
Yes I've read about that before and there's been a thread on it in the past. There are studies going on with fluvastatin currently. I know that it stops the replication of the HepC virus and I wonder why it's not being used to assist ppl prior to getting on tx? Maybe it doesn't stop everything as far as the progression of the HepC virus goes, but in my mind something is way better than nothing.
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