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Old 05-28-2011, 11:19 PM
 
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Check this out if you're using these drugs:

Study: 'Good' Cholesterol-Boosting Drug Fails to Reduce Heart Attacks, Strokes | PBS NewsHour | May 27, 2011 | PBS
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Old 05-29-2011, 12:41 AM
 
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well is not drugS, just one drug... Very interesting find...
statins is till very important, but apparently niacin based drugs are useless.
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Old 05-29-2011, 01:06 AM
 
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Oh thanks for clarifying.
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Old 05-29-2011, 05:53 AM
 
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
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Just nother TV doctor on a secret payroll of a pharmaceutical company.

Niacin reduces LDL.

The problem is that niacin is known to raise homocysteine levels which are a direct cause of atherosclerosis.
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Old 05-29-2011, 07:07 AM
 
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Just nother TV doctor on a secret payroll of a pharmaceutical company.

Niacin reduces LDL.

The problem is that niacin is known to raise homocysteine levels which are a direct cause of atherosclerosis.
If the doctor was being paid by the pharmaceutical company, why he is talking negative about the drug??
Shouldnt it be the other way around?
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Old 05-29-2011, 09:37 AM
 
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Thanks so much for posting this. I had to stop taking NIASPAN last fall because it made me too sick. I feel much better after reading this article.
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Old 05-29-2011, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
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If the doctor was being paid by the pharmaceutical company, why he is talking negative about the drug??
Shouldnt it be the other way around?
well, time to use the old brain...... ready?


He's being paid by a pharmaceutical company that has a cholesterol lowering drug that DOESN'T use niacin.

see...... that was easy, huh?
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Old 05-29-2011, 04:30 PM
 
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How would anyone here know if this doctor is being paid to claim that niacin drugs are useless in favor of some other drug? Has anyone had this doctor investigated to see who he's connected to?
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Old 05-29-2011, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
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How would anyone here know if this doctor is being paid to claim that niacin drugs are useless in favor of some other drug? Has anyone had this doctor investigated to see who he's connected to?
OK, how's this.

This doctor is an idiot.

Better?


Niacin lowers cholesterol .
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Old 05-29-2011, 04:46 PM
 
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aaannnd paranoia reigns supreme.
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