Here is a page from a book scanned with both Perfect OCR and Prizmo. Perfect OCR seems to have done a better job.
Cheers, Anne Perfect OCR 79 What the statins do Apart from their disinterest in mortality, it seems as if the drug producers have not understood how the statins work. The side effects from most drugs usually begin when the treatment starts. Therefore both the patient and the doctor understand that the drug is responsible. Side effects from statins occur much later because it is not the drugs themselves that are intolerable, but their effects on our cells. The statins inhibit not only the synthesis of cholesterol, but also that of other vital molecules, for instance ubiq ` ` I better b its other name, coenzyme Q10, or Q10 for short. Many doctors think that Q10 is a drug used by quacks, but this is in fact a vitally important molecule, synthesized and used by all cells for d ion Additionally it is an effective antioxidant meaning energy pro uct . that it protects us against foreign substances that are able to damage our cells by oxidation. Q10 is located to the mitochondria of our cells, and the mito- chondrion is the cell’s power plant. No energy is produced without Q10 and its importance is particularly great where energy is needed the most, in the muscle cells. Muscle complaints are also the most frequent adverse effect of statin treatment. Q10 does not disappear immediately when you start the treatment. The production falls and it takes some time before the patient feels anything. Any side effects due to lack of Q10 may therefore occur a long time after the treatment has begun. Perhaps even worse is that the statins also inhibit the synthesis of another vital molecule named dolichol. This substance is crucial for the f ertain proteins vital for proper cell function. It is im- uinol. Probably you know ubtqutno y production o c possible to foresee the effects of too little dolichol meaning that we can ' h tins. Dolichol does not expect any type of side effect from t e sta disappear suddenly either, and the side effects may therefore appear gradually. Muscular side effects that less than one percent of statin users Authors of the trial reports say complain of muscle pain or weakness, also called myopathy, but this is, with all certainty, an underestimation. Independent Austrian researchers for instance have reported that this effect occurs in one out of four statin- treated patients who exercise regularly! They also noted that seventeen out of twenty-two professional athletes with familial hypercholesterol- emia treated with statins, stopped because of that particular side effect.5 ‘ ' h the rest of us Competitive athletes HIC of COUISC 1Tl0l’C SCIISIUVC I an l ! l l -it at in tai Prizmo .r, reared 79 What the smtins do Apart from their disinterest in mortality, it seems as if the drug producers have not understood how the statins work. "rhe side effects from most drugs usually begin when the treatment starts. Therefore both the patient and the doctor understand that the drug is responsible. Side effects from statins occur much later because it is not the drugs themselves that are intolerable, but their effects on our cells. The statins inhibit not only the synthesis of cholesterol, but also that of other vital molecules, for instance ubiquinol. Probably you know ubiquinol better by its other name, coenzyme Q10, or QI0 for short. Many doctors think that Q10 is a drug used by quacks, but this is in fact a vitally important molecule, synthesized and used by all cells for energy production. Additionally, it is an effective antioxidam meaning that it protects us against foreign substances that are able to damage our cells by oxidation. Q10 is located to the mitochondria of our cells, and the mitochondrion is the cell's power plant. No energy is produced without Q10 and its importance is particularly great where energy is needed the most, in the muscle cells. Muscle complaints are also the most frequent adverse effect of statin treatment. Q10 does not disappear immediately when you start the treatment. The production falls and it takes some time before the patient feels anything. Any side effects due to lack of QI0 may therefore occur a long time after the treatment has begun. Perhaps even worse is that the statins also inhibit the synthesis of another vital molecule named dolichol. This substance is crucial for the production of certain proteins vital for proper cell function. It is impossible to foresee the effects of too little dolichol meaning that we can expect any type of side effect from the statins. Dolichol does not disappear suddenly either, and the side effects may therefore appear gradually. Muscular side effects Authors of the trial reports say that less than one percent of statin users complain of muscle pain or weakness, also called myopathy, but this is, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
