(NaturalNews) If you take statin drugs to lower your cholesterol levels, these medications could be damaging your muscles without you even knowing it. Several studies not typically mentioned by the pro-statin drug lobby reveal that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors can cause skeletal muscle damage that may not always exhibit obvious pain symptoms -- and yet the perpetual damage caused by statin use will likely persist long after the medication is ceased.
According to Duane Graveline, M.D., M.P.H., a retired family physician, the cholesterol-lowering properties of statins directly damage muscle fibers, and are responsible for eroding cell walls and altering the way muscles work. This is why many statin drug users report chronic pain symptoms that did not exist prior to having started statin regimens
(http://www.spacedoc.com/muscle_pain_statins.htm).
But for many other statin users, these pain symptoms may not always be obvious, as it appears that primarily athletes and other active individuals that exercise regularly notice the changes. For the millions of statin users that are not particularly active, in other words, muscle degradation caused by statin use is a gradual, and sometimes unnoticeable, process that will exhibit major health problems later on in life -- and by the time the damage is severe enough to be noticeable, it will be too late to undo it.
But for many other statin users, these pain symptoms may not always be obvious, as it appears that primarily athletes and other active individuals that exercise regularly notice the changes. For the millions of statin users that are not particularly active, in other words, muscle degradation caused by statin use is a gradual, and sometimes unnoticeable, process that will exhibit major health problems later on in life -- and by the time the damage is severe enough to be noticeable, it will be too late to undo it.
