Anyone who has arguments with their doctor on statins:

Copy the photo of the damaged neurons that was released recently. That ought to sober the doctor up and allow you to
refuse.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0510150143.htm

My doctor just enters into my file...."refuses statin therapy"...and
she is then absolved of liability.

Ask your doctor if he would give a drug that causes diabetes? Or memory loss (similar to Alzheimer's).
That is what statins do, in addition to killing cells and causing PN and other organ damage.
Pulmonary damage:
http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/1...C#.UrNZ0PtgJ8M

I don't know if anyone caught the lastest news, but now they
are removing some blood pressure goals for older patients.
This has been brewing for a couple of years...the overtreatment of mild hypertension, which is causing falls and injuries commonly and not really extending life.

As soon as Crestor leaves patent protection, we will see even more anti-statin, negative outcomes made public. The truth will out.