So, individual reactions to Statins and other drug

So, individual reactions to Statins and other drugs......vary

I'm on an aggressive, 80 mg/day, Atorvastatin regimen to treat familial high cholesterol. Exercise and diet alone did not place me in the 'safer zone'.

I now all about the role of sugar and inflammation in CAD and Diabetes.

Are you aware of the Pleiotropic Effects.....of Statins?

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/109/23_suppl_1/III-39

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Pleiotropic effects of a drug are actions other than those for which the agent was specifically developed. These effects may be related or unrelated to the primary mechanism of action of the drug, and they are usually unanticipated. Pleiotropic effects may be undesirable (such as side effects or toxicity), neutral, or, as is especially the case with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), beneficial.

Pleiotropic effects of statins include improvement of endothelial dysfunction, increased nitric oxide bioavailability, antioxidant properties, inhibition of inflammatory responses, and stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques.

These and several other emergent properties could act in concert with the potent low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering effects of statins to exert early as well as lasting cardiovascular protective effects. Understanding the pleiotropic effects of statins is important to optimize their use in treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseas

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