Clearly that library had its L-space well-organized. wow!
I suspect that they wanted to try to sweet-talk me into starting the statin again, or trying another one, or a reduced dosage, because some doctors are very gung-ho on the glories of statins.
*eyerolls forever* Yeah, one thing I've seen in doctors -- regular doctors -- is they're no more immune to the changing whacky news in healthcare than anyone else. Cut carbs! Cut all your carbs! Take statins! No, don't take statins! Statins don't lower cholesterol but they do cut heart attack risk! High cholesterol does lead to heart disease! No it doesn't! Up down, inside out, whatever. I see it go thru the psychiatric circles too -- one year my bipolar friends are encouraged to take Abilify, or Emsam, or how about Ecstasy or microdoses of LSD? I think it's because all the scripts are being written based on short-term studies, and it's not til like decades later you get the longitudinal double blind stuff that definitively rules something in or out.
....oh dear this all sounds so cynical, whoops. I hope for good things from your next visit, and that they listen to you re the side effects!
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Date: 2017-05-13 05:40 am (UTC)I suspect that they wanted to try to sweet-talk me into starting the statin again, or trying another one, or a reduced dosage, because some doctors are very gung-ho on the glories of statins.
*eyerolls forever* Yeah, one thing I've seen in doctors -- regular doctors -- is they're no more immune to the changing whacky news in healthcare than anyone else. Cut carbs! Cut all your carbs! Take statins! No, don't take statins! Statins don't lower cholesterol but they do cut heart attack risk! High cholesterol does lead to heart disease! No it doesn't! Up down, inside out, whatever. I see it go thru the psychiatric circles too -- one year my bipolar friends are encouraged to take Abilify, or Emsam, or how about Ecstasy or microdoses of LSD? I think it's because all the scripts are being written based on short-term studies, and it's not til like decades later you get the longitudinal double blind stuff that definitively rules something in or out.
....oh dear this all sounds so cynical, whoops. I hope for good things from your next visit, and that they listen to you re the side effects!