Salynn Boyles, WebMD Health News, reported today that a new research analysis shows certain antidepressants, like Cymbalta from Eli Lilly, can be effective treatments for fibromyalgia, but it is not clear if they are good choices for long-term use.
To this day fibromyalgia remains a poorly understood and hard-to-treat disorder (ONLY by traditional allopathic physicians – [...]
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Cymbalta is not an effective treatment for fibromyalgia
Posted in Health Challenges, Magnesium, Medications, Vitamin D on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Millions more people should be taking cholesterol-lowering statins?
Posted in Just My Thoughts, Medications, tagged cholesterol, CoQ10, hyperlipidemia, statins on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Erica Spatz of Yale University, says “Millions more people should be taking cholesterol-lowering statins than doctors previously believed.”
The analysis of government data found that at least 80% of men older than 50 and women older than 60 should be taking a cholesterol-lowering drug, raising the total for whom the drugs are recommended to 44.7 [...]
Lipitor and Pravachol – The Real Story
Posted in Medications, Politics on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lipitor and Pravachol
By Marucs S. Ettinger DC, BSc.
First of all, if you are presently taking a “statin” type cholesterol lowering drug you may be doing more harm than good. Lipitor and Pravachol in the most comprehensive study to date (18 months 654 patients) found that: yes, it did bring the numbers down (ON PAPER) but [...]
