Statin Drugs Side Effects and the Misguided War on Cholesterol

by Duane Graveline, MD MPH

Overview

If you are on a statin drug or are thinking of going on a statin, this fully referenced book, Statin Drug Side Effects, is a "must read" for you.

The unacceptable legacy of statin drug use at today's high doses is a trail of chronic aches and pains, numbness, weakness, confusion, fatigue, shortness of breath and even heart failure in hordes of unsuspecting victims.

Only by knowing this information, and in consultation with your healthcare professional, can you make an informed decision about your health care.

If you are a user of Vytorin, Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol or Lescol you must read this book. Most of the statin side effects I discuss are unknown to your busy doctor.

Although knowledgeable about muscle and liver problems, few have heard of statin amnesia and other forms of memory dysfunction and fewer still associate hostility, aggression and profound depression as statin related.

As a former astronaut, aerospace medical research scientist, flight surgeon and family doctor, I was appalled by the lack of information in the medical community on the full range of side effects of the statin drugs.

This book is a comprehensive reference source and summary of side effects of statin drugs.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012201140
Publisher:	Duane Graveline, M.D.
Publication date:	01/18/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	130 KB

About the Author

March 2,1931 - Born in Newport, Vermont
1948 Graduated from Newport High School
June 1951 Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont
June 1955 Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine
July 1955-June 1956 Intern Walter Reed Army Hospital
Jun-Oct 1956 Aviation Medicine at Randolph Air Force Base
1956-1957 Kelly Air Force Base - Chief of Aviation Medicine Service
February 1957 Aeronautical rating of senior flight surgeon
1957-1958 Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health - received Master's degree in Public Health
1958-60 Aerospace Medical residency at the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
July 1960 completed residency training at Brooks Air Force Base receiving specialty certification by the American Board in Preventative Medicine
1960 Assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory as research scientist with special interest in prolonged weightlessness deconditioning and countermeasures
July 1962 Brooks Air Force Base: scientific research and analyst of Soviet bioastronautics
1962 Designated NASA flight controller for the Mercury and Gemini program with multiple duty stations
1962-1965 Director of analysis for Soviet Bioastronautics and biomedical research scientist. Performed his original research on the extremity tourniquet and lower body negative pressure techniques for use in prolonged zero gravity missions
May 1965 Selected as one of NASA's six scientist astronauts from 1,400 original applicants. The top four hundred were reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences. Of the sixteen finalists only six passed the final testing
June 1965 Assigned to Williams Air Force Base for T-38 supersonic jet pilot training
Nov 1965 Resigned from NASA for personal reasons
1966-1991 Practiced medicine as a family doctor in Burlington, Vermont.Served as a flight surgeon for the Vermont Army National Guard helicopter group
1982 Took six months leave to return to NASA as Chief of Medical Operations for KSC
1992 to 1994 M.D. locum tenens licensed in the State of Virginia
1994 Retired from medical practice at the age of 63
2003-2005 Returned to KSC as NASA consultant in space medicine. Initiated study of effects of cosmic radiation on mice at Brookhaven National Laboratories