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2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Exercise more, eat less, forget the pills.

Exercise more, eat less and better, take appropriate medication that is genuine according to the prescription of your doctor.

12 hours ago, BritManToo said:

If I'm not sick I don't take medication.

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!

2 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

you answered part of the equation ...       taking them for decades.,,  ?     helllo,   what does it take to wake you up ?

cholesterol is not your enemy   big pharma is keeping you sick

it's been well established that big pharma and the sugar and grain companies paid for falsification of reports to paint cholesterol/ldl as the bad guy .........   so totaly false !    wake up ..  start eating real human food

Ah! Big Pharma conspiracist! Thanks for showing up.

So, first of all, why am I not dead after taking this awful horrible medication, and why do I feel so great and have no cardiovascular health problems since I've been taking them? Where are these AKI symptoms? Where are my horrible side effects?

I think you're getting a bit confused though, it was fat they were painting as the bad guy instead of sugar. And yes, that was real, not a conspiracy. 

And finally, we agree completely that one should eat healthy, fresh food with as much vegetables as possible and switch from red meats. That's just common sense. I'll still indulge once in a while, but I would say my diagnosis did have many beneficial effects - I lost weight, exercised my core and changed up my diet too. With that and the Atorvastatin, it got my bad cholesterol down to normal and all of my other health problems went away. 

If you're asking me "would these Big Pharma corporate office undertake shady practices and lie for profit?" I would say "undoubtedly and proven". But the bottom line (ironically) is that these companies ride on the backs of their scientists and researchers, and I definitely trust THOSE people. They're too far removed from the power and profits and are scientists who are doing their jobs. It's only when one gets to the C Suites that the wild and weird stuff happens.

10 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

An increased risk of kidney failure.

"Conclusions

We found a graded, independent association between the intensity of statin use and the risk of hospitalization with AKI, although the absolute magnitude of the excess risk was small."

* AKI = Acute Kidney Injury

https://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-019-1280-7

"Potential harms and benefits both increased in patients with cardiovascular risks ≥ 20%.1 For patients with elevated cardiovascular risk, the benefits of statin initiation therefore clearly outweigh any increased risk of AKI."

"A larger, and more recent study by Dormuth et al investigated the use of high and low-dose statins in more than two million people in Canada, Great Britain and the United States. High-dose statin use was defined as ≥ 40 mg simvastatin, ≥ 20 mg atorvastatin or ≥ 10 mg rosuvastatin daily.2 A 34% increase in the relative risk of hospitalisation for AKI within 120 days of initiation of high-dose statins, compared to low-dose statins, was reported in people without chronic kidney disease (CKD). This risk remained elevated for at least two years of treatment, which was the maximum follow-up period for each patient. Interestingly, the rate of hospitalisation for AKI did not increase significantly in patients with existing CKD.

Dormuth et al also calculated a NNH for high-dose statin use. They estimated that 1700 patients without CKD need to receive high-dose statin treatment for 120 days (rather than low-dose statins), for one additional hospital admission due to AKI to occur."

https://bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2013/April/statins.aspx

So my conclusions based on a quick read are:

1. If you've been prescribed high statin dosages, then you may end up getting some possible kidney issues (AKI) but you would probably experience them within the first 4 months of taking the medication.
2. The increase of likelihood that you'd have one of these issues in the first 120 days is about 1/3 more than patients who typically experience these symptoms, who are along the lines of 1 out of 1,700 people. 

3. If you're taking statins at a high dose because of risk of cardiovascular disease, which is pretty much the reason why you take high dosages of statins, then this is a higher risk than for AKI so you're justified in taking them regardless of the low incidence of AKI that slightly increases as a result.

5 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

i.e. people who disagree with her world view. 

Yes, JonnyF, why would one want to vet people who are buying semi-automatic firearms and handguns? What could go wrong?

I presume you think that the guy who gave his troubled 14yo a hunting rifle for his birthday after the cops had already talked to him about threats to shooting up a school did the right thing? In favour of the Crumbley's arming their young psychopath so he could murder his classmates? No checking, everyone gets a gun if they want one?

So has anyone seen "stoner" posting at all today? I told him he should lighten up, not light up.

10 hours ago, Tug said:

He’s allready got lots of folks locked up for participating in his unscrupulous schemes could you imagine him having that tarrio dude as a cellie…….he would be skinned alive!yeiks!

Tarrio? He's yet another tough-guy cosplayer, someone who loves running around pretending to be macho and dangerous but soft as butter inside. These guys and many of their followers are just victims of toxic masculinity, it's why they're misogynists and often closeted.

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

But produces zero evidence to back his baseless claim.

Thereby piling up the meat on the "nothing-burger" of evidence of pretty much anything they claim about the elections and voting. Imagine if instead they focused on creating policy that was popular amongst the populace? But of course, they never would, their "Big Tent" has a minimum wealth requirement of 9 zeros.

8 minutes ago, Tug said:

I provided 2 examples for you and I’m sorry for my lousy grammar and spelling I had a rough start in life so what it’s all good now

Sorry Tug, my post wasn't clear. I was poking fun at Thesestat2013 for demanding links proving that you thought what you thought as if you could somehow substantiate your own opinion with outside evidence...

1 hour ago, animalmagic said:

You ask a poster expressing his opinion to provide proof and links?!

LOL! Just what I was thinking. 

For the record, it was longer than his usual posts and contained less spelling errors. So there's some validity to questioning whether it was Tug himself who wrote it. Maybe he dictated the first sentence to his grandchild or something?

It's like debating with children. They observe that when they make unsubstantiated factual claims we often demand links for evidence, so think that's what you do whenever you hear something you don't agree with.

On 9/7/2024 at 9:34 PM, NoDisplayName said:

It's bad enough I have to pay tax on interstellar/multi-dimensional income to Uncle Sam for life, but Thailand wants a cut also?

 

I ran the numbers.........I manage my finances to remain at the zero tax limit in the USA, which will result in $10,000 paid annually to Thailand.  All capital gains are taxed as normal income with no offset for capital losses.

 

I don't think so.  How do you say 'hello' in Khmer?

Please PM me on how to access my multi-dimensional bank account, could really use an incoming transfer in this time-space continuum.

"Jom riap soua" is how to say "Hello" in Khmer. You'd like the place, lovely people and Phnom Penh becoming more like a big city every day.

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

The facts are facts .

We should know by now what happens and happened .

Desperate attempts to distort the truth only show how degenerate the jewish narrative is .

They never admit having done something wrong , it is ALWAYS somebody elses fault .

Disgusting .

As I said, bigots will attack Jews, but once they've achieved their ends, they'll easily pivot to attacking Muslims, women, black people, whomever is an easy target for their hatred.

You must be very proud of your sterling morals and principles. 

4 hours ago, koolkarl said:

Another fine Canadian immigrant.  Western politicians are clueless as to what Muslims have ultimately in mind.

Oh, are they all the same then? They're in lockstep and every Muslim country reflects the thoughts, actions and desires of every Muslim outside of that country?

You know that this is a definition of Anti-Semitism if you replace "Muslim" with "Jewish" right? This is why Islamaphobia is a cancer just like Anti-Semitism and should be opposed in every instance, it inevitably moves onto the next vulnerable group because bigots pretty much hate everyone who is not like them, just to varying degrees.

8 hours ago, Tug said:

That fake news quip is funny……is that an admission confession thing?just about everything out of that fraud’s mouth is fake!!

Just your regular reminder - every accusation is a confession with these guys. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

1 hour ago, stoner said:

 

just think of how much further you could hit if you were in the fairway. i can solve that issue for you. or we could just have a long drive contest.  you win and i will tattoo trump to my forehead. 

 

our canadian taxes are not comparable to american though. 

If you can solve my directional issues off the tee, then you're a miracle worker. Would enjoy hearing your ideas and I'd always give it a go on the off-chance it works. Heading to Scotland soon for some links golf so better get it under control fast or ill be catching up with ol' Uncle Fescue soon enough. 

9 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

So you think that what we're allowed to hear and say should be dictated by corporate interests?

 

'Cause, they act in good faith to benefit mankind...

No, we think that fora that provide a platform for hateful and racist viewpoints without moderation should suffer consequences for it. The only real way for that to happen is for advertisers to decide to pull their revenue away unless they improve the management of the site.

This is actually part of capitalism. The power of the market, the "unseen hand", the need for successful businesses to pay heed to their customers and ensure that they're happy with their product. 

1 minute ago, stoner said:

 

yes because in the last 20 years things have been on the up and up for people on a general basis in america. schools and infrastructure have been declining for a long time. with promise after promise all that time. while they all (for the most part) become millionaires either through the govt or after with connections made. 

 

health care in america is a disaster and has been for a long time. the new programs have done very little to ACTUALLY solve the issue. do you still live in america ? 

 

on a brighter note......let me know i could give you some pointers on your swing to maximize your potential. even at your age it's possible to launch huge drives. 

 

 

There you go, there are always possibilities for concurrence. Completely agree that the USA has been most remiss in their management on both sides of the aisle. Ultimately I trace this back to the Reagan revolution, a time when I was living in the USA. Slashing the taxes to starve the government of revenue has been very effective for the GOP, but not so great from a nation-building point of view. America still spends more on health care per capita than all the other G8 countries, but has the worst health outcomes. This is because, in my opinion, health care and education are best left to government to manage rather than the private sector. There's a fundamental contradiction to health care that runs directly counter to capitalist principles and practice, hence why every other social democracy chooses government-run universal health care and thereby achieve better outcomes at a lower cost. 

On education, I actually much prefer the US university system to my own in Canada, but I am very grateful I grew up where the public education through high school was great so that I could take advantage of it. There's room for private sector solutions to many things but it's pretty clear that public health ain't one.

Thanks for the golf pointer offer - I am still hitting the ball very far even after my hip replacement. Problem is where I keep hitting the ball very far, tends to be woody or wet.