Hello Group,

Since some of the members of this group might have taken or are taking
a statin drug to control cholesterol, I thought you might benefit from
Dr Graveline's current newsletter.

His newsletters are archived at this link:
http://www.spacedoc.net/Archives/newsletters.html

Fran
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Dr Graveline's April 2006 Newsletter

In this issue:
* Genetic Susceptibility to Statin Drugs
* Statins and Aggressiveness
* Your Doctor and Statins
* Your Cholesterol is Low? Watch Out!
* Statins Forum
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* Genetic Susceptibility to Statin Drugs

Research by Dr. Georgirene Vladutiu of the Genetics Laboratory in
Buffalo suggests a gentic link for those statin induced muscle pains
that persist even after cessation of the drug.

For anyone that has experienced persistent muscle aches and pains long
after they stopped taking a statin there is an ongoing free study
which they may wish to join.
All that is required is to overnight a blood sample. For more
information read the article then if you are interested and think you
qualify, call 716-829-2695.
For more information, follow this link:
http://www.spacedoc.net/genetic_susceptibility_statins.html
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* Statins and Aggressiveness

How statin use can lead to hostility, anger and rage in some people.
Read the full article here:
http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_aggressiveness.html
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* Your Doctor and Statins

Physician attitudes to patient claims of adverse effects from their
statins.
View this new page here:
http://www.spacedoc.net/doctor_statins.html
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* Your Cholesterol is Low? Watch Out!

A recent report on the significantly lower cognitive test results for
people with naturally low cholesterol levels.
Read the article here:
http://www.spacedoc.net/low_cholesterol.html
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* Statins Forum

The message board continues to grow and is a great place to share
information. I know a lot of people have been helped by those kind
enough to post their own experiences.

Use it as a reference, post questions, or post your own experiences
and add to the archive.

Anyone can read the messages but you have to register to post.
Registration is worthwhile even if you do not post as each time you
return any new postings will have an orange highlight on the icon.
This saves going through hundreds of messages trying to find the new
postings.

Statin Drugs Message Board:
http://www.spacedoc.net/board/
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