Statins and C-Reactive Protein

A conversation with Washington Hospital Center cardiologist Stuart Seides about a new study suggesting that people who don't have high cholesterol but do have high C-Reactive Protein levels might have fewer heart attacks and strokes if treated with a statin drug like Crestor.

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Science & Technology

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• heart
• heart attack
• stroke
• cholesterol
• medicine
• statins
• Crestor
• AstraZeneca
• C-reactive protein
• CRT
• Stuart Seides
• MedStar Health
• washington hospital center
• crestor
• statin drug
• cardiologist
• heart disease

[stnick777]

If you have an elevated C-Reactive Protein, you DO have an infection - period.

Don't lower the CRP, its the INDICATOR that something is wrong.

It would be like getting rid of police to lower crime.

Lowering CRP is simply shooting the messenger instead of finding and

curing the cause, which seems to be a major theme in Internal Medicine.

[kamkam22100]

the doctor needs C-reactive prottien test fat man !!!

[surferlivh]

@surferlivh I.e. - we were able to pick up the errors made immediately. They made a wrong diagnosis based on incorrectly reading another patients scan, administered treatment IV, put him on a catheter.. etc... none of which were necessary, and, in a 92 year old man, almost caused him to become incontinent due to catheterisation. People need to be vigilant.

[surferlivh]

Doctors are human beings. My brother and sister are both Consultant level anaesthatists. We have had personal experience to prove that Doctors get things wrong, and if it weren't for the fact that we have doctors in the family, my Grampa would have died due to hospital errors. Doctors SHOULD be right about things yes, but it is always best to quickly search websites such as pubmed or the bmj to check (even if you are not in a science/medical field yourself).

[bguman]

@sausage4mash so you'll blindly follow authority without questioning/researching for yourself? For example, the framingham study is the hallmark for risk of heart disease. However, this study is misinterpreted/overstated to justify lowering cholesterol levels, which are not the CAUSE of heart disease btw. . . Read the actual research before casting aspersions. Thanks.

[sausage4mash]

@bguman

annoys me you are putting peoples health at risk ,but hay guess that's Darwinism at work .

The weight of scientific knowledge applied through the scientific method involving countless professionals or some frigging article recommended by a nurse ? I , like you , am not qualified to even guess at the validity of an article about statins . I will take my advice from a medical professionals ,i.e.: My Dr .

[bguman]

@sausage4mash The simple fact I can actually read the studies sausage. Would you like for me to cite a few studies? Moreover, I suggest you read the recent London Times article on statins. I've only worked in the medical field for 12 years, but I guess you can continue to sit on your high horse and cast aspersions.

[sausage4mash]

@bguman are you a GP ? your credentials to give medical advice ?

[bguman]

@sausage4mash I have little clue on how modern medicine works, even though I've been in health care over 12 years? Moreover, again, I implore you to read the book, "Good Calories and Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes--he goes over the history, studies, in depth. So before you make assumptions, please look at the facts.

[sausage4mash]

@bguman you stop shouting your mouth off on a subject you know little or nothing about ,you've read a few Sunday supplements a few internet articles and you're an expert ,you have not got a clue how modern medical science works ,God your sort are annoying .