WHO'D A THUNK IT...?

     This weekend I visited with a friend who teaches religious classes at two Texas prisons.  He commented, in re: the "drugging of the disabled and elderly", that all too often, the students are so drugged (during the day at class) that they can barely stay awake.
     Seems they are often IN prison for street (illegal) drugs, so what do the powers that be do...? DRUG THEM AGAIN IN PRISON -- and this is "rehabilitation"???

     Another Who'd-A-Thunk-It...  Venture a guess what the Number One best-selling drug in America is???  It's a statin (for "high" cholesterol), Lipitor -- sales of $7,549,791.00 in 2009 according to one source, a little less at http://www.drugs.com/top200.html or only $5,363,193.00.  This despite a LOT of negative publicity leaking out that statins (ALL of them) can have horrific side effects, even on LOW (l0 mg/day) doses.  One MD, a family doc for 23 years and later an astronaut at NASA, developed TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA after only six weeks on 10 mg. of Lipitor.  At his site, http://www.spacedoc.net/, there's a TON of information on why to avoid statins, how to lower cholesterol "naturally", the neuro-biochemistry involved, i.e. the how and why statins can be harmful, and other potential side effects, like possible permanent muscle damage, i.e. weakness to the point of being in a wheelchair.  He also notes personality changes and cognitive damage resulting in rage, behavioral and emotional changes (negative ones).
     His forum, free to access, has numerous "testimonials" of people who took statins and were harmed.  He also suggests that anyone on a statin also take CoQ-10, the best form being Ubiquinol -- that this may help 50% of the people on statins escape the side effects.
     Pfizer is the maker of Lipitor, as well as Geodon, the latter being involved in numerous lawsuits.  It may only be a matter of time until enough people learn of the dangers of statins that the lawyers line up to sue Pfizer, yet again.  I learned of Dr. Graveline by way of a page at mercola (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/12/dr-duane-graveline-on-cholesterol-and-coq10.aspx ) .  I don't scare easily at anything, but this HORRIFIED ME and I still have ice in the pit of my stomach ~!  Just the thought of HELPLESS disabled people and our elders being given this potentially very dangerous drug.