Over 100 million people across the world use statin drugs. The bad news is that these drugs are considered as cellular poisons that speed up the aging process, and their use is connected with muscle fatigue, diabetes, memory loss, etc.

According to scientists at Tulane University in New Orleans, statins “prematurely age” stem cells that control the cellular repair in the body. These drugs generate tens of billions of dollars every year. Although the pharmaceutical companies do their best to sell these drugs, statins can cause disastrous and even fatal side-effects.

“Statins make regular users become older faster”, UK Express reports, “leaving them open to long-term mental and physical decline …”

UK Express added:

“Scientists have found the heart disease drugs badly affects our stem cells, the internal medical system which repairs damage to our bodies and protects us from muscle and joint pain as well as memory loss … Professor Reza Izadpanah, a stem cell biologist and lead author of the research published in the American Journal of Physiology, said: “Our study shows statins may speed up the aging process.”

Side effects

According to the study, statin drugs “side effects include memory loss, myopathy, cataract formation, and increased risk of diabetes.” The study also warned that “Statins also impaired the expression of DNA repair genes including XRCC4, XRCC6, and Apex1.”

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies worked together in an effort to hide the side-effects of stating drugs, claiming that these are “miracle” drugs. Some even suggested that stating should be added to water supply.

Patients experience severe side-effects like memory loss, diabetes, and muscle fatigue, but doctors tend to give them even more medications. In other words, statins are some sort of “gateway drugs” that lead to increased use of more high-profit drugs.

High cholesterol limits lowered

The medical system tried so hard to lower the values of “high cholesterol,” and millions of people rushed to pharmacies, asking for their medications. Pharmaceutical companies bribed panelist in the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

Here’s what Natural News wrote in 2013:

“Doctors claim the new guidelines will limit how many people with low heart risks are put on statins simply because of a cholesterol number. However, under the new advice, one-third of U.S. adults would meet the threshold to consider taking a statin, more than twice the 15 percent of adults who are recommended statins under current guidelines.

The justification for the panel having half its members with ties to Big Pharma: Ties between heart doctors and Big Pharma are so extensive that it is almost impossible to find a large group of doctors who have no industry ties.”

Natural News has long warned about the side-effects caused by stating, noting that nerve damage is the most common. However, medical experts ignored this warning. It was all about the profits.

The stating drug industry is nothing better than the vaccine industry. But, researchers at the Tulane University revealed the truth, and helped people understand the damaging effect of statins.

Statins, the widely prescribed class of drugs said to lower “bad” cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart problems, has recently come under fire after a study revealed that they destroy human health more than they work to improve it.

Sadly, many people take statin drugs, which are commonly known by brand names including Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor. Prescription drug spending in the U.S. shot up to about $374 billion in 2014, representing the highest level of spending since 2001. Statins undoubtedly made up a significant portion of this spending, and now consumers who take such drugs have much more to worry about than the dent it’s making in their wallets.

The study, which was published in the American Journal of Physiology, states that statins’ “…impact on other biologic properties of stem cells provides a novel explanation for their adverse clinical effects.” Specifically, the study states that such adverse effects include advancing the “process of aging” and also notes that “…long-term use of statins has been associated with adverse effects including myopathy, neurological side effects and an increased risk of diabetes.” Myopathy refers to skeletal muscle weakness.

Statins make cells unable to repair properly, create nerve problems and destroy memory

Experts involved in the study suggest that the health problems associated with statins have likely been downplayed through the years. In reality, those taking such cholesterol-lowering drugs have been experiencing cataracts, fatigue, liver problems, muscle pain and memory loss. Simply put, the drugs have been found to tamper with cells in such a way that their primary purpose of reproducing and helping the body repair is thwarted. With that comes the onset of terrible health issues or the worsening of existing ones.

Professor Reza Izadpanah, a stem cell biologist and lead author of the published study, says, “Our study shows statins may speed up the ageing process. People who use statins as a preventative medicine for [health] should think again as our research shows they may have general unwanted effects on the body which could include muscle pain, nerve problems and joint problems.”

Despite health problems linked to statin drugs, FDA says people shouldn’t be scared of them

While the FDA notes on its web site that “Cognitive (brain-related) impairment, such as memory loss, forgetfulness and confusion, has been reported by some statin users” and that “People being treated with statins may have an increased risk of raised blood sugar levels and the development of Type 2 diabetes,” they also maintain its safety and effectiveness. The site directs people’s attention to the advice of Amy G. Egan, M.D., M.P.H., who is the deputy director for safety in the FDA’s Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products (DMEP). She says, “This new information should not scare people off statins. Their benefit is indisputable, but they need to be taken with care and knowledge of their side effects.”

Indisputable? Especially after this latest study, we beg to differ. What’s beneficial about accelerated aging, cells that don’t properly function, muscle weakness and memory loss?

The need to continually assess prescription drugs and older studies that tout their benefits

This finding demonstrates the importance of revisiting the so-called benefits of prescription drugs, something that hopefully continues so consumers can be fully informed and kept in the best health possible.

A similar eye-opening study involving the adolescent antidepressant Paxil recently made headlines when a reanalysis of an original study exposed errors and incomplete information. In reality, the drug was found not to be safe and effective for its intended demographic after all, a finding that Brian Nosek, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, says “signals that the community is waking up, checking its work and doing what science is supposed to do — self-correct.”