Gimme a Break....Statin Drugs Pushed on 8 Year Olds!

We have hit new low, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee has announced that infants as young as two years old need to be screened for high cholesterol, and children as young as eight years old should be put on prescription statin drugs. This absurd advice is being offered even though statin drugs have never been tested on young children. Even so, the FDA has granted approval of statins in children as young as 8.

If these children do indeed have elevated cholesterol, we need to look at the underlying issue...nutrition and diet in America. The advice to "drug" them in no way corrects the problem, not to mention will most likely cause more. The list of side effects for statin drugs cautions me from prescribing them to an adult much less a child:

• Memory Loss/ Mental Confustion
• Muscle Breakdown /rhabdomyolysis
• Nausea
• Irritability / hostility
• Homicidal impulses
• Kidney failure
• Diarrhea
• Tingling or cramping in the legs
• Problems sleeping
• Constipation
• Impaired muscle formation
• Erectile dysfunction
• Hormone imbalance
• Temperature regulation problems
• Nerve damage /neuropathy
• Liver damage and abnormalities
• Destruction of CoQ10, a vital nutrient for health

So why the recommendation of statins for children...why else... selling more pharmaceuticals equals more money$$$$ and there is your definition of MARKET EXPANSION.