Treatments that the medical experts refuse to have themselves.

[jennydog]

There is an interesting article in to-day's (May 6) Daily Mail, which you can Google, about various medical treatments which doctors avoid. They write about statins but unfortunately not beta blockers. There are some interesting facts listed but it would be difficult to accept some things!

[Maitha]

Very interesting , thank you

[Hidden]

Interesting about statins. "They" don't mention the actual figures when they prescribe them. They just say you're twice as likely to have a heart attack or whatever, but don't mention it's twice almost nothing!!! The cardiologists views make a lot of sense.

Thanks for the link.

Koll

[jennydog]

Thanks, Koll. That was specifically why I flagged it up. If nothing else, articles like that get you thinking.

[Christo4]

Hi

I just cannot find the story about treatments which Dr's avoid in the Daily Mail can you send the link please,not like me not to be able to find things in our papers !

Christo

[jennydog]

I'm awfully sorry but I've lost it now. It isn't in to-day's Mail on line. I didn't get the Mail yesterday as I couldn't go out due to having trees cut down and I saw it on Google.Sorry!!!

[RobertELee]

I guess it's this one: dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

[Christo4 in reply to RobertELee]

Leelec

Thank you for posting your guess was right .

Thank you

Christo

[jennydog in reply to RobertELee]

Many thanks. My sons call me " computer illiterate." I do try but----------.

[mumknowsbest Volunteer]

Having read the article he says he wouldn't take statins unless he was at risk, nor would I. If you read this realising the paper as usual wants a headline, some of it makes sense, unnecessary X-rays, Vit c I've known about for years. As with most papers take it with a pinch of salt. You can always find one dr who will agree with what you want to write about. My thing was never buying anything for the baby until I was 28 weeks pregnant.

Eileen

[Hidden]

Thank I enjoyed reading. The new drug mentioned for blood pressure was interesting.

angiotensin receptor blocker.

[farmerwalt]

Still to read the article, but in one of the Scandinavian countries statins are banned. Can't remeber if it's Sweden or one of the others. Also read somewhere that the only people statins benefit are those that have had an MI.

Not on any myself since I've had bad reactions to any they have tried.

Walter.

[MarkS]

An interesting article, pretty much all those examples make sense to me.

Mark