Ridiculous, really, there shouldn’t be a pharmaceutical solution for every health issue. Like the cliche goes, to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The drug companies, and their lackeys in the FDA (and drug-industry corrupted doctors) want to sell more pills, no matter the consequences to long-term health of the nation, and to the nation’s healthcare system.
This aggressive new recommendation for warding off heart disease in some children has stirred a furious debate among pediatricians since the American Academy of Pediatrics issued it on Monday.
While some doctors applauded the idea, others were incredulous. In particular, these doctors called attention to a lack of evidence that the use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs, called statins, in children would prevent heart attacks later in life.
“What are the data that show this is helpful preventing heart attacks?” asked Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, a pediatric cardiologist and assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. “How many heart attacks do we hope to prevent this way? There’s no data regarding that.”
Nor, Dr. Sanghavi added, are there data on the possible side effects of taking statins for 40 or 50 years.
Other doctors said the recommendation would distract from common-sense changes in diet and exercise, which are also part of the new guidelines.
[From Well – 8-Year-Olds on Statins? A New Plan Quickly Bites Back – NYTimes.com]
How about banning high-fructose corn syrup instead? Or removing the subsidy from its manufacture so that it isn’t added to every packaged food and beverage?