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  • Posted By: Dr. H @ 11/16/2008 2:14:51 PM

    Then I guess after your discussions, your health care provider didn't recommend statin meds as you previously stated; or still did and you chose not to follow their advice. Your arguments must have been persuasive or your providers information poor; or both.

  • Posted By: C. MacLean @ 11/13/2008 3:54:47 PM

    I don't question the scientific method - I just haven't seem much of it where statins are concerned. And unlike some, I don't automatically assume that just because someone has 'MD' after their name the automatically know what is best for me - they don't.

    And in this particular case, my health care provider hadn't done the research, but to her credit, was open-minded enough to read the research on omega-3's vs. statins, and smart enough to discuss it with me.

    We both left emotion out of the equation.

  • Posted By: Dr. H @ 11/12/2008 1:47:35 PM

    You don't give your health care provider much credit for having researched the subject. Why do so many people think they are smarter (on individual subjects concerning health) than their doctor? This is not to say that everyone shouldn't educate themselves, they should, but you have to begin with an open mind and judge using the scientific method and not emotion.

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