US backs statin use for children

Well, we could always add more time for P.E., recess, and health classes in primary school as well as sellling less junk food. Even though it might not do a whole lot, I still don't think the pills are a good idea. Do we know if it's okay for the children's growth?
I know the schools in my district are not doing well with P.E. classes because of the way that the class is being taught. so...idk? maybe we can change the way teachers teach?

it used to be that the boy / girl scouts was where kids in this country learned how to be real humans , and not couch scum . parents in this country need to become actively involved in both . the only other option is petitioning the gov't to exert even further censorship of the hollywood machine which is killing our children .

Doctors are bought and sold by the drug industry. Why do you think that beautiful women, in very short skirts are sent in to sell to Dr. Buffoons? The doctors get free trips, dinners, paid to represent certain products, etc. etc. etc. They deserve no more respect than attorneys or car salesmen! They are simply, whores paid to reccommend the drug industries, latest product.

Well that's good I guess...However, now they need to make more pills to fix what the long term damage of the Statin does to the kids...wait...arn't we just going in circles?

Well that's good I guess...However, now they need to make more pills to fix what the long term damage of the Statin does to the kinds...Arn't we just going in circles?

Of COURSE doctors suggest we put more drugs into children!

Another indictment of the Standard American Diet (S.A.D). We might as well hook our children up to a High Frucose Corn Syrup drip and save the the trouble of actually chewing our so-called food. It is easy to be overfeed and malnurished in the USA.

Pathetic, we need to have stricter laws about kickbacks to doctors from drug companies. This is what happens when greedy doctors have their wallets stroked by the the big guys... our little people get hurt.

This sucks.

How about the government starts backing balanced diet and physical activity. Then the need for drugs like this won't exist at all. Oh, wait, then the pharmaceutical companies wouldn't be making profits...

Just out of curiosity, have we tried to exercise these kids before considering the drug?

How about the government makes sure every neighbourhood has access to fresh fruits and vegetables? How about the doctors tell parents how to cook for their children properly, how to tell the kids to go outside, and how to say NO? So many parents let their kids run the house with impunity because they want to be their kid's best friend. it's society all backwards!

Drugging children is creepy and feels wrong. Obesity, however, is a serious issue. People should stop ordering soda for their kids and calling it 'juice'.

Just like with psychiatric drugs, we are not yet sure of the long term effects on adults. We know much less of the effects of drugs on children who are still developing. This is dangerous territory.

Why can't we get our Governments to STOP screwing up the environment and our resources so that we will STOP getting bizarre unnatural illnesses so that we won't need to even consider these heinous drugs.

By creating our own chemical-based environment and changing our human evolution to fit it (drugs to fix drug side-affects and drug, chemical, and environmentally created health conditions) we're stepping farther and farther away from our ability to cope with what is natural in our world -- a natural evolution. It's too bad there's so much money to be made keeping us sick.

i just hope parents don't cry "it's the gene" and get their kids off the couch and out of Micky D's...too many excuses not enough action and at the same time get healthy themselves.

just an idea, but why not just stop the greedy bastards from eating. If the drugs could potentially kill them, why not let their appetite do so instead.

Try not feeding your children so many DEAD ANIMALS. That's the main source of cholesterol. Duh.

What the hell? Just get kids to eat healthier and tell them to play outside instead of playing on the computer all the time!

This is insane! Statins kill, they provoke heart failure, they weaken the heart muscle. Giving them to children is practically guaranteeing that these kids won't live past thirty, if they reach thirty.

Just let darwin and his chainsaw of natural selection sort 'em out. Medicating lazy kids is helps us as a species how exactly?

I hope the American Academy of Pediatrics realizes that this just reinforces the thought that there's a pill for everything, so why bother to actually fix the problem?

Who needs healthy food and exercise when there's a pill to cure your obesity?

Create the disease and then create the cure.

No please.
Don't they have enough money of us? Keep them away from our children!

Here is one patient comment from a statin for adults. Do we need to poison our kids also for their F..cking profits?

They hide these from us...the meda is propaganda for the drug companies!!! The FDA is in bed with them. They are all disgusting scum of the earth.

I chose this comment because it sounds very similar to what my previously healthy, robust 90 year old father had when he died....may have been the cancer but I am not sure that was all after speaking with a lawyer knowledgeable in class action lawsuits.

Patient Comment There are 834 ratings for the drug. The average rating for is 2.1out of 5.
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Joint pain, SEVERE muscle pain - especially in lower calfs of both legs. Some mornings I had a hard time walking. Didn't lower cholesterol much. Be Very Very Careful using this drug and other statins. This bad stuff sneaks up on you and - BAM - you could be in BIG trouble! Was on this and then Zocor for a total of 3 months. When I thought I was having a heart attack they admitted me to emergency room and overnight stay. No real heart problems - but weak heart muscle - likely cause of Lipitor. Lower legs have been hurting for over one year since I stopped taking meds. Doctors just conducted biopsy of leg muscle because it is inflamed and waiting for results. Likely not good. Also much fatigue then - and now. DO NOT TAKE STATINS - and if you do I hear the CQ10 is a good protector for some of the muscle damage that the statins can cause. Too late for me, I think, as the damage is done and permanent.

If anything have them reduce their red meat intake and lobster... Don't drug 'em!

Absolutely disgusting. The US population is far too medicated already.

Children need to be outside playing, biking, running about. They also need to eat food - not crap, twinkies, anything wrapped, anything packaged. Children also need to have adults who have the baseline motivation to feed themselves and their children properly.

It should be a requirement that doctors prescribe good food and daily exercise to children before those doctors prescribe drugs - which always have myriad bad side effects.

Children's bodies are growing and changing and the last thing they need is drugs that interfere with their proper growth! It should be illegal for docs to prescribe these types of drugs to children, but Big Pharma will NEVER let that happen because there's far too much $$$ at stake. Don't ever be fooled into believeing that any drug manufacturer has your best interests at heart! That's just utter weirdness.

Want proof? see "Restless Leg Syndrom" a 'condition' that turned up about 4 years ago. Jumpy legs. Cause? Iron deficiency. Cure - and yeah, I said cure - more iron, meaning broccoli, spinach, bananas, leafy vegetables, romaine lettus, daily multivitamins.... Big Pharma's cure? Drugs (with all sorts of side effects) that cost something like $80 a week.....

The US population must get over it's blindness to fat. The whole country is disgustingly overweight, over-medicated, undereducated and down right full of droids.

Statin drugs lower cholesterol. But the brain thrives on cholesterol!
Take a look at this link and see if you want your children on a statin drug. Read page 4 of the article about statins, but also peruse the rest. It tells how the drug companies manipulate results.

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/20-wonder-drugs-that-can-kill/article_view?...:int=1&-C=

There are more kids staying in doors than going outside to play. Between video games,the computer, and text massaging, kids don't have to go outside to talk to their friends.
When I was growing up, Saturday morning after cartoons it was time to go outside. Kids don't go out until late.
We can't let medicate kids or adults for every little thing. This is the new wave drug addiction.
Look at all the pharmaceutical ads on tv now. Why?

Just remember that quick fix now, can lead to Problems later!

This is typical American medicine is it not? Less work,more drugs.Do you think these doctors own pharmaceutical company stock? I know that's a little cynical but geez! I think I heard somewhere that app. 1/2 the population of the U.S. is medicated daily.That is incredible if true.

Statin drugs weaken muscle....they are in cholesterol drugs....so you lower your cholesterol....weaken your most important muscle.....your heart......there is a magnificent woman in Britain.....Gillian McKeith.....has a show called....You Are What You Eat......she is saving lives and stopping type two diabetes.....heart problems.....many other problems.....your body is your temple.....many brilliant people have said this.....please watch the show or go to Gillian McKeith.com.....your life will be changed....also stop letting and making your children eat improperly.........one last thing.....mix honey and cinnamon together and eat some to start each day....you will be amazed.....cinnamon is a total miracle....I care or I would not tell you these things.....Cinnamon and honey will probably go through the roof once more people find out.......Golden Ruler........Johnnie Hargrave..........

There are two sides to every story and there are negatives and positives.

I heard this on NPR yesterday. The doctor that was on said that the health benefits out weighted the health risks. But he acknowledged that there were going to be different opinions.