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Lipitor Thief of Memory Paperback – November 1, 2006

by Duane Graveline (Author), Kilmer S. McCully (Introduction), Jay S. Cohen (Foreword)
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When Dr. Duane Graveline, former astronaut, aerospace medical research scientist, flight surgeon, and family doctor is given Lipitor to lower his cholesterol, he temporarily loses his short-term memory. Urged a year later to resume the drug at half dose, he lost both short-term and retrograde memory and was finally diagnosed in a hospital ER as having transient global amnesia (TGA). This is the "scary, appealingly written" account of his search for answers that his medical community didn't have -- the how and why of his traumatic experience, and what needs to be done to prevent the devastating side effects to body and mind from the escalating use of the statin drugs.
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    5.4 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1424301629
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Duane Graveline, M.D.; 1st edition (November 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1424301629
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1424301621
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 94 ratings

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Duane Graveline

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Why I became a writer - by Duane Graveline M.D.

I was captivated early on by the imagination of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Later it would be writers like Asimov, having scientific backgrounds. Very few medical students, including myself, could find the time for reading anything but medical books but one of the major blessings of taking my last exam ever was the opportunity to turn to Michener, Manchester and so many others who have left their mark even though I may not have recognized it at the time.

I suppose I write for a reasonably literate audience. Having a smattering of scientific and technical background allows one to more fully appreciate my themes. You will not find excessive violence, murder or mayhem in my books. You will find mystery and some unusual concepts.

I began to think about writing very early in my career for the experiences, which now guide my writing, started almost immediately after medical school graduation. I interned at Walter Reed Army Hospital and by the time I finished internship and began flight surgeon's training, my first book, ICARUS DESTINY, already was taking shape in my mind. My career seemed to lead from one amazing adventure to another. If I was not traveling the world getting "flight time", I was studying the medical effects of prolonged weightlessness or working as an intelligence analyst evaluating what the Soviet's were doing in space and how they were doing it. Or, I was on loan to NASA as flight controller during the Mercury and Gemini launches, sometimes on a coral atoll in the South Pacific, sometimes on a tracking ship. It was wonderful!

It was then that my writing really started for I was collecting some incredible experiences, which culminated with my selection in May of 1965 as scientist astronaut. This was the research phase for much of my writing to come. BROTHERS OF THE PERSEIDS about aura and mind control and MINDCHANGE about suicidal depression, sensory deprivation and memory eradication both started then. THE ARK about the final cure of AIDS and OUR FATHER about discovering life on Mars also originated during this time. TWINKLESEED about psychic healing and CADUCEAN TRIANGLE about the pleasures and frustrations of medical practice are based on both an earlier and later phase of my life. SPACEDOC about space medicine in the year 2060 is where I want to be.

Doc Graveline

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Buford
5.0 out of 5 stars Imperative that everyone with a heart read this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2021
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As a retired ICU nurse, it is a continual aggravation with me that multiple physicians have tried to get me to take statins. I have a normal cholesterol-always below 200; I use this cholesterol (as everyone does) to make cell walls and hormones, and probably other little jobs in my body that I am not aware of. Cholesterol is not public enemy #1. My HDL and LDL levels are not where they should be, and I will appreciate knowing how I can improve those, but especially after reading this informative, convincing book, I refuse to take statins. BTW, I had a fellow nurse who took 2 statins for years because she wanted her cholesterol below 100. Guess who ended up having a heart cath and coronary artery bypass graft-and then stents in her grafts- even though she had a cholesterol below 100? Perhaps it was the smoking that did it. If you have a heart, read this book. And God bless this MD for having the courage to write it!
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Murray
5.0 out of 5 stars Lipitor Thief of Memory
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2011
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I am an old fan of Doc. Duane Graveline since I first came across his articles, then books, a few years ago. I am not medically trained but have learned a lot from my doctor friends over the years and was immediately struck by the clear and precise way Doc. Graveline tackled his subject.

This is in a time when Statins are purported to be the wonder boy of the medical world and extremely popular among all medical practitioners in the UK and doubtless in other Western countries. On being offered statins, unnecessarily, for about the fifth or sixth times, I remarked that the medical profession in this country seemed to be obsessed by these, supposedly remarkable medicines. I said: It seems that you are dishing out statins by rote; everybody must have a statin! What was meant to be a provocative remark drew an expression of complete agreement. The doctors, here, were for some reason or other, encouraged to give everybody one or other of the statins. Amazing!

Some considerable time later, I began to read newspaper articles by doctors who seemed to be sharing Doc. Graveline's view; that there was something wrong about a seeminly miracle cure. And then and article by a very well read doctor in one of our leading national newspapers, which actually mentioned Doc. Graveline and his works, concurring with the idea that these drugs are, in one way or other, character changing.

Nor is there too much emphasis on the difference between HDL and LDL when discussing cholesterol with patients. Another key point in Doc Graveline's work.. Too bad.
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Arnold W Wachter
5.0 out of 5 stars Lipitor is the worst product that excises and should be banned
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022
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Lipitor is the worst product that exist and should be banned. Lowering the Cholesterol in reducing the production by the liver is idiotic. Cholesterol I the the main material to build our cell walls, and not having enough building materials weakens our body. I you build a house with concrete and you suddenly reduce the concrete production, how did you think the house will look like. The Pharmaceutical killed the true solution from Kilmer S. McCully, M. D. to make $Billions with worthless product that makes you slowly sick and you can loose your memory as the author Duane Graveline, M. D. writes in his book after such an experience.
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Jerry
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good But Incomplete Nutritional Information
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012
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The book is very good. He tells of his horrific experience with amnesia due to using lipitor. He also delves into the fraud of research that caused the whole cholesterol histeria. He then quotes research and experiences of doctors in the earlty 1900s and states that heart disease was almost unheard of. Only when the low-fat, high-carb diets came in did heart disease and obesity explode. Finally he writes about what to do to help your heart health and bring down homocysteine which he appearantly think is the real culprit in heart disease. He pushes B vitamins, CoQ10 among other things. HE COMPLETELY MISSES VITAMIN C FOR ARTERY HEALTH. BAFFLING! Dr. Matthias Rath came up with the vitamin c and lysine combination to reduce LP(a) which is the inflammatory, sticky part of cholesterol in LDL. Vitamin C repairs your arteries. Rath's info has been out there since 1991. Why Animals Dont't Get Heart Attacks But People Do is the book. Free PDF.
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mmah
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2023
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Good info
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Persop
5.0 out of 5 stars Help
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
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In 2007 after my doctor wanted to put me on Lipitor I said Red Yeast Rice should help me with Cholesterol. He as with many medical people refuse to consider some things that have helped numerous generations. I read and mentioned this book.
Six months later he was shocked and I used RedRice Yeast for at least. 20 years. Unfortunately my current cardiac specialist shares the disdain meaning I went onto Lipitor a few years ago.
I am not aware of any improvement in numbers nor have I seen negative reviews on RedYeast Rice. Possibly safer than Lipitor?
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MommaLynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014
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Not only did Dr. Graveline give his own experience with severe transglobal amnesia as a result of taking Lipitor, but those of others, and a complete description of what statin drugs do in our body. Technical but fully undstandable for a layman. He also gave an excellent, comprehensive.description of how vital cholesterol is to our memory synapses, as well as to the function of every cell in our bodies. I want everyone who is, or who loves someone who is considering taking a statin drug to read this book first and know that they are taking the chance of extreme memory loss as well as muscle damage.
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Bill N.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Statin Expose(/)
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2010
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Dr. Graveline does a masterful job in exposing the "statin fraud" on the American public, if not the world. I was using Lipitor for about 5 years and noticed that I couldn't remember lots of things. I would read an article in a paper, and shortly after reading it, I couldn't remember much of anything what I read. I noticed that my memory was very much degraded in other areas. Dr. Graveline points out in detail how statins cause all sorts of internal problems in the human body.

Well done, Doctor!!!
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Hailey
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the investment
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2020
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For people who have been put on Lipitor, it is worth while to purchase this book.
It is informative and it gives you an insight into potential side effects that you might be able to relate too.
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J. Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Information that could save your life!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2011
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An excellent book written by someone who is not only well qualified (in the medical sense) but also from personal practical experience of the nasty side effects statin drugs can produce.
Although other books make mention of a lot of the same subject matter, this book contains deeper explanations for a better understanding, especially important if you happen to be afflicted with any of the conditions under discussion.
It also details the serious and sometimes lethal side effects of statins and the fact that the drugs industry knowingly accepts them. Profit before health?
He details the extra dangers of being prescribed statins if you are diabetic and also points out that, far from being heart protective (as the industry and medical profession would have you believe) statins may even be the cause of problems in this area!
This is back to the generally accepted myth that cholesterol blocks arteries and therefore causes heart attacks and strokes and that by reducing cholesterol levels (with a statin drug, of course) such events can be avoided. There is another and more plausible explanation that has nothing to do with cholesterol. Very absorbing material!
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Real Food
5.0 out of 5 stars If you're on any kind of statin then this a ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2018
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If you're on any kind of statin then this a definite read. After reading this I have been off statins completely for over 5 months and hey presto! - no more fuzzy brain, no more severe muscle aches. The author is well placed to present his own experiences with statins as he is a medical professional with NASA and is speaking from experience of having used statins, not academic theory. There are many natural ways of reducing and controlling cholesterol levels not the least of which is Vitamin B3 (Niacin not niacinamide) coupled to a 'greener' diet. If nothing else, this book increases ones knowledge base as enables one to make a more informed decision regarding statins.
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zorbathebutcher
5.0 out of 5 stars LIPITOR why you should NOT take statins.
Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2015
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The truth comes out , a must read for anyone stupid enough to take statins.
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Najla
4.0 out of 5 stars Quick delivery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2020
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Happy with book, arrived quickly in good condition. I haven't read it yet, but I look forward to that. Professional seller would recommend.
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