Jun 20
Prescribing Statins During Pregnancy?
Unbelievable. In order to decrease the number (ie, costs) of emergency C-sections, UK news reports that statins will (?) be prescribed in the last three months of pregnancy. Supposedly, a low cholesterol count increases the ability of uterine to contract decreasing length of labor.
Oh, and did I mention that this is for obese women? Because of course your cholesterol is high if you’re obese! Why, it’s just a given, right? And did anybody mention that an increase in cholesterol and triglycerides is normal in pregnancy regardless the mother’s weight?
But what is the cost of slightly reducing the number of emergency C-sections? Why it’s just deformed babies, some so severely they die within a month of birth.
It’s time to put a stop to the “war” on obesity. It’s killing us.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Surely this is some diabolical plot to decrease the survival rate of
infants. Giving statins to pregnant women? Fetuses and newborns require
huge amounts of cholesterol esp for neurological development.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
That may be kinder than my take which was the ignorant spouting their ignorant interpretation. At least the diabolical understand what they are doing.