by bob2200 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:02 am
A friend of mine, a medical doctor (MD), was suckered into having drug eluting stents put into him. It was totally unecessary and ruined his health. He couldn't believe that the cariologists were so dishonest.
Anyway, he also has been told that it now looks like Plavix for life. This is an additional problem for him, since it precludes a needed hernia operation. I think Dr. McDougall has written that 1% of stent patients die during the operation, another 3% have immediate complications, and even more have later complications (I am probably off with the numbers). My friend is in the immediate complications category.
I have given him the books, but he doesn't have a supportive family and is still too tied to the local medical establishment.