Posted on 10/05/2019 1:07:36 PM PDT by bboop
Statins,
Atorva,
Blockers.
Now this is interesting. I just had my first appointment with my new primary care team at our local VA clinic.
My “doc” is actually a nurse practitioner, and we had a good chat about every aspect of my health. Nice young woman — unlike most of the MD’s I’ve encountered, she was actually willing to listen to my questions and concerns. I felt like I had her undivided attention, and that’s not such a common thing in health care today.
Anyway, the subject of my cholesterol test and statins came up. She said that VA regs required to offer that med to me if I wanted it. I said I had done some reading about statins and thought they were risky, to say the least.
She then said my “bad” cholesterol was excellent but my “good” cholesterol could stand a little improvement — but this would almost certainly happen if I lost a little more weight.
Since at the time, I was celebrating a 20-pound weight loss — up to 27 this week — I declined the statins, and my caregiver fully endorsed my decision.
My experience has been the same. No side effects. Excellent efficacy. What we need is a genetic test to identify intolerance to statin therapy and save a lot of time, money, and discomfort and get the intolerant patients on better suited therapy. Genetic testing might also identify those who will best respond to the statin regimen in addition to being able to tolerate it. I am assuming there is a genetic component but I am positive there is.
Liquor almost killed me!
Use expact me to spall wright on phentanol? Sheesh...
I tried different brands, but gave me awful muscle cramps and could barely walk.
Good Job FRiend,
My weight is fine
but I smoke.
Cholesterol levels
Keep getting better.
My only gripe is
Statins seem to
take my energy
levels down.
Keep Plugging away
Buddy.
Statins make no sense since there never has been a proven link between LDL levels and heart disease. The only correlation I have seen is between lower LDL and higher mortality. Statins are being marketed based on a very profitable medical myth.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-ldl-cholesterol-heart-disease.html
I take turmeric sometimes for joint problems, didn’t know it helped cholesterol.
I had a heart attack at one point and was put on statins (lipitor). I began to have issues with my feet and doctors treated it as if it was related to blood sugar issues. It was tingling and numbness.
Someone, don’t even recall who, asked if I use statins. Peripheral nerve damage is one of the side effects. I had days I couldn’t even stand my feet were on fire so bad. I decided to test by stopping the lipitor for 2 weeks. My feet got remarkably better. I have not taken it since. I still have some slight tingling which is likely from nerve damage that will never heal but for over a year now the problem has pretty much leveled off and is tolerable.
Statins did great for my cholesterol but was not worth the cost. Some people may take statins lifelong and have no issues but if you start them be sure to know the side effects and keep close watch for any signs or issues as they can be deadly.
Reducing dietary cholesterol is less effective than previously thought. There can be exceptions, but in most people it is your own metabolic processes that result in the elevated bad cholesterol. In my case diet has virtually nothing to do with it.
I’ve been taking pravastatin for years. I take it after I’ve eaten high cholesterol foods in a day and its kept my levels down. I also take a flax oil and turmeric supplements. Don’t notice any side effects.
But just in one leg...
“I tried different brands, but gave me awful muscle cramps and could barely walk.”
Same here; the effect happened within a week of starting them.
Being water soluble has always been a selling point for Pravachol.
lol
Lol
That’s grounds for divorce!
Maybe Anna would have been hot!
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