My boss makes that. Instead of coins he bought a piece of silver wire from a jeweler. If you start turning blue you're overdoing it.
My wife is on Lipitor or some generic equivalent, and a thyroid medicine. She skips one pill a week to build up a stockpile in case of a SHTF situation.
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FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins Tue, Feb 28 2012 By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss.
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday the changes to the safety information on the labels of statins such as Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, AstraZeneca's Crestor and Merck & Co's Zocor that are taken by tens of millions of people.
I use Niacin and Chinese Red Yeast for Cholesterol
and Hawthorn/Ginko/Garlic for BP
With tetracycline you’re OK until your ears start ringing, then you back off.