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Not all statins are created equal when it comes to reducing mortality risk in COVID-19 patients (Simvastatin and atorvastatin = “highly protective”)
Medical Xpress / Harvard University / PLOS Computational Biology ^
| May 9, 2023
| Megan M. Sperry et al
Posted on 05/10/2023 8:59:51 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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Zocor and Lipitor were the brand names of the two statins that actually helped people.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:00:36 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
I take atorvastatin.........But I never got the Vaxx and also take D3 and other supplements. Not even a sniffle.............
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:02:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ConservativeMind
My wife and I have that one covered. Bofum.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:05:21 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: ConservativeMind
Zocor came really close to killing me.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:18:06 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: ConservativeMind
I was on 80mg of Lipitor (atorvastatin) for 4yrs, but the excruciating hip pain was too much to bear, while walking for exercise, with my Lady Friend.
My cardiologist put me on 10mg of Crestor (rosuvastatin) and the pain’s disappeared.
After reading this article, I’m wondering if I should get back on the atorvastatin...
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:19:54 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Red Badger
Do you have any hip, leg, spine pain? What dosage are you on?
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:21:20 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill
No pains, 40mg.................
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:23:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I’ve taken atorvastain and vitamin D for some time now. Did get covid in March of 22. Not a bad case although I did cough up pink phlegm. Not sure if it was from coughing so hard or from lungs.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:28:01 AM PDT
by
mware
( )
To: Carriage Hill
80mg? I made them cut my Zocor down to 20mg
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:31:54 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: Red Badger
Same here to both and your result too !
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:35:04 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media )
To: AppyPappy
80mg was killing my walking, with excruciating hip pain on both hips.
I’m on 20mg of a different statin now, and there’s no pain, but after reading this article, I’ve emailed my cardiologist, sent him the article, and asked if I should go back on Lipitor at a lower dosage.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:53:24 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Red Badger
I have 5 stents in the heart bundle, since July 2018, and can’t take general anesthesia, so I’m not a candidate for a bypass.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Carriage Hill
Had a quad bypass in 2020...................
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:55:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Carriage Hill
Cutting the dosage in half had no effect on my numbers.
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posted on
05/10/2023 9:57:00 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: Carriage Hill
“I was on 80mg of Lipitor (atorvastatin) for 4yrs, but the excruciating hip pain was too much to bear,”
I took atorvastatin for 5 years before I connected it to my lower body peripheral neuropathy, tingling and numbness growing worse and worse in my feet. After I saw an article I decided to do a test and quit the statin cold turkey. My neuropathy got about 50% better and stopped progressing. Can’t undo all the damage after 5 years on that stuff.
Atorvastatin does good for many in control of cholesterol, but I’m lucky I quit when I did. If you tolerate it, that’s great but be aware of the side effects, even if they are not common.
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To: ConservativeMind
My elderly mother was taking cholesterol-reducing drugs in the latter part of her life. About a year or two before she passed away, a new cancer doctor asked why? He said at 87, what did it matter what her cholesterol levels were. She should eat what she wanted within reason and to throw away those prescriptions. He said he never recommended statins for the elderly as long as they ate reasonably healthy diets.
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posted on
05/10/2023 10:13:42 AM PDT
by
CFW
(old and retired)
To: Zack Attack
I also have peripheral neuropathy in my feet, but that was from 23 days in the hospital, and not walking all that time. It’s slightly better now that I’m on a different statin.
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posted on
05/10/2023 10:32:51 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: ConservativeMind
My doctors put me on low-dose atorvastatin when they thought I had heart disease.
Via several tests—it was proven that I have NO heart disease whatsoever! My cardiologist fired herself. But I still remain on low-dose atorvastatin, which keeps my lipid numbers very low.
Now I am told that that may help protect me from COVID. Good! I take vitamin D and zinc, too.
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posted on
05/10/2023 10:38:28 AM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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