I had a big problem with statins.
My stepfather had even bigger problems- Bayer Aspirin Co.'s Baycol fried his kidneys, and he died after about a year of dialysis.
That’s a shame...unfortunately women have a much higher hypersensitvity to Statins...especially the big ones...
I take 80mg Pravachol daily with zip bad side effects or liver panels.
My lipids are like a 12 year old.
as luck would have it I was born with a badly formed LAD and have a compromised but functioning heart and am lucky to be alive...so I ain’t whining but my cardiologist now at Vandy believes in Statins if you can handle them
on Zetia, I take it too and it helps improve lipids but apparently the hoped for atherosclerotic reversals ain’t happening..
one thing though....a big thing....after two open hearts in 13 months in 04-05 to correct aforementioned issue, I have constricted pulmonary to some degree...i quit taking my daily 100mg COENZMQ10 and after 3 months noticed a pretty fast decline in heart strength and breathing...got back on them quick....big believer in CEQ10...no doubt.
(they gave me Advair but damn...that stuff is way high...300 bucks a month)