80mg is a very high dose. I was on 40 at a high and now 20. Numbers good.
I agree. I'm on 20 mg. Simvastatin with 10 mg. Zetia and have great numbers with no ill effects in over a year.
80mg is a very high dose. I was on 40 at a high and now 20. Numbers good.
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I’m on 40 mg - have noticed shaking in left hand recently. Numbers have been stable for 2+ yeasr now, about 155-165 total cholesterol.
Was wondering if I could decrease ...
I’ve taken just 10 mg for almost two years now — cut my 20’s in half.
My total had been a bit high along with LDL. HDL was always good (high) and very low Trigs (good).
Docs said ‘take a statin’ so I finally relented. No problems at 10 mg. whatsoever and it keeps me in a perfect range. Is it important? Probably not — my ‘ratio’ is exactly the same because my extremely high HDL is lowered a tad by the drug.
Unless I get a bad result on a 6 month liver function test I’ll stay on it to keep the docs quiet. They claim they don’t like to rely in the ratios anymore, for some reason.