Thanks for posting. It seems more and more people I know are being diagnosed with diabetes. Don’t know if it’s just age genes, or maybe it does relate to zocor that even more folks I know are taking. Will track also.
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Thanks for posting. I’ll alert my family. I can’t take them because of rhabdomyolysis. I guess one side effect may have finally worked in my favor!
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It’s amusing to me that every time I see a commercial on TV for a new “wonder” drug that’s being marketed, the narrator spends more time stating what the negative side-effects of the drug are (some of which are life threatening) then the supposed benefits of taking the drug.
I think this is mandated by the FDA and I have to agree that this is a valid requirement.
It was recently reported that statins reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
“Am watching this closely as my a1c has been going up lately”
Was on Zocor for several years...got a frozen shoulder, severe leg pains, bottom of feet on fire, “forgetting” to breathe, spasms in throat where I was seriously choking, insomia, high sugar, peeing all night, and worst of all was the inabilility to put a sentence together and loss of volcabulary. Had to stop writing my monthly column for a conservative newspaper. I was positive I had dementia. After a foot doctor, chiropractor, and a reflexologist told me they couldn’t see anything wrong with me, I researched problems with statins online and immediately stopped taking them. Within a week, my brain started working again, pains went away, breathing and choking problems cleared up, sugar went down, and get up only once a night, if that If anyone ever suggests I go back on statins, I’ll hit ‘em, or cuss ‘em good.
I tell you people medicine is killing us. Just found out today that my husband who has a congestive heart has been having side effects from a medication prescribed for his type2 diabetes, which in turn I believe was caused by the statins he takes for the colesterol, which I believe causes liver and kidney problems. The side effects have been (over a year now) shortness of breath, which another doctor diagnosed as sleep apnia, ballooning weight gain, etc. He hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in that year’s time using the sleep machine. And on and on it goes while I’m screaming, get off the d...m medicine and diet and exercise and you will be much better. Finally today the stupid doctor decided it might the the diabetic meds that are causing his problems. Duh! Lord, deliver me from doctors and their medicine. Only if I need sewing up do I go to a hospital. I’m so angry I could spit nails.
With all the possible, or acknowledged side affects of all these so-called wonder drugs, I think I’d rather take my chances without them.
My relative developed kidney stones while on statins.No family history. After watching relatives live into their 80’s-90’s on a truckload of drugs with a low quality of life, I would say there is something to be said for going fast with a heart attack without drugs....If you can live that long “naturally”, that’s a plus.
Break the cycle, go low carb.
Take Chrome Picolonate and Vanadyl Sulfate (Chrome and Vanadium) and it will go back down.
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I have a new found respect for Doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.) than I did when I worked for 4 M.D.s some 25 yrs ago.....they are more hands on and healers than the prescription-pushing mds. Used to always hear that they were dumber than the mds and couldn’t get into medical schools...big egos of mds talking.... Trust me...no one is dumb at the level of education needed to get into any medical school