... Don't think that just because RYR is a 'natural' statin that it is safer to take than Lipitor. ... (6 replies)
... As I'm sure we all know, statins can result in muscle damage in a small percentage of users. ... (15 replies)
... Happy to hear that. As I told you before, I was
on Lipitor for 2 years; at the time couldn't figure
out where the aching was coming from. Just felt
like it was my middle name. Ha! Than I had a
problem with liver enzymes; had to go off and after
that cleared up they put me back on it. Later
switched me to provachol - bad news, too, and than
put me on tricor, which... (28 replies)
... Pcovers: You are still on Zocor, right? Do you need
to take that when taking policosanol, too? I went
off of the "non-statin" Tricor and started taking the
policosanol and the non-flush niacin. Haven't had
a problem with those, but just curious if you are
getting a true reading taking the Zocor along with
the "poli"? (9 replies)
... t raised my liver enzymes. Pravachol brought my cholesterol levels back up, the one with Niacin also did not budge my numbers but one night I woke up at 4am with a nice Niacin flush, I was red all over, looked like I had a sunburn. ... (5 replies)
... Two dropped Lipitor because of chronic aches and pains after a few years of use, and never went back on another statin. ... (28 replies)
... For me it took over a year to really feel better. ... (29 replies)
... When someone has a reaction to one statin, and tries another, the reaction can be more severe, so it's not surprising that after trying 4, you were hardly able to walk. ... (10 replies)
... They put him on Tricor and every Statin out there and he nor I can handle the side effects, what a battle huh? ... (6 replies)
... They are not statins, and they do a good job of lowering LDL... ... (5 replies)
... over 500 hdl was 44. She takes 500 mg glucophage a day. The Dr put her on lovastatin that did not touch the trigs. So he put her on tricor which dropped the trigs but she was found to have gall stones of cholesterol so all cholesterol meds had to be stopped. ... (20 replies)
... and that I could run 5 miles a day and eat cardboard and HDL may rise to 25. I have started eating more oily fish. Have tried a number of statin drugs, Advicor brought my HDL's up to 31 but I started having real problems with achiness. ... (3 replies)
... Did the doctor ever state why he started you on such a high dose? ... (9 replies)
... It did not improve in as little as a couple of days... ... (3 replies)
... My mom was discharged today. She's now going to a nursing home for Cardio Rehab. I'm not happy about it being in a nursing home setting, but that's how they do it, and she absolutely needs rehab before she can come home... ... (95 replies)
... normal cholesterol levels. That is a logical nonsequitor to me. ... (12 replies)
... he has since had his gall bladder out... He still smokes two packs a day.. ... (3 replies)
