... paks of Tricor that the drug rep had given him recently!!! ... (5 replies)
... cor. The only missing one i muscle twitching. ALL of his symptoms are those that people get on statins, however, I know Tricor is not a statin, but, since both statins and fenofibrates lower cholesterol, and Tricor is relatively new, I wonder if Tricor id heading down the troubled path statins are on. ... (7 replies)
... The CoQ10 supplements do seem to help some people on Tricor. The link is more tenuous then with the statins though, since fibrates have not been shown to reduce blood serum CoQ10 levels, while statins have. ... (4 replies)
... So at that time, I was on both Tricor and Lipitor. ... (4 replies)
... I have been on tricor for several months and my hdl is up 25, my ldl is down about 40 and I have had no problems with it. ... (4 replies)
... Agreed that the tricor is used most often to target getting triglycerides down. ... (4 replies)
... They are both fibrates Kathy. I think Zetia is more for LDL and Tricor is mostly for the Trigs. and VLDL. Do a web search, just type in ...what is Zetia, then the same for Tricor and it gives U all the info. ... (4 replies)
... Hello,
After talking with my dr. about the havoc statins have caused, he has opted to try Tricor (my cholesteral is gentically high, so diet route hasn't helped much)
My #'s
TC - 285
LDL - 230
HDL - 55
Trigs - 35
If you look at my #'s, it is the LDL that is culprit, HDL and Trigs are good. Will the Tricor - 165mg help with LDL ? Lipitor worked wonders at 5mg, but... (4 replies)
... weeks after my doctor added Tricor to the Lipitor 10mg I had been on for 7 years. I am a 50 year old male in otherwise good health. ... (6 replies)
... I wish my doctor had told me about this combo a few years ago. I had been on Lipitor, and about a month after he added Tricor to my therapy, I experienced serious muscle pain and profound weakness which took almost a year to get over after stopping both meds. ... (9 replies)
... Tricor has some of the same side effects as statins . Just don't let him put you on both statins and tricor at the same time you are just asking for problems . It specifically warns you on the label not to do this . ... (5 replies)
... I started on Tricor just over a month ago. The day after I started taking it my appetite became insatiable. All I am craving is bad food. ... (0 replies)
... My doctors now concede I cannot take statins and I was asked to once more try Tricor. New Tricor dosages are 48 and 145mg. Six weeks ago I started the 145mg and had no side effects but now I have a heighten sense of agitation, anxiety, and some depression. ... (2 replies)
... I believe Tricor is a fibrate, and with all the whiz bang over statins, it isn't prescribed as much these days. ... (24 replies)
... Anybody had any experience with this , went to the doctor today , told him I couldn't take statins anymore , i suggested he try Welchol which he was going to do but then he came back and said to try TriCor first . ... (1 replies)
... My son's doctor just prescribed Tricor for his low HDL. He is 48, a lean runner, his HDL is 22 and total cholesterol is 190. ... (1 replies)
... I wasn't on Tricor, but I always had very low BP until I went on Lipitor and then Baycol. Along with GI problems and pains and aches, my BP kept going up, another reason they started to think I couldn't take statins. One person said after they stopped, their BP went back to normal, but mine is still up and down, so now I am on meds for that. I know a few others who had BP... (5 replies)
... hello all new here, i am on tricor and have been since november 2008 my trigs at that time were 1629. ... (1 replies)
... Also, I understand you can not take both fibraqtes and statins together... the combonation could be deadly... literally. ... (2 replies)
... and some people have been off statins and fenofibrates for years with no noticeable improvement in symptoms. ... (2 replies)
