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Statin drugs and side effects

I was on Lovastatin years ago and I could hardly get out of bed. The muscle aches were horrible and I felt...

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Statin drugs and side effects

I was on Lovastatin years ago and I could hardly get out of bed. The muscle aches were horrible and I felt...

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Statin drugs and side effects

I was on Lovastatin years ago and I could hardly get out of bed. The muscle aches were horrible and I felt...

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Total =135 (down from 210) LDL = 65 (down from 135) HDL+42

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Ultrasound Video of Carotid Artery in 91 Year Old ...

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Help me understand my numbers

Total cholesterol = 241 HDL = 108 LDL = 111 Triglycerides = 109 Total is high, but my HDL is very high...

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atherosclerosis imaging results

What does a CCS/CIMT score of 31 (84%) mean?

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Chelation Therapy Study a Bust

The results of TACT or Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy are called a bust. The trial which covered 10 years...

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Anyone have an opinion on Calcium Score Test?

I recently visited a cardiologist regarding the results of a vascular screening test (VAP) that my internist...

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How much HDL cholesterol is too much?

My current cholesterol levels Total cholesterol 216 Triglycerides 49 VLDL 10 LDL 105 HDL 101 I have, to my...

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Unclogging Arteries

I have borderline high cholesterol. If I adjust my diet and lose weight, will this reduce the plaque already...

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LDL150 HDL64 Triglicrydes160 Total 246 Ratio 3.8

My numbers are LDL150 HDL 64 Trig 160 Total cholesterol 246 Ratio 3.8 Do you think I need to take statins...

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LDL150 HDL64 Triglicrydes160 Total 246 Ratio 3.8

My numbers are LDL150 HDL 64 Trig 160 Total cholesterol 246 Ratio 3.8 Do you think I need to take statins...

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high cholesterol in mid-age

1) Why does high cholesterol tend to show up in mid-age? 2) What happens if his or her cholesterol rate...

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New study shows the benefit of lower cholesterol

Very interesting article that sums thins up very well. A couple of important points; Lower cholesterol is...

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Simvastatin ??? Anyone out there get lightheadedn...

Anyone out there experience being light headed or dizzy on this staten it frightens the hell out of me not to...

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How Pharma Funded Research Cherry Picks Positive R...

Fresh article discussing how Pharma Funded Research Cherry Picks Positive Results: ...

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lipitor

I see i'm not the only one with problems and or questions about lipitor. I have been experiencing most if...

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Bad Experience with Lipitor

After heart valve replacement surgery in '07 i went on 10 Mg Lipitor for a year and began noticing torso aches...

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gallstones

I had a infection and had to have my gallbladder removed. When i went in they said the didn't know what the...

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gallstones

I had a infection and had to have my gallbladder removed. When i went in they said the didn't know what the...

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gallstones

I had a infection and had to have my gallbladder removed. When i went in they said the didn't know what the...

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Long Term LDL Reduction and Statin Use

I was pulling some data as part of a research project I'm working on and found the article below. It is very...

Posted by iride6606

I was pulling some data as part of a research project I'm working on and found the article below. It is very interesting on several levels. The article was done by a British research group called The Medical Research Council and British Heart Foundation (MRC/BHF) Heart Protection Study (HPS) and before it comes up, here is their statement of funding relationship:

Role of the funding source[br> [br> The trial was designed, conducted, analyzed, and interpreted by the investigators, independently of all funding sources. The writing committee had full access to the study data and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.

The purpose of this study was to reach out to over 20,000 participants in previous trials concerning the use of Simvastatin. They gathered data on their health and cholesterol levels for the past 11 years.

The basis of the findings is interesting. They again prove that for each 1 mmol decrease in LDL cholesterol there is up to a 27% reduction in a major cardiac event or death, which is a pretty major event itself.

Similar patterns were seen for each component of major vascular events (figure 1). For major coronary events, a 27% (SE 4) reduction was noted during the in-trial period (p<0Â·0001). During the post-trial period, the incidence rates were similar in both treatment groups (RR 0Â·96 [95% CI 0Â·88-1Â·04>; p=0Â·31), although a further reduction was recorded in first non-fatal myocardial infarction (413 [4Â·8%> vs 465 [5Â·7%>; p=0Â·01). For strokes, a 24% (SE 5) reduction was seen during the in-trial period (p<0Â·0001), reflecting a 29% (SE 6) reduction in definite ischemic stroke and no difference in hemorrhagic stroke (51 [0Â·5%> vs 56 [0Â·5%>; p=0Â·59). During the post-trial period, the incidence rates were similar in both treatment groups (0Â·98 [0Â·86-1Â·12>; p=0Â·77), with no adverse effect on hemorrhagic stroke (38 [0Â·4%> vs 51 [0Â·6%>; p=0Â·13). For revascularization procedures, a significant 24% (SE 4) reduction was seen during the in-trial period (p<0Â·0001). During the post-trial period, the incidence rates were similar in both treatment groups (0Â·93 [0Â·84-1Â·04>; p=0Â·20).

Also, they found that the effect of using Simvastatin continues for 5 years after use as well. The long term results of the use of Simvastatin remained unchanged during the 6 year follow up period which is reassuring as no increase in adverse effects were noted. The bottom line of their findings is stated below;

Prolonged follow-up in the Heart Protection Study now shows that reduction of about a quarter in vascular mortality and morbidity-produced by an average 1 mmol/L reduction in LDL cholesterol with 5 years of statin therapy-persisted largely unchanged during the subsequent 6 years, despite similar LDL cholesterol

Concentrations and statin use in both treatment groups. Reassuringly, no adverse effects on particular causes of non-vascular mortality or major morbidity (including site-specific cancers) were seen to emerge during prolonged follow-up. These findings support prompt initiation and long-term continuation of statin treatment in people at increased risk of vascular events.

This is a very interesting article. I know some is a bit detailed but we can discuss any unclear issues.

http://www.natap.org/2011/newsUpdates/121511_04.htm

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cholesterol stones

hi my name is regina not sure where to go with this. i've had pains in right side that radiate to back....

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Help! Sudden spike in Cholesterol, 295 :(

Just got my lab results and my cholesterol was 295! I take no meds, and am otherwise healthy. I weigh...

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Total cholesterol 246, Hdl 115, Ldl 112

Im starting to question my cholesterol numbers. I cant find alot of info on my situation. Every time I go to...

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When to retest cholerestrol levels?

I have been off prescribed statins for two months. My doctor suggested stopping these after my liver enzymes...

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MY STATIN STORY

I'm 64 years old and have had high cholesterol for over 35 years. Cholesterol wasn't checked or discussed...

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I'm 64 years old and have had high cholesterol for over 35 years. Cholesterol wasn't checked or discussed much way back then; so, I could have had it before then. Now it's highly discussed and debated. I do believe statin drugs help most people; but, for some, and I am one that can't take some of them and can't tolerate them, that there is truth in these fact even if studies don't prove them.. The first statin I tried was Baycol (which was taken of the market because of some deaths that ocurred ) My blood test results were still barely within normal limits; but, my doctor took me off of it before they took it off the market because I reported I was tired all the time. The second drug I tried was Lipitor. That drug gave me leg pain after 3 weeks. Tricor, Zocor and the list goes on all gave me leg pain shortly after taking them. I tried these drugs over a ten year period. All together I"ve tried 12 statins and all on the lowest dose. Crestor was the drug that effected my liver. I never felt so bad in my life; but, I kept taking it; although I couldn't take Crestor more than 3 weeks because I was so weak I wouldn't have been able to walk into the hospital to get the blood test. My doctor called me and told me to stop taking it immediately because two liver functions were elevated; but, she said it worked and lowered my cholesterol really low. It took me three months to recover from that one. I stopped trying for 5 years; but, from the urging of my doctors to take a statin I decided to try Lipitor again. I heard from friends that the pain will go away with time. My doctor says and I quote "They should put statins in the water supply". So, you know where his thoughts are about statins. To make a long story short. I took Lipitor for two years. I had constant muscle pain, muscle weakness, joint pain the first year and then in the second year to accompany that I had memory loss, (short term and long term) and confusion. I couldn't even remember what I was doing from one minute to the next sometimes, I got confused and lost while driving, burned 10 pans last year because I forgot I was cooking, missed paying bills, missed appts, couldn't find words in a conversation, many times I would get ready to go somewhere and get out to the car and forget where I was going. Forgot my wedding anniversay date, my passwords....etc...and on and on This came on slowly; so, at first I thought it's because I'm getting older. I was blaming my muscle pain and memory loss on my age. I did report my muscle pain to my doctor; but, not my memory loss because I thought that was my age and my doctor did give me a test for RA which came back positive; so, again I thought at least the joint pain was arthritis. I happen to check the FDA website about new statin warning when they came out with the type 2 diabetes warning and low and behold there was also a memory loss warning. I thought, just maybe I'm not having dementia, memory loss and confusion because I'm old; but, maybe it's the statin. Also, right before I stopped my statin I had a brown tinted urine which is not a good sign while taking statins. I should have gone to the doctor when that happened because that could have been serious or it could have proved that I couldn't tolerate Liptor. My doctor was taking blood tests all through this period. I stopped the statin drugs 11 months ago on my own to see if all this pain, weakness and memory loss would go away. After a week of not taking the statin drug my urine was normal. I have had NO MUSCLE PAIN, NO JOINT PAIN, LESS MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND MY MEMORY HAS COME BACK and an added benefit was a sense of well being or lack of depression. I didn't even know I was depressed until I stopped the statin. I just wanted to tell my story to let some people out there know it's not all in your mind and maybe it's only 1% of the people on statins that can't tolerate them; but, when it's you, it's important and you're not crazy as some doctors seems to imply.View Thread

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low triglycerides on ischemic stroke patients

why does low triglyceride level found in some ischemic stroke patients whereas the other lipid panels such as...

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