statins

[Battis]

Any experiences, good or bad, with statin medications? I'm not having good luck with them.

[HWooldridge]

I take Rosuvastatin and have never had any bad reactions. It has dramatically dropped my bad cholesterol.

[Half Dog]

Mine seem to help.

[pworley1]

I have been taking Pravastatin for many years and have not had any problems. There is probably one that will work for you.

[Finster101]

I take Atorvastatin. I ocassionally get leg cramps from it, but not all the time, usually in bed at night. I can get up and drink some Gatorade and they seem to stop. I think it also give me a slight hand tremor. I am running my own self test as I have stopped it for about three weeks now. Going to try some bullseye shooting Friday and see if it has improved. Just from aiming and dry firing I think it will.

[1eyedjack]

Avorstatin caused leg cramps and fatigue Çrestor has worked well lowering cholesterol without side effects wife had to go to Repatha injectable every other week to eliminate the leg cramps and leg pain.Best to get prescription for only a short time until you find out how you tolerate the drug.

[DDriller]

I have been taking Zocor (simvastatin) for about 10 years with no problems.

[Battis]

I've tried two different ones. A few weeks into them, I get the problems. Funny, but the Dr (well, his nurse) doesn't believe me. Time for a new DR.

[MT Gianni]

I take Rosuvastatin and have never had any bad reactions. It has dramatically dropped my bad cholesterol.

I could have written this.

[DocSavage]

Taking generic version of Lipitor (10 mg) no side effects but I do take CoQ 10 just in case.

[Brokenbear]

Pravastatin for 10 years ..did have to cut back one notch from 80 to 40 as it made climbing steps tuff but once back to 40MG good to go
For you folks who get leg cramps 'BioFreeze" the stuff for joint and muscle pain INSTANTLY stops leg cramps
The wife could not tolerate statins and went on Repatha but be aware it is high dollar but also be aware that there are programs out there that with the help of your doctor can get it down to $45 every 2 weeks ..it will take diligence and patience but well worth the effort as most drug plans will not participate/list Repatha as anything but tier 4/5 which puts the cost out of reach

[scattershot]

Rosuvistatin for a while, but I couldn’t tolerate it. Body aches, and other side effects so bad I had to give it up.

[Battis]

Rosuvistatin is doing me in.
I mentioned CoQ 10 to the DR but he said it was a waste of time. Yeah, time for a new DR.

[Hogtamer]

After about a month on the latest statin 4-5 yrs ago I developed a pain in my left side that got worse and worse. Finally in the mirror I saw huge bruising and felt like muscle was torn from ribs. Pulled up my shirt for the pharmacist and she like to fainted. Dr. said it was the statin affecting muscle tissue. I asked isn’t the heart a muscle? Well, it only affects striated muscle. Not worth the risk or pain to me so I live with high cholesterol as the med is worse. YMMV of course.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Lisinopril?

DG

[fixit]

I've been on crestor, lipitor, and maybe another I can't remember, and it was TORTURE! MY cholesterol is currently high, but not horribly so. My good cholesterol is in a good range, but my bad is high, so my doctor wants me on statins, but I'm refusing, because of severe joint pain previously. I'm currently taking red yeast rice at the recommendation of my chiropractor, and I'm waiting for my next physical to see where that gets me. All my other numbers are really good, including B.P., which gets comments like"I wish I had your blood pressure" every time I go in.

[Kraschenbirn]

Generic Lipitor (avorstatin) here...for something like twenty years...medium dosage keeps my 'bad' cholesterol in the 130s without side effects.

Bill

[ulav8r]

Lisinopril?

DG

Not a statin.

Have been taking Simvastatin since April 2009. Started on 60 mg, reduced to 30 mg after 2-3 years. My cholesterol was near the top end of normal, but because of my blood clotting issues the statin was prescribed to help keeping clots down. Am on rat poison, warfarin, daily, to thin my blood as needed. Have been on arthritis and BP medicines about 40 years. Have had no side affects that I can recognize as such from any of them.

[scattershot]

In my case, the cure is worse than the disease. I have come to the conclusion that it’s not worth the PITA. Everybody dies from something, right?

[farmbif]

I better trade in the bacon and eggs for oatmeal. my grandfather would say that 2 boilermakers a day wash the cholesterol out of him.