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Supplements vs statins - which is more effective?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Aug 25, 2017 | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
I am allergic to cholesterol medication but I use natural remedy from Naturopathic doctor. Or ask vitamin shop for cholesterol lowering pills.<br><br><br>
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I have been on natural remedies for over 12 years it works better than<br>prescription mine prescribed by Dr. Arona in Tempe Arizona. But you can go<br>to any vitamins shops and ask for yeast red rice for cholesterol. You<br>doctor never advise you because it is not his specialty in natural<br>medicine. And it is against law.<br><br>
Thankful, its JoeM, the first time I took statins(zocor) 20+ years ago, I<br>experienced pain in my joints, it got so bad I was prescribed celebrex. The<br>result was I stopped taking both of them. Yes, the pain went away. I find<br>that "doctor’s" will treat you with whats out there in the market and that<br>some of them are not too sold out on natural remedies or vitamins. I have<br>read in some articles that taking "niacin B3" is a cholesterol buster, but<br>again follow your doctors orders.<br>
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@gulzar, Wow, sorry to hear you are allergic to statins. Does this mean you don't tolerate them because of typical side effects? I would be interested in hearing about what your Naturopathic doctor would recommend? I mentioned this in an earlier post that I was having problems with numbness in my leg & feet (mostly the rt. side) and after going through several kinds of testing to see what may be causing this problem, nothing has turned up. I decided to ask both my regular Dr. and my Cardiologist about whether the 80 mg. of atorvastin could be causing this, both said to cut the dose in half and see if that makes a difference. It has been a month since I've done this and I am experiencing some relief. The Cardiologist has suggested stopping altogether for 2 weeks and see if the numbness goes away and my regular Dr. has suggested not to do this and he has changed me to 40 mg.of simvastatin. I'm trying to decide what to do. I have looked into other options earlier on such as Niacin and a few other things, but my Cardiologist really is not a fan of anything else (in his mind he thinks all supplements just give us expensive pee). Anyway, I would be interested in hearing what you are finding out. Have a great weekend! @thankful