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Statin Side-effects: Muscle pain and weakness
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I have been on statins for over 30 years and never had any side effects. I'm currently on Simvastin. 2 years ago I did a 6 week nutrition and fitness challenge and never looked back. I cut out carbs (bread, pasta, potato chips), increased my protein, eat within an 8 hour window (really helped with stopping the evening snacking), and make sure I stay well hydrated all day. I also started strength training with weights (dumbells) 4 times a week in addition to the daily walking I do with my dog. Having dog is a great motivator to get out into nature every day regardless of the weather! I lost 27 pounds and feel great. However, my cholesterol levels are still too high. My father and both my siblings also had high cholesterol and I recently heard on a Ted Talk Podcast that there is a genetic test to see if you have that gene, but most likely not covered by insurance. I try not to worry about the cholesterol as it's borderline high, but it's always in the back of my mind. I am going to ask my PCP at my January 2025 annual exam if there is a better statin to take as this one doesn't seem to do much. It's really been my diet changes and exercise that have lowered. Any suggestions?
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I have read more than once that people with high cholesterol live longer. Wonderful that you changed your diet!!! I am NOT telling you what to do, only the I would wean myself off the statins buy cutting a sliver off every day until gone. My cholesterol is between 276 and 299. I am 76 female and weigh 121 lbs. I am in better health than almost everyone I know and most are 10-20 years less than me and most take drugs for this and that. I have a list of people I knew that died and some 20-30 yrs younger.
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My younger son has had high cholesterol all his life. His doctor in Australia told him to take Bergamot (an Italian citrus in pill form that is available in health food stores). People on high blood pressure medication cannot eat grapefruit, so that also applies to this supplement. Don't take it if you are on blood pressure meds. It makes them more powerful and thus can cause dangerous low blood pressure! I was advised that triglycerides are more important than cholesterol scores. Formula I was given was to divide triglycerides by HDL. If it is 2.1 or lower I'm in good shape. Okay at 3.5, and really bad at 5.1. When I was losing weight during cancer treatments, the doctors pressured me to gain weight and I added a lot of junky things to my diet that I wouldn't normally eat in an attempt to get my calories up. My triglycerides went through the roof. My last test showed they are coming down, but still a bit high.