Started Repatha - Side Effects
I had terrible side effects with statins (any statin, any dosage). For about 30 years my doctors have pushed statins and
I have resisted. Finally I agreed to Repatha. The first week I had zero side effects. With my second dose, 2 weeks in, i woke up and my joints and muscles hurt a LOT.
1. Does this side effect go away?
2. What do you know about the recent information that the Repatha trials underreporting deaths from cardiac events while taking Repatha.
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Thank you SO much. Sometimes cardiologists get stuck and all they can see are numbers and cannot see that a person has no quality of life. I love my life. I am very active. I want to live long and strong. But, after seeing some people die of cancer, I’ll take a heart attack over that. I will work hard against having a heart attack. But, I’m not going back to being disabled by drugs that my myopic cardiologist insisted I take. My internist said my cholesterol ratio was excellent even though my LDL is high, and my LPa has come down 60 points in a year and a half using an OTC supplement. I exercise daily, eat healthy clean organic food, and my weight is normal. Hanging in there. Looking for the balance.