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Is anyone on Repatha for cholesterol...
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: May 23 9:20pm | Replies (120)Comment receiving replies
Hello @porscha,
I'd like to invite @llynch17056, @missey and @laketahoebob who have shared their experiences taking Repatha on Connect in the past.
@porscha, members who have discussed experiencing side effects with Repatha often talked about experiencing them right away on the medication and the side effects lessening over the course of a few weeks. After two weeks on the medication you mentioned you are feeling good, is that still the case?
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@JustinMcClanahan
No problems ever with Repatha. Started with the 4 week injection and was forced to change to the 2 week injections when they discontinued the 4 week version.
@JustinMcClanahan
I had misgivings because I was doing well on statins and ezetimibe but my mobility was deteriorating rapidly and I didn’t know what else to do, so I stopped both. I was approved by insurance so quickly I didn’t have time to change my mind or stop the Repatha delivery and I started on it about 5 weeks ago. So far so good. No disturbing side effects but legs still hurt and if anything my balance is worse. It is hard to accept that there is no treatment protocol for pn.
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@JustinMcClanahan my experience was that the side effects on Repatha came on a bit more slowly than with statins. For the first couple of weeks I thought I had found a chlorestrol lowering drug that I could tolerate. But, that was not to be. Once the side effects came on they were even worse than as ratings and only got worse, never better. I took it for 3 months, one week and had to quit.