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Anyone else "mourn" their NO-MEDS SELF before a STATIN?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Feb 16 11:31am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
On the contrary, @lilac2025. I challenge you to turn your story upside down. Instead of throwing in the towel and succumbing to need to take a statin…..what if you see it for what you’ve actually accomplished? You have genetically high cholesterol and made it to age 66 and a moderate risk. How you have managed your lifestyle throughout your lifetime got you here with the quality of life you are experiencing every day. Kudos!
Now you are making a well-educated thoughtful decision to add rosuvastatin to get your LDL to a level that plaque does not accumulate from here. Maintaining your healthy lifestyle as you add medications ensures you do all you can to be healthy as long as you can. Double kudos!
Like you, I have genetically high cholesterol and I have successfully taken rosuvastatin. I recently learned one latest approach tends to accomplish better outcomes (as far as side effects are concerned) by lowering using multiple drugs each at a low dose instead of continuing to increase the dose and use just one drug.
You mention getting a Cardiac CT in December then starting a blood pressure medication last month. What prompted having the CT? Do you know what is affecting your blood pressure, and do you other recent health changes?
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@jlharsh Hi Janell. I've been meaning to reply to your comment, which I appreciate beyond you can imagine! Thank you for pointing out that all my efforts weren't for naught and that it helped me get to this age. I like to think it did. Today marks Day 7 on Rosuvastatin, and so far, none of those muscle aches some people experience. It's also Week 6 on Losartan. Between the 5th and 6th week, on Feb. 9th, I did feel dizzy when I went to a laying down position for the first time. I was actually getting my Calcium Score checked again so I see what is BEFORE the statin does its job. (That's for another post!) It was in the morning before my coffee. I do NOT experience any dizziness getting up out of bed in the middle of the night, getting up from a chair, etc, so it's possible I was somewhat dehydrated.
It's very reassuring to me to hear your story that you've been successful on rosuvastatin. I'm really happy for you! I agree with your approach and am hoping that the 5 mg. of rosuvastatin will do the trick for me, but if it doesn't, I will ask for Ezetimibe rather than increasing the rosuvastatin. Of course, I'll continue with my plant-based diet and regular exercise, and try to reduce my stress!
You asked the reason for the Cardiac CT Scan. I feel rather fortunate that I was able to get such a detailed and thorough test. It was because before I knew 100% I had gastritis, I had some pain/tightness around the braline. My doctor was pretty sure it was gastritis and I did take medication for that. Howevver, to be 100% sure and put me at ease, she suggested I get a Nuclear Stress Test. (treadmill). Well, I had that done, no problem, no chest pain, EKG was A-OK, but the results showed an abnormal perfusion in an area. My cardiologist said there are sometimes FALSE POSITIVES, and suggested I get the more accurate, detailed Cardiac CT Scan. So, there you go! I'm glad I got it as that was the deciding factor for me. I am very well aware that high blood pressure damages the lining of your arteries and allows plaque to get inside. I've always been high normal or Hypertensive 1, so I'm not playing around anymore with that. I am hoping it will come down. It's usually in the 130's over 90's.
Thank you again for your response!! I very much appreciated it.