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Started Repatha - Side Effects
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@llynch17056 I have found that some medicines cause other conditions which I really dont want. When I was taking the statins my doctor told me I was diabetic because my A1C was 6.5. it was never even mentioned to me before. He said I could control it with diet and exercise which I have been doing but that statins can cause that. I did the daily testing and my A1C did go down but why do I have to take one medicine to control one condition that gives me another condition that is worse. He would not admit that the statins caused the high A1C. When I went off them my A1C is now below diabetic level without the diet and exercise. The statins made my whole body ache and made me diabetic. Guess it means Im not diabetic anymore and I dont ache but I have high LDL. Hopefully the repatha will work when I go back on it but Im not counting on it. So depending on which medication you take, you have to choose what disease or side effect you want to have. It all seems ridiculous.
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@mdeblaey539 I am 80 years old with high (320) LPa. Dr put me on Repatha 8 weeks ago hoping to lower while waiting on new drugs to hit the market. I am having some feet and ankle swelling but think that is from Gabapentin but not sure. Due to get blood work soon to see if Repatha is helping
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@mdeblaey539 exactly. Actually, Repatha made me sicker than statins with a backache that hurt to walk. It also took longer for the side effects to go away. I thought for a while they were permanent. Maybe because it is an injectable. BUT, note that a main side effect of Repatha is high A1C/diabetes. That scared me so much that I would get it checked so often I would just pay for it myself and go to Lab Corp. The Nexletol I’m on now has less side effects, tolerable, so far, but potential side effects are high lactic acid and tendon rupture!!! My doctor said not many people get tendon rupture and I said that SOME people do and it could be me! Talk about ending my exercise and yoga!!! At my age, 78, such a catastrophe would probably end my life as I know it. I am getting lactic acid tests regularly, too. It really scares me. It’s hard enough to just grow old. I’m exercising, being social, making sure I sleep, eat organic! Doing everything to life a full active fulfilling life only to be taken out by medicine. Emotionally, I just don’t know how long I can stay on the Nexletol. I swear every twitch I think I’ve ruptured a tendon!