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How can I reduce high cholesterol from AIs?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 2 1:23pm | Replies (16)

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@wews just saw this but I was put on statin due to elevated levels (of everything) before the breast cancer. I started to show mild symptoms at about 6 weeks that I didn’t really correlate to the statin. Just muscle cramps. Got really bad by 3 months - every night between midnight/12:30 would get horrible cramps in my legs - get up and walk and stretch for 20 minutes or more to even begin to get relief. But by that time, I was going through treatment - had surgery and prepping for radiation when oncotype came back positive and had to decide on chemo. Talked to brother and mentioned this and he suggested it could be the statin (he’s tried every one there is and couldn’t take them). Stopped and within 48 hours all the cramps stopped, in a few weeks, even with the chemo, I was stronger. But Dr wanted me back on so I did and after a month ended up at cardiologist because of problems which turned out to be the statin. So stopped and refused anything else (recc was Zetia). Started berberine because next bloodwork showed elevation in ldl and borderline A1c. 6 months later all were normal even on the Anastrazole. LDL went up to 125 on exemestane but my reading indicates it will happen and as long as mild, doesn’t need treatment and will normalize once off the ai. So I’m holding (now at 115) without treatment.

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@mistymar Since I wrote this I spoke with my cardiologist and she took me off the statin and put me on zetia. I have had no issues with it and my cholesterol went down significantly. She is happy with where things are now. Maybe you could try zetia - it works differently than statins and doest have the same impact.