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Do taking Statins cause shortness of breath?
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@bobtrev --- That's scary. I hope your statin total (mg's) dosage (daily) isn't too high. I assume the Repatha is to suppress or inhibit your PCSK9 proteins/enzymes. Then the "thinning" protocol on top of that is a lot to ask the body to process.
At 82, I would think less (powerful) or fewer drugs may sometimes be safer than overkill. oops. I didn't mean that as a pun. I'm just not a huge fan of over-prescription of power drugs due to our ability to handle them. Our immune systems and (liver) protein/enzymes have been introduced to so many new chemistries (vaccines, drugs, medications, vitamins, supplements, processed foods, etc.) that we have no idea what the long-term affects will be. In the aggregate, all of these intakes can overwhelm the systems ability to process of clear them effectively.
In our health approaching our life's 4th quarter, I just wonder if ... Perhaps less is really more.
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@marcwall Thanks for that. I have a few more very serious drugs as well. Today, I felt really good. The I ran into a friend at church this morning. A remarkable man who is 94, stands up straight, sharp as a tack and said he has never taken a prescription drug. He owned a moving and storage business. I guess it was the exercise. FYI, I also take Farxiga and Ranexa and some BP meds. On top of that, I take a drug called Ofev for ILD. My plan pays $11,117 a month for that one. So far, the plan, an Aetna Part D plan, has paid $82,138 for my meds, through June! I can't imagine that going on forever. Thank goodness for the $2,100 limit.