hi sitting scribe1. Please always check with your dr before interacting anything. Many things even when natural can interact with other medications.I am on comaudin a blood thinner and have to be careful as many things interact. Many on this site also do prefer to go private or anonymous. Take care piglit

And let it be known that "Momentum" is amusing. He needs to know that "pier" is not spelled "peer." There is a difference.

I read your plea about using any information you can get. I did not respond right away because I don't like trying to use the tiny keys on my SmartPhone. As to using the internet, by the way: all drugs have side effects (and supplements, ditto) so take that into account, and be careful what internet sites you go to. Go to several and compare them.

If I am the "Anonymousj" you are referring to: I have a research background, I know scientific methodology, I have spent two years reading every available, worthwhile study of CoQ10, statins, cholesterol, lipid rafts, the electron chain, the mevalonate pathway and much more in the medical field and I will be spending the rest of my life on the same pursuit because a "fact" in medicine one day may turn out to be no such thing a week later: you can't just read the literature once and figure you are done.

Result of my keeping up-to-date: when I go in with my husband to see his cardiologist the doctor pumps me for info and immediately goes to the references I provide, and ditto for my doctor, who had never heard of acetyl L-carnitine which I am now taking and upon looking it up on the internet said "keep it up" - which I would have done anyway (it helps in the metabolism of fats). And when I see my own medical person at Mayo, we spend quite a bit of time discussing statin research because he has access to research I can't get at and I have read things that he didn't know about until I came in. We take a mutual pleasure in sharing information.

I am not a doctor, but I was studying on the doctoral level in Experimental Psychology at the U of Minnesota until I decided I would rather be doing something more interesting than chasing lab rats the rest of my life. Doctors are much too busy to keep current with research on drugs, so I make suggestions which you might follow up with your doctor (who may need to check them out, if he hasn't heard of this or that which I mention) or on the internet.

And of course nobody should stop statins "cold turkey": it's very dangerous. Talk with your doctor about your concerns and about coming off gradually, and if this bothers him, look up the subject of statins on the internet (Dr. Beatrice Golomb's work is a good place to start: not too technical) and the subject of statin rebound.

If your doctor is unhappy about the idea of quitting a statin, remember: a former FDA director said "People have to take care of their own selves." He knew the problems! I know a number of instances in which following "doctor's orders" resulted in a death which was clearly attributable to something the doctor prescribed. So look up every drug taken, don't let the list of side effects scare you off (the benefits may exceed the risks for any particular person), but if you have a gut feeling against a drug, let your doctor know right away that you want to discuss it with him before proceeding further. Maybe he has a better idea.

nice to meet u im new in this forum ,, i like the way u put things in perspective im more interested in coq10 and melatonin..any ideas where can i get a more advanced ideas or knowledge on this naturals drugs