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Really bummed out (calcium test score)
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 12, 2023 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Thank you so much for this kind and supportive reply. I appreciate it. I mean that! I took lipitor years ago and stopped taking it due to side effects. A long time ago. When this new doctor, a cardiologist picked it, I didn't say anything. I wanted to "comply". Maybe I should have spoken up. I will try it again and see what happens. God bless you.
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There are several lipitor type drugs. Maybe, you would have no side effects with another statin...good luck !
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You’re welcome! I think that’s the same thing that happened with my dad—he had no reason to question it and neither did we. We didn’t want to be “those people” worried about the side effects of statins we’d heard horror stories about on the internet… And yet, here we are.
Now there are various types of statins and cholesterol lowering medications, and we didn’t know you could start at a lower dose and increase it slower, which probably would have benefitted him. Plus taking any dose of a statin if you’re high risk even if it’s not the highest dose indicated, is still a benefit!
Wishing you all the best.