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Is there a good alternative to statins? I was put on Rasusvastatin 10
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jun 25 9:59am | Replies (60)Comment receiving replies
As the devil's advocate here, I can say that I have been on a number of heart meds since my heart attack and triple bypass in December 2021, as one of the ways to avoid more of that. Avorstatin has had minimal side effects - a bit of nausea when I first started taking it but nothing else. So sometimes the drugs don't have a nasty effect and in fact do something good. Doctors prescribe them because there are randomized control trials that show their relative efficacy, not something one can always say about supplements and naturopathic 'medicines', yoga etc.
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Thank you so much. “devil’s Advocate” is a good thing to be. It’s very helpful. I have tried several statins resulting in severe side effects. I just can’t take them. With most drugs, I tend to have every severe side effects only 10% of the people have. That’s one reason I am afraid of taking new drugs. Especially that have liver damage, neck swelling, etc as a side effect. I took an antibiotic once snd ended up in the ER clinging to life. When I get vaccines I stay for at least an hour to check for side effects. I’m going to try the supplement. If it works, then woohoo. If not, back to the drawing board. BTW, I am doing just about everything recommended as to nutrition and life style.