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Is anyone on Levqio
I am a 43 year old female with multiple health issues including ashtma, a genetic gene for CAD and LAD, and an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation in all organs and tissues. So far I had rhadnomyolyisis with rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, pravastatin, and ezemtibe. I also was tried on repatha and had severe abdonimal pain that sent me to the ER. My cardiologist wants to put me on levqio but I cannot find any info on if it may cause the severe inflammation in my digestive tract like the repatha did. All medication and supplements with biological or enzymes compontients have cause this severe inflammation.
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thanks for the link!
I have been using leqvio for a little over a year and a few months ago I pop up with a uti. I did a search and this injection can cause a uti, it's one of the side effects. I really don't care to suffer with effects from a drug that I take to help me but if it helps with the cholesterol that I can work with it. So many medications that we take have side effects and it is our call to determine if its in our best interest to continue it.
Hi @peterpam2627, @bgold, it’s great to see you comment and share with other members like @kisu on Mayo Clinic Connect! You have concerns about a connection between Leqvio and urinary track infections. It does sound like others have made this association since it is listed as a side effect making it something important to pay attention to.
I can’t help but look through a lens of Inclisiran (Leqvio) perhaps problem solving in my body, opposed to causing problems. I don’t know. I believe I have tried every type of cholesterol treatment and have been super unsuccessful with some, enough that I said, “never again”. My numbers have been under control for the first time in my life, since adding those medications after starting Inclisiran a couple years ago.
I hit a systemic circulation crisis a few years ago. When I got to Mayo Clinic my doctors have followed the approach of protecting my heart and then taking one symptom at a time. As examples, @diamellet mentioned GI problems with other drugs in this discussions original comment. I have experienced the same. You mention UTI’s. No UTIs here but definitely weirdness with all things related. My doctors tell me what to do, I do it and make incremental progress. This has involved a consistent high level of exercise, healthy eating and medications. What we do at times seems to “cause” something else. I don’t think I would have stuck with the process had it not been for the fact that I was so desperate and they were so confident. It is a great relationship.
I guess I am wondering if Leqvio does something to my body to make it function better systemically, or all over. Then, this shakes things up and causes something else to get highlighted, needing addressed. Of course, I am not a trained medical person and only have my experience to go on.
Do you have other health conditions, and if so what has happened with them since starting Leqvio? Would it be valuable to ask your doctor(s) how lowering your LDL so effectively should be impacting how your entire body is functioning?