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I take the smallest dose of Crestor (5mg, I think), and smash or cut it into...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1081026/

Discussion: Crestor

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 5 4:39am

Very helpful. I have 3600 cac but very good stress test result. My internist agreed with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/905089/

Discussion: High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 31, 2023

This is from the Mayo Clinic website. Caution Red yeast rice is capable of lowering blood...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860704/

Discussion: Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: May 16, 2023

Hello group, I got a CAC score of 282 about a month ago. I was immediately...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873886/

Discussion: Calcium Scoring Test

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

Hi, I am 64 and with high cholesterol too. I have been a vegetarian for many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/749450/

Discussion: Important information about statins that I’m going to ask my doc about

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Sep 14, 2022

I’m nearly the same as your husband: 68 years old, non smoker, bmi of 24, on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1076962/

Discussion: Living with high calcium score

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: May 29 8:32am

Hi @emo, Mayo Clinic has a post, "Cholesterol lowering supplements may be helpful", which you can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/891774/

Discussion: Statin Intolerance: What did you do?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 7, 2023

I have neuropathy. I attribute it to statins. I took every one you can think of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/333333/

Discussion: Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Jan 19, 2021

Have been off the statins for about 3 months. Still numbness in feet and lower legs.....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260390/

Discussion: Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Jul 9, 2019

Reducing plaque is obviously different from reducing calcified plaque - I have read for several years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/907807/

Discussion: High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 4, 2023

I just had a CT coronary angiogram with calcium score and my score is 1608. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/213292/

Discussion: I have a very high calcium score. What next?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 15, 2018

I think the calcium score is only 1 of the factors. You have a good "good...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/764094/

Discussion: High CAC Score for age (86th percentile)

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 22, 2022

Hello, I was diagnosed with Myocardial bridging. I don’t have high cholesterol or high blood pressure....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/911198/

Discussion: Has anyone been treated for Myocardial Bridging at Mayo?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 11, 2023

I keep a binder of all my test results plus running record of all my appointments,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867910/

Discussion: The Patient Portal—Help or Hindrance?

Support Group: Just Want to Talk

Posted: May 28, 2023

First, realitytest, one would wonder why you aren't on a statin. I'm assuming they have been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/803584/

Discussion: At 76, no cardiologist is willing to give me a CT calcium test

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 30, 2023

Thank you so much for your input! It’s true, I have no swelling in my ankles...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1087263/

Discussion: Leg weakness in mitral valve regurgitation

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 15 9:31am

@naiviv Hello, I too read about the benefits of bergamot and tried it for a year,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101312/

Discussion: Bergamot

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 7 10:35pm

@tim1028- I loved Lipitor and it worked so well for me, for many years. Then I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/318966/

Discussion: Important information about statins that I’m going to ask my doc about

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Many of the articles I initially read said you could NOT lower your CAC score and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/907798/

Discussion: High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 4, 2023

Hello everyone. I dread taking meds but statins are a must. My lifetime of low fat...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/750238/

Discussion: Important information about statins that I’m going to ask my doc about

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Sep 16, 2022