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Let me focus on the last part of your resonse, @gloaming, which is the part I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1100428/

Discussion: Must you change your diet if statins are doing the job?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 6, 2024

While there is certainly evidence that red yeast rice is statin-like ... this has been known...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/954043/

Discussion: Statin Intolerance: What did you do?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 26, 2023

neirbookeik1, you say "there is no way to raise HDL", but my experience is to the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/758694/

Discussion: High CAC Score and Current Status

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Oct 8, 2022

Amen! When my mother was 70 years old her total cholesterol was over 300. Her doctor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/683468/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Feb 22, 2022

Many people can successfully take Atorvastatin and other statins with no side effects. I had to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/318965/

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

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

A year ago I had my first CAC CT scan with a resulting score of 1560....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130257/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 5, 2019

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

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, 2024

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

@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, 2024

Did you try the Zetia? My doctor just prescribed it because my cholesterol jumped up during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185342/

Discussion: Does anyone take Zetia only for cholesterol?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 6, 2024

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, 2024

Thanks for sharing your story. 10mg of statin seems much more reasonable than my 40. Doctors...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/768486/

Discussion: Any women with high CAC scores?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 2, 2022

Swilkins1974, thank you for your affirmation and support. I just got done talking on the phone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1276481/

Discussion: Clopidogrel-extreme fatigue

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 7 1:31pm

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, 2024

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 am 68 and just had a score of 1087. I am very active physically and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1278431/

Discussion: Anxiety when waiting for your first calcium score test

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 10 8:42am

@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

I can’t take statins or Repatha due to extreme side effects. I tried CoQ10. Had the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1198643/

Discussion: How long do side effects from statins last once you stop taking them?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 28, 2024

Did you take CoQ10 with the statin? My doctor recommended 200mg of the supplement when I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1168920/

Discussion: Does anyone take Zetia only for cholesterol?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 6, 2024