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I’ve read numerous books, the latest one Blind Spots, that actually lay out the whole statin...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1188541/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 11, 2024

@mayofeb2020 Has the pravastatin lowered /not lowered your cholesterol? (Have you been on it long enough...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/298585/

Discussion: Need help to lower high cholesterol & high triglycerides

Support Group: Heart Rhythm Conditions

Posted: Mar 9, 2020

After years of being told to take them, I finally gave in when my Total Cholesterol...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1128589/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

I understand where you're coming from. I trust my doctor. It's just that when I read...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/835913/

Discussion: Has anyone seen a reduction in their CAC score from taking vitamin K2?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 1, 2023

I cannot take any statin because it has adverse reactions to another condition I have. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261286/

Discussion: Repatha as a treatment for high HDL Cholesterol

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 1, 2019

Exaclty what I had- check out my post today2 hours ago · Coronary artery Ectasia (CAE)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/213296/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 17, 2018

It’s interesting your doctor prescribed Zetia (Ezetimibe) only. It’s normally used in conjunction with a statin...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083199/

Discussion: Does anyone take Zetia only for cholesterol?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 8, 2024

I'm trying to get Leqvio and have checked all the side effects. Nothing comes up for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1168213/

Discussion: Is anyone on Levqio

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 4, 2024

Same here. Athlete in school then adult softball 6 months out of year through my 30s....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1014185/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 12, 2024

I stopped taking statins after prescribed back in 2017 because it was causing severe muscle aches....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/766017/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Oct 27, 2022

Welcome @harolddr, I have not heard that statins do nothing for women but help only middle-age...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/713163/

Discussion: High Cholesterol: how do you control it?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: May 31, 2022

My husband is 61 and for a number of years taken statin drugs for high cholesterol....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/127228/

Discussion: Chest tightness even after stents

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Just to update this thread now that I have been taking CoQ10 for a month... I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1187322/

Discussion: Muscle "pulls" due to statin?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Dec 9, 2024

Realitytest, I'm trying to take all this in. So, you are a heart patient, with Cardiovascular...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/804989/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 1, 2023

Thank you so much for your detailed and thoughtful reply. My primary care provider prescribed a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1327964/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 15 6:21pm

That is a positive note, no question. I'm glad to hear you've successfully made the changes...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/727316/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 15, 2022

@sueinmn, @karen1945 I have taken Statins now for about 13 years and seemed to have similiar...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723043/

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

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Jul 2, 2022

FWIW, my calcium score in March of this year was 2536 (and I'm 61). So from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/891791/

Discussion: Really bummed out (calcium test score)

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 7, 2023

Appreciate this reply. It is striking to me how many of the stories I’ve seen here...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725537/

Discussion: Extremely high calcium score at 42 - is there any positive here??

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jul 10, 2022

@tim1028- That's a great list to start with. The one thing I would ask about is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130125/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 14, 2018