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Many thanks for the additional info @jeffrapp ! I have only seen my new doctor once,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260418/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Dec 18, 2019

The medical answer to all high cholesterol seems to be to take statins. I took lipitor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/290713/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Jan 28, 2020

I saw my doctor today. He provided info I was not quite prepared for! He believes...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260423/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Jan 17, 2020

fwiw, not all statins induce the same reactions. When I took atorvastatin, my liver and muscle...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130195/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 24, 2019

Have not tried yet. Trying to get insurance approval as they are terribly expense. Have really...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130194/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 24, 2019

I can certainly relate to the anxiety. I am 62 with score of 1771. Life long...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130181/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 19, 2019

I could not tolerate statins. For the last six months I have been injecting Repatha twice...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/200674/

Discussion: High Calcium Score and PCSK9

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 1, 2019

Statins can be the lesser of 2 evils. Crestor is the best…

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/636586/

Discussion: I'm worried about taking statins and side effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 18, 2021

No I haven’t yet. Statins really scare me though. The one I just stopped taking was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/605789/

Discussion: I'm worried about taking statins and side effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: May 30, 2021

I feel your pain. Standard of care is broken, and I'm married to a gastroenterologist! Been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130323/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 1, 2021

If you read The Great Cholesterol Myth by Bowden and Sinatra you will find that statins...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/636452/

Discussion: I'm worried about taking statins and side effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 17, 2021

Hello @dorothyp, Welcome to Connect, an online community where patients and caregivers share their experiences, find...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/635763/

Discussion: I'm worried about taking statins and side effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Sep 15, 2021

Lov, You'll not do better than Caldwell Essestyn, Jr. As you know, he along with a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/298588/

Discussion: Need help to lower high cholesterol & high triglycerides

Support Group: Heart Rhythm Conditions

Posted: Mar 10, 2020

Sorry, my response inadvertently sent , I wasn't finished. My PN / Spinal Stenosis were detected...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260438/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Feb 19, 2020

I QUIT STATINS, heard they cause the pain and took them for decades, just watch my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260429/

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

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Feb 18, 2020

Thank you for your kind greetings, and thanks for the links to other sources of information...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/111614/

Discussion: Statin alternatives for coronary artery blockage

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 25, 2016

Valium is a Benzodiazapine and all the Benzos are highly addictive, Ishould know I've been on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/109570/

Discussion: blood pressure & hypertension

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Aug 15, 2016

All the best to you. I hope you have a great test result. Much of cholesterol...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130121/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Nov 5, 2018

I would be interested in hearing what you have to say I've had a cholesterol problem...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/199005/

Discussion: Complications with Statins

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: May 9, 2018

That's why stations are given to people who have a parent that has had it like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/188782/

Discussion: Co-Enzyme Q 10 (100 mg daily) Stops Statin Leg Pain

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 8, 2018