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Good idea to have a cardiac CRP and consider a carotid ultrasound that sometimes shows intimal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1232468/

Discussion: First time on CHOLESTEROL medication

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 8 4:15pm

You misunderstand. I don't know what your knowledge base and experience is. But he CAD. (I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238667/

Discussion: What would you do in my situation? Should I be worried?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 16 7:53pm

I suspect most of your father's plaque build up from from earlier in life - and,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238582/

Discussion: What would you do in my situation? Should I be worried?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Feb 16 6:03pm

Me either. Sometimes knees ache but I can’t be sure it is statins causing.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1216955/

Discussion: How long did you take a statin before feeling side effects?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 19 9:22pm

I was on 30 mg. of Pravachol, the highest dose I could tolerate. All other statins...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1216244/

Discussion: Is anyone taking repatha

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 19 8:33am

I was on the second lowest dosage of lipitor for two weeks and experienced severe muscle...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223294/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 27 3:56pm

And, it doesn’t help that many people take statins without a problem so the doctors tend...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1259530/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 16 12:42pm

Can I ask what side effects you had on statins? What did you end up taking...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261126/

Discussion: Bergamot

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 18 11:47am

My station/Repatha pain was all over but there were areas that was even worse. My low...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1262154/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 19 5:25pm

The person that posted getting side effects the same as statins from this medication is just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220434/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 24 9:27am

As the owner of a CAC score >2600 with normal treadmill and perfusion studies (no angio...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/795259/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 11, 2023

First time reader and responder. Me. I am 76. Feel perfectly healthy. Bike 10 miles hard...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092782/

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

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

Yes to extreme side effects with statins AND, yes to extreme side effects with Repatha. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220579/

Discussion: Started Repatha - Side Effects

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Jan 24 11:12am

I've used it and it's helped me. Statins cause me to have muscle pain. I take...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273535/

Discussion: Bergamot

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Apr 3 3:42pm

I don’t believe statins can do anything to reduce Lp(a); given your low HDL, you also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/688784/

Discussion: Anyone else out there with extremely high lipoprotein (a)?

Support Group: Heart & Blood Health

Posted: Mar 12, 2022