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@ginaquilts I am so glad your pain has resolved. Sounds like you needed a new pcp....
that is a much safer option than a statin ... I have not started the statin yet due ... wanted to do a little research on the statin ... pcp if she could prescribe a safer alternative
Posted: Oct 4, 2025
My son was on statins, they also gave him weak muscles. Dr had to finally take...
My son was on statins, they also gave ... him off that, I will never take statins ... drugs so far, going to natural and alternative ... and finding alternative Drs. ... to Germany to study some of their alternative
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 8, 2025
Hi Lori, thank you for the welcome! I had been a full time caegiver for my...
He is on BP meds, statins, so I try ... MetFormin but too many side effects after alternating ... He also alternates the Rosuvastatin
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Apr 22, 2025
Same issue here. Statins were awful so my doctor took me off and prescribed Ezetimibe 10mg...
Statins were awful so my doctor took ... Ezetimibe 10mg because I refused another statin ... I did not want to take any type of statin ... as if someone does not want to take statins ... , perhaps this is another alternative
Posted: Dec 18, 2024
Of course what you propose to do for yourself has a great chance of doing good...
medications that progressive and useful alternations ... scores of millions of people take statins ... at various doses, and not all statins ... , and then there are statins. ... I have no detectable symptoms of statins
Posted: Dec 2, 2024
I don’t blame you. We have to be our own advocates. Did you try asking about...
Did you try asking about a statin alternative ... can take now if you can’t tolerate statins
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 3, 2024
Ruthofanne: Pleeaaasssseeeeee stop taking Crestor (Rovustatin)! I was prescribed this strongest of the Statin drugs for...
was prescribed this strongest of the Statin ... Paul, Minn. – Statin drugs can increase ... People taking statins were 14 times ... Taking statins for longer periods of ... Proposed mechanisms include an alteration
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Feb 21, 2020
Hello @vfaye, I've had 2 occurrences of PMR and am thankful that it is now in...
I did take a statin years before I developed ... I do sort of think the statins had something ... I no longer take statins. ... You mentioned you are trying alternate ... Here are some alternate treatments for
Posted: Nov 29, 2019
I am both a sufferer and a doctor. I have recently joined this forum, looking for...
there is no definitive evidence that statins ... I myself have taken statins for high ... their effectiveness (as is true of statins ... are quite open to trying new things (alternative
@jakeduck1 You’re so funny. Laundry stain. Try OxyClean in a spray bottle..Before next wash spray on...
Laundry stain. ... bottle..Before next wash spray on stain ... a few times depending on what the stain ... and don’t believe a stain can be set ... Alternative to meat...ground chicken
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Apr 5, 2019
Thank you for watching today’s Q&A. The video will be archived on this page for future...
who are talking about cholesterol, statins ... , side effects, and alternative therapies ... high-calcium-score/ – Side Benefits of Statins ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/side-benefits-of-statins
Posted: Feb 21, 2019
Thank you for your feedback to my statins vs supplements dilemma. At my age of 69,...
Thank you for your feedback to my statins ... about any cognitive impairment that statins ... ultrasound might have been acceptable alternatives
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Aug 25, 2016
I took atorvastatin for years. Also, over the past ten years developed PN. I never put...
about it ad he switched me to a non-statin ... effective controlling cholesterol as the statins ... I didn’t realize there was this alternative ... but if statins do contribute to PN,
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 26, 2023
I took Atorvastatin for 8 months and had similar problems as described in this Repatha post....
this all happened when I was on a statin ... When I stopped the statin, the cardiologist ... through in the 8 months of being on the statin ... the same reactions as I had to the statin ... that, in my case, I should ask for an alternative
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Mar 4 9:13pm
I was put on Atorvastatin, and in less than 2 months I developed: (a) TERRIBLE muscle...
Statins almost killed me. ... being told that "if I do not take statins ... There have to be alternatives to the ... If I take Statins, I'll have three ... The Statin Pharma Lobby is a really
If your doctor doesn't engage in alternative medicines, they will shrug it off. I would have...
your doctor doesn't engage in alternative ... Mother-in-law who was 84 and taking statins
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Sep 17, 2025