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Welcome @gzr7, My primary care doc wanted me to go on statins 5 or 6 years...
primary care doc wanted me to go on statins ... a few discussions and comments on statin ... alternatives. ... alternatives - https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... search=statin+alternatives+.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 28, 2024
Hello @janekwick, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @gently and others....
My PCP tried to get me to go on statins ... to lower your numbers or need for a statin ... alternatives: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/statin-alternatives-1/ ... -- Reversal of Statin-Induced Peripheral
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 3, 2025
For what it's worth, I had a terrible problem with statins. My current cardiologist and I...
worth, I had a terrible problem with statins ... So I wouldn't be surprised if statins ... There are a few newer non-statin, anti-cholesterol ... good experience with so there are statin ... alternatives.
@vaniag I experienced severe acute pancreatitus and was hospitalized for a week back in 2005. My...
and went looking for a more natural alternative ... that it could be hereditary and the alternatives ... to statins hadn't been available ... Statin drugs are derived synthetically ... Statin drug sensitivity confirmed.
@dmmeyers62 that is a very large dose of gabapentin. No wonder you had side effects. I...
(I did the same thing with statins-- ... There are so many alternative medications
Discussion: Vertigo
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Apr 24 2:15pm
What you’re experiencing sounds like statin intolerance, and while statins are effective, alternatives you can ask...
What you’re experiencing sounds like statin ... intolerance, and while statins are ... effective, alternatives you can ask
Posted: Apr 28 11:09am
@mayofeb2020 If subscribe to consumerlab, you may want to check their section on red yeast rice....
yeast rice is a "natural" alternative ... to statins, but the brand with the ... concentration should be treated the same as a statin ... I went off statins over a decade ago ... I don't have statin-induced neuropathy
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 23 1:43pm
I was prescribed ezetimibe 10 mg to be taken with rosuvastatin 40 mg 1/2 tab daily...
cardiology team is considering an alternative ... I'm still taking the statin 1/2
Discussion: Zetia side effects
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: May 1 8:47am
@fairn I had my blood work tested for the HLA-b27 gene marker and tested negative. Prior...
reacts before, considering another alternative ... cholesterol and that I might then require a statin
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Apr 2 4:40pm
@skd4953 Good for you! You can look on YouTube for information on Red Yeast Rice and...
information on Red Yeast Rice and Garlic as alternatives ... to statins (although my cardiologist ... tells me that Red Yeast Rice is a statin
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Apr 15 1:01pm
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
He is saying that Polymyositis is initially treated with higher doses of prednisone. Polymyositis causes actual...
that your doctor is considering an alternative ... diagnosis along with alternatives to ... Statin-induced myopathy or corticosteroid-induced ... /www.healthline.com/health/what-is-statin-induced-myopathy-or-muscle-pain