In this video Q&A, Dr. Gayatri Acharya and Dr. Stephen Kopecky, cardiologist, talk about statins.
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@badgerslover– I have been on several Statin drugs at 40 mg with more of a numbness in my feet, but recently a cardiologist at the Scottsdale Mayo had me change to Rosuvastatin 20 mg not only to deal with the numbness but also he wanted my LDL to get below 60 which was at 78 at the time. Within a month most of the numbness was gone and on my next blood workup my LDL was at 58. I highly encourage several supplements with COQ-10 at the top of the list. I also take both Krill oil & Fish oil with high amounts of EPA & DHA that is in the wild forms. I don't think you should be concerned about getting a blood workup sooner than June. As for negative side affects with other perscription medicine I would want a Dr. to let you know about if there are any. Hope this puts you at ease. Jim @thankful
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I have read a lot about the effects of statins on other vitamins in your body, but conflicting articles for increasing vitamin D and E while taking statin..some articles say…vitamin D will decrease the absorption of statins, as a senior female, I take Citrical which has 1000 IU of vitamin D, additionally my primary care physician has ordered me to increase this Vitamin D3 by another 1000 IUs.so does this help/hurt statins if I take them…I have osteopenia sp do want destroy my bones in order to cut my cholesterol.