Update

[MrsP70]

its now 6 weeks still I stopped taking statins abd my bp meds and I am finally getting over the side effects of the statins.

I have resumed this morning taking the bp Lercandipidine ,very nervously I might add as I was never 100% sure which tablet made me so ill this will be the third lot of bp meds I have tried and have not been able to tolerate the others ,

Has anyone else found that they are intolerant to lots of medications?

😀 Sandra

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

The one thing that concerns me is had your BP been checked in the intervening weeks? Stopping BP medication can sometimes cause a rebound effect. I do not know what your starting cholesterol was but after six weeks this also might be worth checking. Also bear in mind there are alternative cholesterol lowering drugs.

[MrsP70 in reply to MichaelJH]

Thanks for reply,

I have had bp checked every fortnight and yesterday its still high my cholesterol is 5.2 which is not bad,

I take Benecol and now am investigating other plant sterols the Statins made me so ill I will never take them again, just hoping the lercandipidine suits me for blood pressure already tried losartan, rampiril and one other I cant remember.

As they gave me the two tablets to start together I cannot be 100% sure which one it was that caused the muscle pains extreme breathlessness and Angina like symptoms but had to stop them I wish I had gone to A&E at the time I have tried other statins but cant remember what they were.

writing everything down in future

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to MrsP70]

I think the focus has to be on BP initially as cholesterol is only slightly elevated - did you get a breakdown? You may get to the cholesterol figure of 4.0 (for hearties) without statins but may have to minimise dairy and meat (other than poultry). Good luck!

[MrsP70 in reply to MichaelJH]

I am meat and dairy free anyway

So thats a plus 😀

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to MrsP70]

Yes and no as you cannot remove them to lower cholesterol further. One old lady told me pickled herring daily is the answer!

[MrsP70 in reply to MichaelJH]

😜 Pass on the pickled herring ,lol

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to MrsP70]

The one on Waitrose's deli counter is far tastier than the ones in jars. 🐟

[jimmyq]

I have had side effects from every drug I have taken since I started with heart disease in the 1990s. We have tried changing them, to no avail. Most of them gave me side effects with no benefits. I went on a Whole Food Plant Based diet in March 2018. I am now off the statins, diuretics and beta blockers. I am only on Clopidogrel "just in case". The only side effect I get from this is itching but that could be my fleas!