Hi, has anyone had experience of taking Red Clover. I am having dreadful side effects of being on stains and in an effort to reduce the amount I am taking I have read that Red Clover is an excellent way of reducing the harmful levels of cholesterol. I have talked through the options with my doctor but as its not recommend under NHS guidelines he feels he is unable to recommend it
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Has your Doctor advised Ezetimibe at all ?
I’m on that, aswell as atorvastatin.
Can doc try you on a different statin?
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I agree with Sillyfroggy.....perhaps you have already run through a few statins. But lots of us here have persisted (I am on my fourth) until we found one that suited. OK.
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If you are having real issues you could ask your GP for a referral to a Lipid Clinic. Red Clover is one of supplements where the benefits are totally inconclusive and there no a basis for medical treatment.
Ask your GP to prescribe you a different statin if you have only tried the one. I was initially prescribed Atorvastatin, then Simvastatin and then Pravastatin. All gave me chronic aches and pains, especially when I exercised. I was told about CQ10 helping, but never investigated this. I was eventually prescribed Rosuvastatin which gave me none of the pain and has proved to be very effective at a low dose (10mg alternate days). Do not suffer in silence. Medication is there to make you better, certainly not to make your quality of life worse.
P.S. At one time I was prescribed Ezetimibe, but it was found to be totally ineffective.
I am now on Simvastatin but I have also tried Atorvastatin, Fluvastatin, Lovastatin, Altocor, Pravastatin, Pitavastatin, and Rosuvastatin but not Ezetimibe as yet. I also take CQ10 as well