tia meds

[Cachalot]

Hello everyone. Had TIA amonth ago. Put onto 7.5 amlodipine, 75 clopidogrel and avorastatin. Unable to tolerate statin- dizzy, spaced out, brain fog. Replaced with simvastatin. Same result.

Doc on holiday but starting me on eztimibe after seeing result of blood test next week. He is hoping I dont get a stroke in the meantime…?!

Has anyone experience of this drug please.

Still unsteady from statins which I hope will pass off. Also seem to have peripheral neuropathy in feet- this is new, not great!

Thanks

[Dovaston]

Hi I am statin intolerant and have been on Ezetimibe for several years without any problem from it 😊

[Cachalot in reply to Dovaston]

Oh thank you Dovaston. That is so good to know. Have had such a beastly time with the statins!

[Dovaston in reply to Cachalot]

Good luck with it Cachalot 😊

[Cachalot in reply to Dovaston]

Thanks so much. Cachalot

[MrsSuzuki]

My husband had a TIA and can't tolerate statins. He's been on Ezetimibe for years and no problems.Lily

[Cachalot in reply to MrsSuzuki]

Thank you for your reply MrsSuzuki. Now know 2 people who are OK with Ezetimibe. What a relief ! Cachalot

[Cowans]

My other half is on Ezetimibe, it’s one of the only drugs he can tolerate!

[Cachalot in reply to Cowans]

Thank you Cowans. Real relief to hear all these positives re Ezetimibe. A great comfort. The docs seem so keen on statins and I was relieved when mine accepted I had problems.

Cachalot

[Petercat1]

Hi.I was put on 40mg of avortastatin after my mini stroke and it made me really ill - my doctor wouldn't believe it was the statin, just said I must have picked up a virus! However he did change me to rosuvastatin 10mg but then increased the dose to 20mg. Since then I have not been feeling 'normal', I am feeling tired and been napping in the daytime plus just not feeling 'right'. It's good to know there is an alternative to statins. I will ask him about them.

Thank you

Denise

[Cachalot in reply to Petercat1]

Hello Petercat1. Do hope you are able to solve your problem. I am really hopeful Ezetimibe will work for me. Your symptoms sound similar to mine. Fingers crossed for both of us. Cachalot

[Franniepudding]

I had a terrible time on simvastatin 15 years ago. It took me 4 years to discover what the culprit was. I had awful spells of balance issues / dizziness which meant I was completely immobilised for about 8 hours. Nothing helped I just had to wait for it to pass. I had them in ever increasing frequency until it was very random and I was terrified to leave the house alone, horrific! I refused statins after that. I’ve just had 2 more stents put in and flatly refused to take them. I survived 16 years after my heart attack without them and if I get that again I’ll count myself lucky. If not then so be it. I had no life and I’m still traumatised. Evil drugs in my opinion although I’m sure others will disagree.