Rapatha

[robcrowe39]

Anyone else taken the rapatha injection pens 140ml every 2 weeks I want to find out do I need my statin tablet aswell as this ?

[Happyrosie]

you should get instructions on medication from your doctor. Possibly your docs surgery employs a pharmacist so you could ask them

[studebaker]

I am on Repatha injections for 4 years as a replacement of statins I could not tolerate.

I don’t take statins anymore and have no problems. Maybe ask your doctor this question.

Dana

[valeriep]

You should speak to your doctor before you stop taking any prescribed medication, but I was told I must continue to take my statins and Ezetimibe tablets in conjunction with the injections by the lipid nurse. She said that she had seen cases where, once Repatha had reduced cholesterol readings, patients thought they no longer needed to take their other cholesterol-reducing drugs. Then at their next check-up, their cholesterol reading had risen again and the health authority refused to fund any more Repatha injections (they're expensive), as they believed they weren't working.