statins

[deepster]

hi just a quick question, I was on 80mg astovastatin which gave me muscular pains in the hips and legs when I went to bed, this has been reduced to 30 mg and the pains have gone, but my cholesterol level has gone up from 3.6 to 4.7 should I be concerned. ( heart attack and stents fitted in aug 2012)

thanks david

[Wyvon]

I am not a medic so don't know the answer to that David. From my personal experience, I added Kyolic tablets (from my local health food store) to my statins - rather than increase the statin strength - and that brought down my total and LDL cholesterol levels. No side effects so might be worth a try.

[deepster in reply to Wyvon]

thanks , I have looked them up on google, might give them a try

[lillywhites]

hi i had a by pass operation put on the same meds as you statins ruid my life ive stopped taken now 6 months got my life back my advice to you take 1200mg of kyolic garlic and 100mg q10 a day i looked at the study they did on the firefighters in america taken them for 1 year they saw 50%-70% improvement in the plaque in there arterys my horrible side effects started after a year being on statins try and find the dvd called statination will blow you away i take other supplements as well take care now

[azharzaidi]

Best thing to reduce you cholesterol is B-3, as Nicotinamide

[prs5590]

change you diet, and exercise. whole grains, fruitless vegetables, and exercise. better than drugs

[DakCB-UK]

Should you be concerned? Your situation is different to mine (no attack yet) but I think it probably depends what your pre-treatment levels were and how it split into the different components (HDL, LDL and ideally vLDL); also the lipid hypothesis is only a hypothesis but I'm not betting it's completely irrelevant.

[allyg]

Hi. Deepster. I stopped taking my Statins 9 months ago because I had the same problems with them, all pains have gone, I started to take 200mg Co-Q10, also 1200mg Omega 3,6,9. I feel so much better. I have been told that anyone on Statins should also take without fail Co-Q10.

Also you must change your foods, and take plenty of exercise.

Regards. Allyg.

[Clericus]

Oh for a 4.7 reading! Sadly the muscular aches and pains are part of statin treatment. I would mention your concerns to your doctor but I think he will be happy with the reading. The levels of LDL and HDL are the main factor.