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[Latoyahaynes84]

Hello have anyone gain weight on repatha? Or numbers went higher? I been on the drug for 4 months and I gain 10lbs and my numbers went up. I work out daily and eat healthy my lipid specialist is not convince it’s the meds but it’s the only new meds I am on.

[Marz]

Raised cholesterol can be a symptom of low thyroid - so perhaps your weight gain is linked to that ...

[Latoyahaynes84 in reply to Marz]

Not sure, I go to a lipid specialist and he couldn’t give me no answers. Left me sad, hopeless and depressed because I feel like nothing is working

[Marz in reply to Latoyahaynes84]

So maybe the next step is testing your thyroid. Sadly correct thyroid testing is rarely done in the NHS - so patients are missed. Are you in a position to have Private Testing ?

[EmmaStatin]

My first blood test after a month of Repatha my total cholesterol went up, my LDL went up 39 points and my HDL went down, Doctor thinks it was the test, so I am going to have another one. Since I stopped Crestor my joint pain has gone away again, but maybe I just feel better with a higher cholesterol. The same thing has happened when I stopped statins in past. Not sure about Repatha though.