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if your having a heart attack and you got pain in your left arm how long could that pain last for

•13 years ago

pain on my left arm

l would like some advice from some of you about the muscle pain on my left arm l have been getting them for while with a numb feeling my hand and feet, getting...

l would like some advice from some of you about the muscle pain on my left arm l...

•13 years ago

After a heart attack then bypass surgery 2+ years ago at the age of 42 and also diagnosed with FH,

I have since found out now that I have a condition called LP(a) otherwise known Lipoprotein (a). I have spoken my FH consultant and nurse about the...

I have since found out now that I have a condition called LP(a) otherwise known...

•13 years ago

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Fatique, listlessness, depression - are these a common side-effect of Avorvastatin and/or Ezetimebe?

Have been taking these for about six weeks now, and noticed gradual decline into, well, as above, really....fatigue, loss of energy, listlessness, depression....

Have been taking these for about six weeks now, and noticed gradual decline into...

•13 years ago

2 weeks off statins but still sore muscles and feeling so tired.

any one know how long after stop taking statins you start to feel better, feel achey, sore and so tired.

any one know how long after stop taking statins you start to feel better, feel a...

•13 years ago

Having suffered a lot, and partially still, from diverse serious adverse effects by a statin (or better: by simvastatin + amlodipin)...

I'd be very happy to learn about... the additional worth of lumbal punction to a muscle biopsy. I'm suffering still from: muscle weakness, strong cognitive...

I'd be very happy to learn about... the additional worth of lumbal punction t...

•13 years ago

Diagnosis and Cholesterol

Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes today and came out with so many questions about this but of course once I had left the doctors but I have another...

Hello, I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes today and came out with so many ques...

•13 years ago

statins and muscular pains.

i been on statins for 3 years, and have changed 4 times as getting bad muscular pains in shoulder,arm and now legs. Been back to the dr nearly every 2 weeks,...

i been on statins for 3 years, and have changed 4 times as getting bad muscular ...

•13 years ago

Lifeline Scan

I have booked myself a Lifeline Scan in August which amongst other things will check the state of my arteries. Has anyone else had one of these? I am now...

I have booked myself a Lifeline Scan in August which amongst other things will c...

•13 years ago

What does reduced diastolic flow left ventrical mean to joe public?

Been to the doctors today and the results form my echocardiogram were along the lines of slightly reduced diastolic flow to or in left ventricle (not sure...

Been to the doctors today and the results form my echocardiogram were along the ...

•13 years ago

high cholesterol and have a statin intolerance. What to do?

I have been visiting the Lipid clinic for years, it is always a different registrar and I always need to go through the same scenario. I cannot take any of the...

I have been visiting the Lipid clinic for years, it is always a different regist...

•13 years ago

The Men who Made us Fat.

This programme was on BBC 2 last night at 9pm and is the first in a series. You may not agree with what it said, basically it is sugar not fat that is making...

This programme was on BBC 2 last night at 9pm and is the first in a series. You ...

•13 years ago

statns

PLAN A..when a person has tryed all the statins from his doctor and his doctor knows he or she have problems taking them.. the last statin they took liptor,...

PLAN A..when a person has tryed all the statins from his doctor and his doctor k...

•13 years ago

I suffer from Atrial Fibrilation which resulted in my having a stroke just over 3 years ago since then I have been on a Beta blocker tablet

(Atenolol), Warfarin, Simvastatin and (since last December) Flecainide tablets each day. In the last 3-4 months I have been experiencing aches and pains in my...

(Atenolol), Warfarin, Simvastatin and (since last December) Flecainide tablets e...

•13 years ago

What to do Next.

The present state of my cholesterol saga is that I have been taking pravastatin 20mg for about six weeks. I have been OK with it, just a couple of very painful...

The present state of my cholesterol saga is that I have been taking pravastatin ...

•13 years ago