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Hi, i have bradycardia and mildly dilated left atrium. Are these two related?

Most of the reading I can find suggest high pulse rate is usually associated with an enlarged atrium yet mine is usually around 50BPM. Can this be fixed?

Most of the reading I can find suggest high pulse rate is usually associated wit...

•11 years ago

does anyone know if coming of simvastatin 40 mg after 5 + years will cause high blood pressure. very active run approx 35 km/ week.

also go to gym 3 times weekly and am vegetarian. dont smoke or drink. ?????????

also go to gym 3 times weekly and am vegetarian. dont smoke or drink. ?????????

•11 years ago

How important is Oral Health to avoid heart health problems?

Any one had experience of oral health problems leading to heart health problems?

Any one had experience of oral health problems leading to heart health problems?

•11 years ago

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•11 years ago

Pain and sick hospital said nothing was wrong?

Sorry it is so long. The other day I had a little bit of pain between my rip cage and hip bone. That afternoon it spread and also spread through the night to...

Sorry it is so long. The other day I had a little bit of pain between my rip cag...

•11 years ago

I was put on 80 mg Lipitor-generic-- after a stroke in March--experienced muscle aches and leg pains--

MD took me off of it for a week and restarted me on 10 mg. After two weeks I am experiencing the leg discomfort again. I'll call MD tomorrow. I think I...

MD took me off of it for a week and restarted me on 10 mg. After two weeks I am...

•11 years ago

I have been taking atorvastatin for nearly 6 yrs after it was found my cholesterol was 9.5 . family history of heart disease etc

I moved and my new doct decided atorvastatin was to expensive and put me on simvastatin ,all the usual side effects etc ,then a new doct came into the practice...

I moved and my new doct decided atorvastatin was to expensive and put me on simv...

•11 years ago

Statins

Claims for compensation re statin side effects are now being files against drug companies in the US. What would be the scenario in the UK? I think that the...

Claims for compensation re statin side effects are now being files against drug ...

•11 years ago

why? can anyone shed light on my high cholesterol?

have had high cholesterol for 2 yrs - 7.6 or thereabouts. struggling to lower. not on statins. normal blood pressure etc., deemed low risk etc. not...

have had high cholesterol for 2 yrs - 7.6 or thereabouts. struggling to lower. ...

•11 years ago

Statin drugs - Yeah Right!!

I'm a couple of months off 70 and being a diabetic was prescribed statin drugs to correct a reasonably high Cholesterol reading. I started getting pain around...

I'm a couple of months off 70 and being a diabetic was prescribed statin drugs t...

•11 years ago

My body hurts all over I have been tested for things I have never heard of but no one can seen to help me I am at the end of my ropes I can'

•11 years ago

Statins

Hi there, I'm working on an article on statins for this weekend's Sunday Times newspaper and I am looking for people who have had both good and bad experiences...

Hi there, I'm working on an article on statins for this weekend's Sunday Times n...

•11 years ago

Side effects of statins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27420100 I will voice my experiences re the above. Would anyone else like to be contacted by the BBC, use the link above.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27420100 I will voice my experiences re the ab...

•11 years ago

I have FH !

I have just been diagnosed with FH......at 58 years old. Most of my estranged father's family did not make it to 60. Is it too late for me to worry about...

I have just been diagnosed with FH......at 58 years old. Most of my estranged fa...

•11 years ago

(Yet) another Brick in the wall.

Further to my last post, here is more of the same: http://www.clintonherald.com/opinion/x2117378466/Say-no-to-bad-science As far as I am aware the author of...

Further to my last post, here is more of the same: http://www.clintonherald.com...

•11 years ago

my mum has triple vessel disease diagnosed last year after MI she has complained of a cold head since and it only goes away when in bed

•11 years ago

Has anyone had HT and stent and been fine.. then after 2yrs got ongoing palpitations. Could it be due to Ramapril???

Have been to Emergency they say ,,eptopic palps showing..blood tests fine no HT......I don't drink coffee , alchohol, or eat choc, I do drink tea about 4 or 5...

Have been to Emergency they say ,,eptopic palps showing..blood tests fine no HT....

•11 years ago

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Cholesterol lowering? heart-doctor-steers-clear-statins

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2620866/From-psychiatrist-whod-never-anti-depressants-heart-doctor-steers-clear-statins-reveal-medical-treatments-expe

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2620866/From-psychiatrist-whod-never-a...

•11 years ago

If one has serious side effects such as muscle cramps in lower back due to 5 mg tablet of atorvastatin what alternatives can be tried?

I was diagnosed with a high cholesterol (270) and was told to take lipitor 5 mg per day along with diet control. This drug gave me serious and debilitating...

I was diagnosed with a high cholesterol (270) and was told to take lipitor 5 mg ...

•11 years ago

I am still trying various statins in order to limit some side effects but in the meantime Xanthelasmas (yellow patches around eyes) have

reappeared (they had gone before). Any suggestion on how to get rid of them?

reappeared (they had gone before). Any suggestion on how to get rid of them?

•11 years ago

In a Nutshell

Further to the growing body of evidence that the lipid theory of heart disease is the reason we as a worldwide society are getting sicker and sicker - despite...

Further to the growing body of evidence that the lipid theory of heart disease i...

•11 years ago

Statins and side affects, high cholesterol, FH,

Hello, over the years I've tried a few different statins as advised by medical professions, They do help they also cause harm, I've found a balance where I...

Hello, over the years I've tried a few different statins as advised by medical p...

•11 years ago

My husband has been taking statins for 22 years after a double heart bypass op. This year his "new" arteries were found to be clogged up (so

(so much for statins reducing cholesterol) and a stent was fitted after angina. We decided to go on Dr Dean Ornish's diet since last July (vegan diet really)...

(so much for statins reducing cholesterol) and a stent was fitted after angina. ...

•11 years ago