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Introduction from a newbie
Hi, thought it was about time to introduce myself. I’m a 62 year old male, I consider myself to be fit and healthy, having said that I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2003. I was fortunate enough to control it by diet initially but it wasn’t long before I needed medication. I currently take Metformin
Hi, thought it was about time to introduce myself. I’m a 62 year old male, I consider myself to be fit and healthy, having said that I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2003. I was fortunate enough to control it by diet initially but it wasn’t long before I needed medication. I currently take Metformin
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Restless Legs Syndrome
7 years ago
New Blood Test Resuts
Hi just had new blood tests today from endo please can someone help interpret T3 5.1 (3.5-6.5) T4 14.4 (9-24) TSH 0.03 (0.35-5.0) Cholesterol 6.2 first time I have ever been given the ranges because I asked for them. I am on 250mg levo and 60mg lio am feeling pretty good since I began to optimise
Hi just had new blood tests today from endo please can someone help interpret T3 5.1 (3.5-6.5) T4 14.4 (9-24) TSH 0.03 (0.35-5.0) Cholesterol 6.2 first time I have ever been given the ranges because I asked for them. I am on 250mg levo and 60mg lio am feeling pretty good since I began to optimise
eghjm100
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Thyroid UK
7 years ago
Statins
I took simvastatin for 5 days at 5mg... ANXIETY.... ugh.... my jaws still ache, off a few days now.. hope things improve..stlll feel nervous..NEVER again....gonna review my diet and get serious about bringing it down naturally..... Thanks everyone for their comments....
I took simvastatin for 5 days at 5mg... ANXIETY.... ugh.... my jaws still ache, off a few days now.. hope things improve..stlll feel nervous..NEVER again....gonna review my diet and get serious about bringing it down naturally..... Thanks everyone for their comments....
lindaschleg
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Cholesterol Support
7 years ago
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Metformin & the Epithelial–Mesenchymal transition [EMT]
New study below [1]. The title of this post may have put some off from reading, but the Epithelial–Mesenchymal transition [EMT] concept is fairly easy to grasp. PCa develops in prostatic epithelial cells. These cells are mot particularly mobile. A key event in metastasis is the transformation of the
New study below [1]. The title of this post may have put some off from reading, but the Epithelial–Mesenchymal transition [EMT] concept is fairly easy to grasp. PCa develops in prostatic epithelial cells. These cells are mot particularly mobile. A key event in metastasis is the transformation of the
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
7 years ago
Anyone using Ezetimibe (Zetia/Ezetrol or Vytorin/Inegy)?
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ezetimibe
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simvastatin
, marketed as Vytorin or Inegy) when statins alone do not control cholesterol.
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ezetimibe
/
simvastatin
, marketed as Vytorin or Inegy) when statins alone do not control cholesterol.
pjoshea13
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
8 years ago
Distasteful taste after eating sweet things
I have been taking 25gc levothyroxine at 5 am and Omaprazole now before lunch, it recently when I eat anything sweet I get a horrid taste I. My mouth..as this seems to ha e happened fairly recently I now wonder if it's these two tablets interacting... I think the Levi needs an acid stomach and the Omaprazole
I have been taking 25gc levothyroxine at 5 am and Omaprazole now before lunch, it recently when I eat anything sweet I get a horrid taste I. My mouth..as this seems to ha e happened fairly recently I now wonder if it's these two tablets interacting... I think the Levi needs an acid stomach and the Omaprazole
Hather
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Thyroid UK
8 years ago
Prolapsed bowel 2 yrs after first op constipation
Hi, I am an 81 year old lady,had a keyhole bowel repair a couple of years ago, followed by a hernia op on the porthole. Although I am perfectly mobile and go nearly every day I suffer seriously with very very slow evacuation (not diarrea) but chronic constipation and my bowel falls out several times
Hi, I am an 81 year old lady,had a keyhole bowel repair a couple of years ago, followed by a hernia op on the porthole. Although I am perfectly mobile and go nearly every day I suffer seriously with very very slow evacuation (not diarrea) but chronic constipation and my bowel falls out several times
Hather
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Bowel Disease Support
8 years ago
Warning on taking certain statins with dabigatran
This article warns about the use of dabigatran (pradaxa) with certain statins: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872362?nlid=110900_3864&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_161129_mscpedit_card&uac=184041MK&spon=2&impID=1243710&faf=1 Apparently the effect of dabigatran is enhanced with lovastatin or simvastatin. The
This article warns about the use of dabigatran (pradaxa) with certain statins: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872362?nlid=110900_3864&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_161129_mscpedit_card&uac=184041MK&spon=2&impID=1243710&faf=1 Apparently the effect of dabigatran is enhanced with lovastatin or simvastatin. The
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AF Association
8 years ago
Non-PCa Prescription Drugs: Statins - Lipophilic or Hydrophilic?
Statins are sometimes described as being either lipophilic (hydrophobic) or hydrophilic (lipophobic) as though that were a binary condition. While Pravastatin is extremely hydrophilic, fluvastatin is an example of a statin occupying an intermetiate position. Hydrophilic statins: Pravastatin & Rosuvastatin
Statins are sometimes described as being either lipophilic (hydrophobic) or hydrophilic (lipophobic) as though that were a binary condition. While Pravastatin is extremely hydrophilic, fluvastatin is an example of a statin occupying an intermetiate position. Hydrophilic statins: Pravastatin & Rosuvastatin
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
8 years ago
Non-PCa Prescription Drugs: Statins
[1] Statins are arguably the easiest prescription drug to get hold of in the U.S. IMO they are heavily over-prescribed, based on a simplistic out-of-date view of cholesterol & its role in CVD. On the other hand, as someone with PCa, I'm a big fan of statins. I have mentioned before that: i) cholesterol
[1] Statins are arguably the easiest prescription drug to get hold of in the U.S. IMO they are heavily over-prescribed, based on a simplistic out-of-date view of cholesterol & its role in CVD. On the other hand, as someone with PCa, I'm a big fan of statins. I have mentioned before that: i) cholesterol
pjoshea13
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
8 years ago
Additive inhibitory effects of simvastatin and enzalutamide ...
New cell study from Finland. "Combination of simvastatin and enzalutamide {Xtandi} exerted additive growth inhibition in both cell lines" -Patrick https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833018 Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Nov 8. pii: S0006-291X(16)31876-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.021. [Epub ahead
New cell study from Finland. "Combination of simvastatin and enzalutamide {Xtandi} exerted additive growth inhibition in both cell lines" -Patrick https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833018 Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Nov 8. pii: S0006-291X(16)31876-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.021. [Epub ahead
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
8 years ago
Latest blood test results am told normal?
Hi can anyone make sense of my latest results! Have lost 14kg last 6 months self prescribed t3 @ 6.25 mcg /day since April 16. Feeling ok apart from normal symptoms of Hypothyroid eyes ears aches lethargy sleep etc..still working manual (carpenter) other medication = 40mcg Simvastatin 42mg Candesartan
Hi can anyone make sense of my latest results! Have lost 14kg last 6 months self prescribed t3 @ 6.25 mcg /day since April 16. Feeling ok apart from normal symptoms of Hypothyroid eyes ears aches lethargy sleep etc..still working manual (carpenter) other medication = 40mcg Simvastatin 42mg Candesartan
Brightrock
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Thyroid UK
8 years ago
Statin concerns
I'm new here. Having pain in legs and knees at night. Weakness and find it hard to get up after sitting at desk for awhile. I take simvastatin and am concerned it could be causing my problem. I am female in my early 60's.
I'm new here. Having pain in legs and knees at night. Weakness and find it hard to get up after sitting at desk for awhile. I take simvastatin and am concerned it could be causing my problem. I am female in my early 60's.
sunshinemiss
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
Struggling to keep blood pressure down.
I have had blood pressure problems for years but usually the levels are worse when tested by the nurse at my diabetic 6 monthly check. However, even my checks at home are now showing high sometimes. It's ok after a walk but high in the morning and evening. Does anyone else have a different reading in
I have had blood pressure problems for years but usually the levels are worse when tested by the nurse at my diabetic 6 monthly check. However, even my checks at home are now showing high sometimes. It's ok after a walk but high in the morning and evening. Does anyone else have a different reading in
A-new-me
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High Blood Pressure Support
8 years ago
Brain fog, anxiety, confusion and memory loss.
Brain fog, anxiety and memory loss. My mother has been suffering these symptoms for the last 2 years. The symptoms are getting worse and I don't know where to get help. She has had ct and mri scan which both came up clear, dr thought she may have dementia. Dr now think it's depression and gave her
Brain fog, anxiety and memory loss. My mother has been suffering these symptoms for the last 2 years. The symptoms are getting worse and I don't know where to get help. She has had ct and mri scan which both came up clear, dr thought she may have dementia. Dr now think it's depression and gave her
Clydey
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Thyroid UK
8 years ago
Statin muscle damage
my husband developed hip pains so bad he can hardly walk 20 yards . He had been on simvastatin for 6 years but pains started 3 years in so he didn't associate it. Gp said to keep taking them but he came off 6 months ago and has been paying for trigger point therapy. The pains in feet. Legs. Thighs. Calves
my husband developed hip pains so bad he can hardly walk 20 yards . He had been on simvastatin for 6 years but pains started 3 years in so he didn't associate it. Gp said to keep taking them but he came off 6 months ago and has been paying for trigger point therapy. The pains in feet. Legs. Thighs. Calves
lizzie82
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
Simvastatin Hell
Hi, In February 2011 I had a heart attack and was prescribed 40mg of Simvastatin. Within weeks I began to have pain in my arm muscles. I started researching, read of the many people suffering side effects, went to see my doctor and stopped them. She did not, oddly enough, try to persuade me against
Hi, In February 2011 I had a heart attack and was prescribed 40mg of Simvastatin. Within weeks I began to have pain in my arm muscles. I started researching, read of the many people suffering side effects, went to see my doctor and stopped them. She did not, oddly enough, try to persuade me against
Leajayse
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
Simvastatin 40mg and Amlodipine 5mg
Hi everyone. I started this combination a week or so ago. I have subsequently read that this combination and dosage should not be prescribed. I've had some bowel problems, mainly excessive gas and an uncomfortable feeling of being bloated in lower abdomen, plus some nausea. I'm going back to my doctor
Hi everyone. I started this combination a week or so ago. I have subsequently read that this combination and dosage should not be prescribed. I've had some bowel problems, mainly excessive gas and an uncomfortable feeling of being bloated in lower abdomen, plus some nausea. I'm going back to my doctor
J1254
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
Statins
I am totally confused. I had a stent put in a blocked coronary artery one year ago. Couldn't take Simvastatin at first but when I tried with small doses over time, the side effects went away. I take Uniquinol to counter the effects of the statin. My LDL is now back to normal and I just ran my first 5k
I am totally confused. I had a stent put in a blocked coronary artery one year ago. Couldn't take Simvastatin at first but when I tried with small doses over time, the side effects went away. I take Uniquinol to counter the effects of the statin. My LDL is now back to normal and I just ran my first 5k
William_moyer1
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
New to insulin and Cholesterol has increased- Diet better
Hi I have been on statins for 8 years , my diet was poor, smoked, little or no exercise diagnosed diabetes type 2, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I quit smoking, lost 3-4 stone and overhauled my diet and exercised a little more. For the last six years my cholesterol has been 3.8. Two
Hi I have been on statins for 8 years , my diet was poor, smoked, little or no exercise diagnosed diabetes type 2, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I quit smoking, lost 3-4 stone and overhauled my diet and exercised a little more. For the last six years my cholesterol has been 3.8. Two
jobey30
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Cholesterol Support
8 years ago
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