Armolipid + for high cholesterol

"Clinical evidence of efficacy of red yeast rice and berberine in a large controlled study versus diet.

Bruno Trimarco, Claudio Benvenuti, [...], and Salvatore Crispo"

They found that total cholesterol fell by about 10% in 4 weeks and 20% in 4 months and HDL cholesterol rose in that time.

If you google the title of the paper you can read it in full if you are up to understanding it (it is very medical and statistical). However, the side effect of muscle pain was much less than with statins and other side effects didn't seem to be too bad either. It was a good size study with nearly 1800 subjects altogether, half on diet and half on diet plus armolipid. It is only one study even if it is significant - but having read it I would certainly try it out if I still needed to reduce my cholesterol. I did have raised cholesterol due to taking prednisolone but 10 days of atorvastatin left me almost unable to walk - I stopped taking it and my cholesterol is now at the upper end of normal after being able to reduce the pred dose and losing 17kg of weight. 

Hope this helps.

What IS important is the effect on your health of doing so.

The financial world had the PPI mis-selling scandal.

The medical world will have the statins scandle I feel sure (it will dwarf the PPI mis-selling scandal)

You might find the following information enlightening (unless you are one of the few people left who believe that doctors are all knowing gods)

In a study published earlier this year, higher levels of both total cholesterol and LDL-C were found to be associated with a reduced risk of death in individuals aged 85 followed for 10 years.

In another study published last year, researchers assessed the levels of cholesterol and risk of death in almost 120,000 adults living in Denmark. The researchers found that having higher than recommended levels of total cholesterol was associated with a reduced risk of death.

For instance, in men aged 60-70, compared with those of total cholesterol levels of less than 5.0 mmol/l, those with total cholesterol levels of 5.00-5.99 had a 32 per cent reduced risk of death. For those with levels 6.0-7.99 mmol/l, risk of death was 33 per cent lower. Even in individuals with levels with 8.00 mmol/l and above, risk of death was no higher than it was for those with levels less than 5.0 mmol/l.

The results were similar for women too. In women aged 60-70, levels of 5.0-5.99 and 6.0-7.99 were associated with a 43 and 41 per cent reduced risk of death respectively.

In individuals aged 70 and over, the results were similar, except here, levels of total cholesterol of 8.00 mmol/l or more were associated with a reduced risk of death too (in both men and women).

In short, we are misguided if we assumed that higher levels of cholesterol are a sign of increased death risk. In older individuals, there is evidence that the reverse is true.

There are pros and cons for everything we do but I am have decided to stop taking simvastatin and continue with Armolipid plus.

I will keep you posted!

Thanks again.

I started taking Armolipid plus and the results are amazing - no leg/muscle pains, cholesterol levels are similar as when on statins.

Another question  please:

Does anyone know how long I should take Armolipid Plus, I was told 90 days but I cannot find any documentary evidence?

I wondered if I should continue taking these daily?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated please.

Thanks

I would like to know the composition and effects of this medication called ARMOD LIPID PLUS.  I have been looking for information  on the Internet without any success. Could you tell anything, scientifically showed, if is possible,  about it, please? Maybe there are more people who are taking this.

Thanks