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Medical advice on cholesterol

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james_ensor
james_ensor

FH is an ingherited condition which leads to high cholesterol levels.2 to 3 timees as high as normal people.It is passed on by a gene and has nothing to do with lifestyle.  It can be corrected wiith statins. It is justy Like Type 1 Diabetes.

Nobody should not take statins, as it reduces death risk from 2% to !% over a lifetime. However, I told me statins after I told him I was allergic to statins. I lost half my muscles , could no longwer walk or raise my arm and spent 2 weeks in Hospital.

Then it turned into PMR. So if you get any pain in muiscles from statins stop immediately. I took only 7 because the GP thinking that I am an idiot did not tell me what he was doing; y

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  • faye______00403
    faye______00403 james_ensor

    Posted

    There are absolutely people that should not take statins.   My

    Gastroenterologist almost died from taking statins.  It does bad things

    to your liver if you can't tolerate them  I quit taking them because

    they made me feel horrible.  I just made a few changes in my diet

    and numbers went from l98 to l61.   There are some people that

    will have cholesterol problems because no matter what they take

    liver will produce cholesterol......

  • EileenH
    EileenH james_ensor

    Posted

    "Nobody should not take statins"

    Sorry that is a sweeping statement which, IMHO,  is not correct. As you showed.

  • dan38655
    dan38655 james_ensor

    Posted

    Low-carb diets lower cholesterol sharply and rapidly even as the dieter eats foods that are relatively high in cholesterol.

    Indeed it is the cholesterol that the body produces that leads to measurable elevation of cholesterol, and drugs need only be a last resort for the rare individual who does not respond favorably to a properly readjusted diet.

    "For when diet and exercise anen't enough" is the mantra that Big Pharma repeats to make people think that they can get well by taking drugs instead of fully following through on dietary control. Regulated diet and fish oil will better control high blood pressure better than any drugs in most cases, but then Big Pharma makes no money on that.

  • julian.
    julian. james_ensor

    Posted

    I have vast experience of statins, having been taking crestor for about 6 weeks now.

    Not because of the statistics of risk and prevention. Because of stubborn (unresponsive to diet, weight, and many hours of exercise) cholesterol and a now unblocked coronary artery.

    And so far, touch wood (though there isn't much of that left in my plastic world), I have all of the benefits with none of the side effects.

    Apart from the effect on cholesterol there's apparently a significant anti-inflammatory effect. I haven't a clue if its effective against any aspect of pmr inflammation.

    I guess I'm still feeling lucky.

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