re: Statin question

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Try red yeast rice. It is chemically identical to statin drugs.

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Took this for 6 months. Did frick all to my cholesterol. Started Tesamorelin in February. My LDL fell 62pts on my April 11 blood work

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Your pantry must look like a dam GNC lol

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umm yea

i take the above, 5mg of Cialis, vit k daily.

Im terrified of taking Statins.

It all seems to come back to the same thing. Building up of plaque in the blood vessels. Heart…you have heart attacks. Brain…you have dementia.

I had high calc scores so was put on atorvastatin and low dose aspirin. My whole dad’s side of the family has heart issues so I didn’t question it.

I’ve also been drinking Pom juice (real not from concentrate) pretty regularly for several years. That’s supposed to help.

Recently found out that Nattikinase also is beneficial but it reduces clotting so you have to be legit careful about taking it with aspirin. It can thin your blood too much and cause bleeding issues. There are studies though that it actually reduces plague…but again it’s not to be trifled with if your on blood thinners or blood pressure meds. I take 4,000 FIUs first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and saw an immediate improvement in my blood pressure.

You might want to look into this when it comes to your statins:

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Some Statins Appear to Increase Dementia in Patients With Mild Cognitive Issues

Does the use of some of the most commonly prescribed statins significantly increase the risk of developing dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment?

Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2021 Annual Meeting advises that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of lipophilic statin users revealed a highly significant decline in metabolism in the area of the brain that is first impacted by Alzheimer's disease when those cholesterol-lowering drugs were used in certain circumstances.

In other words, according to the University of California at Los Angeles authors, taking lipophilic statins—which include atorvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, cerivastatin, and pitavastatin—appears to more than double those patients’ risk of developing dementia compared with those who do not take statins. While hydrophilic statins focus on the liver, lipophilic statins are distributed to tissues throughout the body.

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LINK

Statins reduce cholesterol, which most people do NOT realize is that:

Our body produces cholesterol, mainly in the liver, which we need to survive. Every one of our 70 TRILLION plus cells in our body is encapsulated with cholesterol.

Our brains consist of about 20% cholesterol. Statins reduce cholesterol. Well, something is not right here.

Here is something else to consider, most Doctors who prescribe statins recommend that you supplement with coenzyme Q 10, that vital is vital to brain function.

There are so many side effects of these statins that it is scary.

Why take the risk when eating a proper diet is so much better?

Ditto on crest w/o issues

Someone else mentioned Zetia and you should ask your doc about it.. generic is ezetimibe and its often used when folks don’t tolerate statins and sometimes in combination with a statin

Don’t take it. You can do other things. Conditioning seems okay, might consider the low fat diet among other things.

I saw recently that there is a solution on the horizon that involves isolating a gene in the liver that allows the bad cholesterol to be made. I realize that there is an opposite reaction to some of the medicines but until better breakthroughs come that are a better alternatives I’m following my doctors advice and taking the statin. I did a cac test to see if it was necessary. I asked the tech nurse to allow me to see on his screen. The calcium deposits show up white and upon seeing one just in front of my heart I realized that some action was necessary. Really it’s what you can’t see that should scare you and that is the soft plaque build up that can break away causing a reaction that results in a heart attack. Not taking a medicine that can reduce that risk or thinking you can adjust your diet or taking some natural herb or grain seems a greater risk. Hopefully a better medical answer to avoid the statin and it’s side effects will be available sooner than later.