Satins--anyone have experience of them?

daska

trumpton wrote: »

If you don't fancy statins and you can make the adjustment of basically giving up meat, there is evidence that a very low fat diet can reduce cholesterol.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2526891.stm

Dr Dean Ornish's programme for reversing heart disease is the best known version of this kind of diet.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=diet&dbid=5

And if you look at the link I posted earlier you'll see there's evidence that Atkins is more effective than Ornish.

de1amo

Having felt very under the weather for the past week i was finally dragged to the Doctor's today by my wife and i was diagnosed with a multitude of illnesses which need attending to quite quickly--i live abroad and the doctor is shocked my raised cholestral level hasnt been thoroughily before and i will have loads of scans and tests tomorrow---i get hypercodrical when i feel ill and start asking questions on any medical 'news' events!!---the cholestral count is way down in magnitude of revelations from today

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a whole list of lifestyle changes will be needed and popping a statin if needed is the least troubllesome!!

daska

Sorry to hear that, I hope it all gets sorted out very quickly.

emerald21

In my experience of them i cant praise them highly enough. Im 56 now and have been on them since i was about 40 due to hereditory high cholesterol. For years i was just at the higher end of the acceptable range as in 5.9. Then it shot up to 7.5 and the dr prescribed Simvastatin for me. For a few years i was on a 40mg tablet nightly and my levels came down to just over 3 . I dont and never have had any side effects so i guess im lucky in that respect. However since 40mgs was quite a high dose i thought id try with a 20mg tablet to see how i fared with that as no one really wants to take tablets do thay ? I am now still on 20mg and my cholesterol level is 4.9. As this is ok im still on that dosage. I have a liver function test every year or so, not through dr s prompting anymore but because i like to know if my livers still working properly. Hope that helps.

de1amo

i was depressed and asking because i have a herniated disc in my back that had caused a catalogue of side effects--swellings that affect stomach and liver and many things!
i think statins are good as long as the side affects arent bad---anything that reduces the level of cholestral has makes sense!???

Torry_Quine

My uncle has been on them for many years as he has a heart condition. If my GP thought it would be good for me to take them then I wouldn't hesitate but have just had my cholesterol checked and it was fine.

I do have huge reservations with everyone being medicated though regardless of health issues.

MrsB2004

Hi,

I am 34 and have been taking 40mg of Simvastatin for almost a year now. Touch wood, I have had no problems at all. I was prescribed them as I am type 1 diabetic, should normally start them at 40 but I started early as after 17 years of being diabetic, I was starting to develop diabetic retinopathy. Happy to say that I have just had the all clear for my eyes, so thank you statins - no need for laser! As with all medicastion though, different effects for different people, my uncle refuses statins as he had had problems with them.