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Stopped taking statins and chol' level DOWN
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Ron2 | Report | 20 Nov 2015 18:58 |
Having tried several different type of statins over the past few years and suffering too many side effects I finally stopped taking them few months ago. I’ve had heart attack some years ago, am Type 2 diabetic and have a blocked stent in a leg artery plus other problems |
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Bobtanian | Report | 20 Nov 2015 19:03 |
Interesting, Ron....... |
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JoyLouise | Report | 20 Nov 2015 20:24 |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 20 Nov 2015 23:54 |
I have porridge in the winter and for the last few months i have been having oatibix rather than weetabix for my breakfast but it it hasn't helped with my cholesterol. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 21 Nov 2015 03:45 |
My cholesterol level is 3. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 21 Nov 2015 07:59 |
I have to stay on statins - no side effects thank goodness - been on them for over ten years now - I have familial high cholesterol so what I eat is not the cause |
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supercrutch | Report | 21 Nov 2015 10:42 |
I am on statins and my level last month was 4.7 |
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'Emma' | Report | 21 Nov 2015 11:35 |
Sue my OH like yourself misses grapefruit. |
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supercrutch | Report | 21 Nov 2015 12:30 |
Emma, you always crave something you can't have :-( |
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Ron2 | Report | 21 Nov 2015 19:47 |
JoyLouise. I attend the diabetics clinic headed by a Nurse Practitioner so no GPs involved. She has watched over me for 13years and is quite happy with the situation. She did mention porridge for breakfast in mornings but I quite like the Betavivo (tho not the cost lol) and its certainly worked quicker than described in the leaflet. I shall keep on with it. Statin's just ain't for me. Too many serious aches and pains etc |
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lavender | Report | 21 Nov 2015 22:10 |
Something else to try is oat bran. |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 22 Nov 2015 11:43 |
Lavender, i will try that .. :-) |
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JoyLouise | Report | 22 Nov 2015 13:45 |
Lavender, my dear mother-in-law used to sprinkle bran in soups, broths and even gravy. She was physically fit to the end. |
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Denburybob | Report | 22 Nov 2015 19:39 |
Here is my daily breakfast, for what it is worth. Three tablespoons of oats, one of oatbran, one of ground almonds, (or flaked). Four dried apricots, chopped, and about a tablespoon of sultanas. Add soya milk, about half a pint. Leave all this to soak while I shower, dress, walk to the shop for paper. By the time I am ready to eat it the oats/bran have softened nicely. No added sugar, no preservatives, no salt, no chemicals. My doctor still wont let me stop statins. Last blood test showed LDL 1.7, HDL 1.6. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 22 Nov 2015 19:48 |
Ron |
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Ron2 | Report | 22 Nov 2015 19:54 |
Thanks for all the contributions - one lives, one learns. Have copied some of the ideas.. bob - no doubt the leg man at my local hospital wouldn't be happy knowing I've stopped statins BUT he'd be happy at lower chol levels - cant have it both ways. Docs there to advise. If mine said I had to continue with statins I'd say No as the oats doing the job without any side effects. Statins caused a mate of mine a hell of serious pain (he started taking some of the first ones available) and in the end he lost the will to live - no pansy he was ex rugger player and served regular army. Can remember quite a few "Letters to the Editor" in Daily Telegraph from GPs complaining of pain and other side effects some years back. I'm nigh on 75 and reckon lived long enough to decide my own fate. |
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Ron2 | Report | 22 Nov 2015 19:56 |
Just in case anyone thinks I'm slow to pick up on threads - I only come online from around 6pm daily but sometimes later that that but I do catch up on events |
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Ron2 | Report | 22 Nov 2015 20:08 |
SylviainCanada. What others do is up to them but there has been a lot of discussions in UK newspapers, online etc etc about pros and cons of statins. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 23 Nov 2015 01:33 |
Ron |
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JoyLouise | Report | 23 Nov 2015 07:58 |
Sylvia, I agree with everything you've written. |