One of my GPs urged me to start on statins. I said "Why? My cholesterol readings have been excellent since 1988." He replied "Because you can never have too little."
I still reckon that's one of the most anti-scientific statements I've ever heard.
But in other respects he's quite a good, careful GP. Nowt so queer as folks.
Statins are not without risks. I had bad experiences with atorvastatin and ezetimibe. First the atorvastatin, My place of work at the time had a flight of stairs 100 steps for 5 floors. I would go up the stairs at least once every day for the sheer exercise. I was put on satans on a Friday, on the Monday I struggled a bit with the stairs, well I had just had a weekend... ;-D By Friday I barely made the third floor, could not go further. Took the lift. When I got home I read the leaflet issued with the said satans. FFS if you read that, you would NEVER ingest another one. I stopped taking the things and after about a fortnight, I could get all the way up again. However, a couple of years later I was diagnosed as T1 diabetic. ( No family history, such fun. There was a cluster of us in this area diagnosed at the same time, all in late fifties early sixties, Hmm ) They wanted me on satans, I said that I wasn't keen but having the T1 dropped on me was concerning so I thought anything that would reduce complications... What a mistaka to makea. Ezetimibe, read the small print then drop in bin. Started with pain in upper back, then losing range of movement in both arms couldn't reach up above shoulder height without agonising pain. Immediately stopped taking them was worried the damage was going to be permanent. Fortunately I now have full relatively pain free movement , but it has taken over two years.
dearieme - blimey, didn't he know we make it internally?
Tony - very interesting, thanks for passing on your experiences. Ezetimibe sounds as if it has been particularly bad, but as with so many heavily promoted pharmaceuticals nobody can tell you how it will affect you personally.
All they can do is list known issues in the small print, but that doesn't tell you if one of them is likely to hit you hard, which in your case it certainly did. They can't tell you if your biochemistry is susceptible.
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Cholesterol is so toxic that your own body manufactures it.
dearieme - that's why I'm not bothering with a test, can't see the point.
One of my GPs urged me to start on statins. I said "Why? My cholesterol readings have been excellent since 1988." He replied "Because you can never have too little."
I still reckon that's one of the most anti-scientific statements I've ever heard.
But in other respects he's quite a good, careful GP. Nowt so queer as folks.
Statins are not without risks. I had bad experiences with atorvastatin and ezetimibe. First the atorvastatin, My place of work at the time had a flight of stairs 100 steps for 5 floors. I would go up the stairs at least once every day for the sheer exercise. I was put on satans on a Friday, on the Monday I struggled a bit with the stairs, well I had just had a weekend... ;-D By Friday I barely made the third floor, could not go further. Took the lift. When I got home I read the leaflet issued with the said satans. FFS if you read that, you would NEVER ingest another one. I stopped taking the things and after about a fortnight, I could get all the way up again. However, a couple of years later I was diagnosed as T1 diabetic. ( No family history, such fun. There was a cluster of us in this area diagnosed at the same time, all in late fifties early sixties, Hmm ) They wanted me on satans, I said that I wasn't keen but having the T1 dropped on me was concerning so I thought anything that would reduce complications... What a mistaka to makea. Ezetimibe, read the small print then drop in bin. Started with pain in upper back, then losing range of movement in both arms couldn't reach up above shoulder height without agonising pain. Immediately stopped taking them was worried the damage was going to be permanent. Fortunately I now have full relatively pain free movement , but it has taken over two years.
dearieme - blimey, didn't he know we make it internally?
Tony - very interesting, thanks for passing on your experiences. Ezetimibe sounds as if it has been particularly bad, but as with so many heavily promoted pharmaceuticals nobody can tell you how it will affect you personally.
All they can do is list known issues in the small print, but that doesn't tell you if one of them is likely to hit you hard, which in your case it certainly did. They can't tell you if your biochemistry is susceptible.
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