I was at my doctor yesterday and found out that even taking OMACOR, my Cholesterol has RISEN from 210 to 320.
My doctor explained,since I am unable to take statins (muscle pains) and COQ10..she is going to contact cardiologist and discuss a plan of action.
My doctor also says,since I have a low motabolism, I am not able distribute the build up as well, without statins. She also stated my high levels are genetic and that also degrades my ability to lower levels.
I mentioned my diet to her, since I am on Coumadin, the diets conflict... I was thinking I would eating water for the rest of my life.
For about five years, I have been unable to do a routine exercise plan.. hip, knee, eye surgeries and dizziness.
Hope to get some of these things controlled to get on a better exercise program.
Weight is a big problem.. I need to shed about 50 pounds. Since moving last year, I have lost about 20 pounds, which is a start.
Hope this is not as confusing for you, the reader, as it is for me to live with. LOL
Thanks for any suggestions.
cjosie

I give up on statins. I take a statin and then experience severe leg cramps when I'm trying to sleep. I only have one risk factor so I don't see why I'm being treated for heart disease. You should see the hills I climb on my bike without problem. My heart functions well when I challenge it!

I am allergic to all statins and COQ10 as well. Have had good luck with OMACOR for my triglyserides, but my Choleserol as risen from 210 to 320 within the past year!!!
My doctor is working with my cardiologist to come up with some sort of med for me to take for the cholesterol.
Since joining DS, I have read many informative threads and have begun to eat more pickles.
I am also on Coumadin, so I have additional issues with foods.
Thanks for letting me vent!

I have read several different posts and from other places about pickle eating. I really don't like pickles but if they help I guess I could give them a try. I wonder though about all the salt pickles have in them...water retention and high blood pressure. I have not had my test results yet for the last 3 months I have been taking Zetia. My brother in law uses the niacin based med and it works ok for him. He has had problems with the statins too. I am glad the cool weather is coming back then I will be more apt to get back to oatmeal. The q10 may or may not do any good, all I know it is expensive and oatmeal is cheaper, so are pickles. Any brand better than others? I prefer Vlasic or Claussen when I do eat one.

I suffered leg cramps for more than a year. The doctor finally suggested stopping the lipitor. The leg cramps stopped. The other statins caused leg cramps. My cholesterol is 260 and I'm done taking statins. I'm trying to take flax.

any dill pickles will do and do help lower cholestrol.

Dear vlt,
what is CPK level? I've never heard about it. I will tell my dr. to check the level.
I am on Lipitor for almost 10 years.
My blood test is showing increased Potassium level and
BUN-to-creatinine ratio.
My dr. is not really concerned with it, but I do.
I wonder if it has anything to do with taking lipitor.
Thank you for your info.
Best wishes
rg48772

I was on Lipitor, and my liver enzymes went up. The doctor said it was because I could not have Statins. I am on Zeria now. It has helped.

Dear Toddlerteacher,
Did you hesr ab new research on Zetia? It showed no results for lowering cholestorol and it is so expensive. The pharmasutical companies kept it quet till now and made $ their billions

I will find out next week if the Zetia has helped at all, of course this test time covers the holidays where I know I made plenty of bad food choices. Of course I also have been depressed as of late so once again my food choices are bad. I have been making better choices lately but still need to improve. Instead of garbage to eat today I made whole grain muffins and put jelly on them instead of butter. I also have cut back on the coffee ingredients and have walked past the goodies aisle in the store. So I had a cheeseburger the othernight, last night I ate squash...some compromise. I will post results when I get them, if zetia does not work I will try the niacin stuff...my brother in law takes that and he says it has helped him a lot...he cannot use statins either.

I was on Lipitor for a few month. It caused my liver enzymes to go high, so my doctor took me off of it. I am now on Zetia, with some success.

Chronic Pain in legs
Chronic infection ; sinus
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Severe Short Term Memory Loss
Chronic muscle pain, all over... worse that what was normal for my fibromyalgia

All but the hearing loss subsided when I stopped.

This book definitely helped me and it is very helpful to anyone struggling or friends of people struggling. I highly recommend it to everyone!

Life without Ed is great...I actually read parts of it to hubby...

As I posted earlier on, I cannot take Lipitor...any of the statins...a statin is a statin. So I take Zetia...expensive even with an ins co-pay, went up to 50$ and guess what? After 4 months of being on it my level is as bad as it was the day I went on it. I went from 155 or so on Lipitor, went off Lipitor for 3 weeks to see what my ck level did and cholesterol went to 219....still is after 4 months...so it is either not working or i will need an increase. No chnages in anything else, same diet, same other meds, same food, same exercise...only diff is the med. So I am now being extra careful about what I eat, walking more but I don't think that is the problem. I only found the high ck level as the dr said I did not have arthritis and he said it was the statin...well I do have arthritis but at least the ck level went down to normal by getting off statins. So I will check back in with newer results when I get them...thinking of buying otc niacin to add just to see...pharmacist told me to take 1 aspirin half an hour beforehand, then the flushing should, not be so bad...hells bells...flashing, blocked arteries, artrhtis vs non arthritis...well at least we settled on carpral tunnel for sure...just had 2nd surgery...guess what? I can zip zippers again