This article is so anathema to me.

My experience is, your total cholesterol is over 200 (with some more specifics about LDL I can't recall, like 130 or something), all doctors everywhere will then hound you incessantly to get on Crestor, immediately. Diet and exercise don't matter (they cite research showing it doesn't make a difference). Whether you have plaque or not isn't considered, you need to be on Crestor right now to prevent it from starting anyway.

My cholesterol started really going up in my late 40s and I can concur an aggressive change to my diet where I significantly reduced my saturated fat intake and I lost about 20 pounds made absolutely no difference, and my total cholesterol started hitting 300, so I'm on the Crestor. My initial dose did cause me to have elevated liver enzymes and my total cholesterol went to about 170 in about a month, so I'm on an extremely low dose on alternating days.

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Buttons840 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you have side effects from the statin?

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CalChris 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I initially had an LDL of 152 and was prescribed Atorvastatin which gave me dizziness. So I switched to Pravachol with no side effects. But I needed to increase my dosage to get under 100 LDL and Pravachol is limited to 80mg. So I switched again to 10mg of Rosuvastatin which took me from 114 down to 83 also without side effects.

	▲	shlant 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I got dizziness from lipitor (only in the hours after taking it) and I determined it seemed to be due to dehydration so now I just make sure to drink enough water and no more dizziness. Cut my LDL in half in 3 months and now I take every 2 days

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zzzeek 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

i had the elevated liver enzymes on a higher dose (10 mg / day which is not considered a high dose) and jury is out on whether or not I perceive muscle weakness. unsure