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SilleeMee
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Registered: ‎05-22-2016

Re: Successes in declining statins??

‎02-19-2023 01:10 PM

@1Professor 

With berberine you can take it with statins and that will boost the lipid-lowering effects of the statins, reduce dosage and side effects of statins also.

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1Professor
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Registered: ‎12-07-2014

Re: Successes in declining statins??

‎02-19-2023 01:41 PM

@SilleeMee wrote:

@1Professor 

With berberine you can take it with statins and that will boost the lipid-lowering effects of the statins, reduce dosage and side effects of statins also.

@SilleeMee 

 

My Berberine arrived yesterday. Thanks for the introduction!

In time for one before supper. Today, I can take the recommended two.

 

I am still hoping for new numbers different from the 6 months-ago blood tests, before starting statins.

Then I will know if any of my efforts (subtracted a LOT of unhealthy processed sodium-laden foods, all plant diet, exercise [with cardio] 25 minutes am and again pm, and several supps). Obviously if none of that made a significant difference, I can start the statin prescription . . .

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Mindy D
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Re: Successes in declining statins??

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‎02-19-2023 05:50 PM - edited ‎02-19-2023 05:51 PM

@gizmogal Livotor is an antibiotic. 

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depglass
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Re: Successes in using/declining statins?

‎02-20-2023 03:03 PM

It's your body, your choice.  I declined after a trial because they caused more pain with the "arthritis" I had.  After all these years it turns out I have fibromyalgia, with worsening pain as I get older.  So I just live with high cholesterol.  

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CelticCrafter
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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Successes in declining statins??

‎02-20-2023 03:12 PM

@SilleeMee wrote:

I was given a Rx for statins when my blood test showed I had a high LDL cholesterol. Took if for a few years then that caused my A1c to go up and my doc told me I might need another Rx for that. That was the breaking point for me and I went on to find a way out of taking more Rxs. 

 

I have been taking berberine for several years, blood tests are normal and I no longer need any Rx drugs at all. My doctor is impressed that at my age, 68, I have a good blood profile w/o the need for intervention or anywhere close to that.

My husbands doctor prescribed the lowest dose of generic Lipitor available and he took it for a month.  Three months later we are still trying to get his blood glucose back to where it had been before he started taking it.

 

Benefits don't always outweigh the risks.

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