Statins and should I try them again.

Oh and he takes Q10 too.

My OH had leg pains with statins but switched to Rosuvastatin 3 times a week and is fine now. He tried different statins at first which didn’t improve things but is fine on these at a reduced dose.

My husband is on 5mg rosuvastatin aternate days and enzyme Q10 every day . Hes had terrible side affects with all the other statins but this has given no side affects after a few months . Hes going to increase to 5 days a week to get the cholesterol below 5 its just over 5 at the moment. Hope that helps !

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Doctor has suggested Rosuvastatin. Has anyone experience of this statin?

I am on this; a low dose. I take it last thing at night and have no symptoms.

I just changed the dose and all was well.

Doctor has suggested Rosuvastatin. Has anyone experience of this statin?

CO ENZYME Q 10 .

My OH came off them and takes Ubiquinol instead ,its a form of Co Enzyme 10.His GP checked his cholesterol levels regularly when he swapped and has been supportive for the now 7 ish years hes been taking it

Had a recent test. cholesterol 6. The doctor checked the probability of a stroke in the next 10 years. Mine was 17% and Statins were mentioned.
Having read in GN that they can have unpleasant side effects I decided against. Though overweight my diet is already healthy and I walk a lot.
If the percentage increased to 20 I expect more pressure to take statins.

My doctor just told me to take OTC bergamot because I refused statins for now.

I tried four brands of statins before doctor accepted I could not tolerate them. Now I take ezetimibe. It works in a different way to lower your cholesterol. It is not quite as effective but does the job well enough for me.

I did the same. My husband is fine with them. There are several different ones you can try, maybe you can find one that doesn't have this side effect. But I'd hesitate about them myself because the pains ruin your quality of life if you suffer from them.

There are several different brands and I have found that some are better than others for this. Ask your Doc for a different brand and try it to see if it makes a difference if they think you need them. Even though they might say they are all the same, they are not .