Guest guest Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 An interesting story from the Wash. Post Is Your Doctor in Denial? Survey Finds Physicians Often Dismiss Complaints About Drugs' Side Effects By Ishani Ganguli Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, August 28, 2007; Page HE04 'On many online message boards and Internet chat rooms, anxious patients share details about the muscle pain and memory loss they have noticed since they started taking statins to lower their cholesterol. A new study suggests these people may be seeking validation for good reason: Some of their complaints might otherwise be going unheard. According to a survey of 650 patients published last week in Drug Safety, a peer-reviewed journal, doctors frequently ignored or dismissed patients' concerns about such side effects. The study suggests this pattern of reaction goes beyond statins to other drugs.' The piece also notes that.....When doctors fail to recognize a patient's symptoms as drug side effects, more than that patient's care is put at risk. Because the doctor makes no " adverse event report " to the Food and Drug Administration, the regulatory agency may underestimate the problem, and other doctors and patients may assume the drug is safer than it is. " ... The researchers noted ...... " Person after person spontaneously [told] us that their doctors told them that symptoms like muscle pain couldn't have come from the drug. We were surprised at how prevalent that experience was, " said Beatrice Golomb, associate professor of medicine and the study's lead researcher. " ...... and noted... '.According to experts, muscle pain and other side effects occur in up to 30 percent of statin patients, by some estimates, and often lead doctors to stop or change a prescription. But patients surveyed said their doctors rarely linked their symptoms to statins -- even when the symptoms were well-documented as side effects. " .... and the piece noted .... " Golomb speculated that doctors' actions might reflect the relative dearth of information on the downsides of statins. " Ad campaigns that preserve statins' miracle drug image are more powerful than education about side effects, " she said. The findings raise important concerns about American drug safety monitoring, said Harvard Medical School professor Jerry Avorn, author of " Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks and Costs of Prescription Drugs. " " We already know that there is horrendous underreporting of side effects. Ninety to 99 percent of serious side effects are not reported by doctors, " he said . " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082401714.html?nav=rss_health , " mary " <tes1mar2 wrote: > > I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been > experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor > didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to > stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I > looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 The same thing happened to me. I went on Red Yeast Rice and it helped mary <tes1mar2 wrote: I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Mary, I suggest you look up the " side effects of lipitor " or " side effects of statins " on line. You will find people all over the country talking about the horrific side effects they have experienced from statin use. You will also read the horrid side effects on numerous sites. I have at one time or another been on all the statins and have been able to tolerate NONE of them. I had the flu like aches, week muscles, unsteady gait, memory loss. The last statin I tried was pravachol. It cause quarter sized knots up and down the backs of my legs. I saw a massage therapists for 6 weeks trying to work the PAINful knots out of my tissue. At that time, one of my docs told me I should never be put on another statin. I began just adding a tsp. of fiber to water and drinking it before each meal. With that, I got the best chlesterol reading I have ever had 6 months later. Cholesterol is not the problem it is made out to be anyway. Do a search on cholesterol and I think you will be surprised that so many docs are pushing those drugs without trying other means to lower cholesterol or researching cholesterol and the effects of to low a cholesterol reading. , " mary " <tes1mar2 wrote: > > I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been > experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor > didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to > stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I > looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Red Yeast Rice is still a statin drug and although it might help lower your cholesterol, it still has the same adverse side effects as any of the statin drugs out there (Lipitor, Mevacor, etc.) Taking statins is an artificial and extremely destructive way of lowering cholesterol because while it never addresses the reason why your cholesterol is high in the first place, it wreaks havoc in the body. Beware of Statins including red yeast rice. , Laura Chollick <lchollick wrote: > > The same thing happened to me. I went on Red Yeast Rice and it helped > > mary <tes1mar2 wrote: I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been > experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor > didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to > stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I > looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Yes it IS the Lipitor causing your problems. The same happened to me until I stopped Lipitor! Then I was fine in 2-3 wks. In , Laura Chollick <lchollick wrote: > > The same thing happened to me. I went on Red Yeast Rice and it helped > > mary <tes1mar2 wrote: I've been on lipitor over 2 years. For the past 6 months I've been > experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor > didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to > stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I > looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 As an RN previously working in a nursing home where there were many volunteers, I had a very busy and energetic volunteer in my Dept who gradually became sicker and sicker until she told me she couldn't work anymore. She had distension and terrible pains in her hips and legs, and just felt very ill -I asked her what medication she was on - when she told me Lipitor (as well as many other things) I checked with a doctor who said it was OK to stop that medication suddenly and completely - so I told her to stop taking it immediately. I sent her back up information from lists like these and she started educating her doctor. Within two weeks she was pain free. Consulting a doctor (no details given) I encouraged her to reduce various other medications and offered her other options instead - especially CoQ10 for her heart and Green Lipped Mussel for random arthritic pains - that was over 2 years ago - at the moment she is touring Europe with her cousin - she has never felt better. It can be done - but if you are going against the wishes of your doctor and he is your " medical advisor " then it gets a bit awkward. This womans doctor was elderly and she had gone to him for years and years - he was not happy with the changes we made. Best, Jane " Laura Chollick " <lchollick > mary <tes1mar2 wrote: I've been on lipitor over 2 > years. For the past 6 months I've been > experiencing all kinds of mucsle aches and flu like symptoms. My doctor > didn't think this had anything to do with taking lipitor. I'm ready to > stop taking it to see if its the cause of me not feeling well. I > looking for a natural alternative. Any suggestions? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 I don't consider doctors to be medical advisors anymore but rather just legalized drug pushers. The best thing for my health is to visit them as little as possible. JMO. , " Jane MacRoss " <highfield1 wrote: > > It can be done - but if you are going against the wishes of your doctor and > he is your " medical advisor " then it gets a bit awkward. This womans doctor > was elderly and she had gone to him for years and years - he was not happy > with the changes we made. > > Best, > > Jane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Marina, Does it matter what kind of fiber? Which do you use? Thanks so much for this info! Marina <AmSassy_2 wrote: Mary, I suggest you look up the " side effects of lipitor " or " side effects of statins " on line. You will find people all over the country talking about the horrific side effects they have experienced from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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