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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:12 PM Original message |
Reports associating cholesterol-lowering statins with memory loss lead to FDA review |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Live long and suffer, I guess... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Awe, MM |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I won't take them. It's hereditary in my family. |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I'm with you. they've tried to coerce me into them. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
57. actually high cholesterol is very common in AZ patients and many |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. and yet the opposite appears to be true in my family. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. well yeah AZ has a few distinct genetic markers and is different than other dementias |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #58 |
74. one of the lesser known facts about cholesterol hidden in the one size fits all storyline: |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. Sounds like my dad |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. I hear ya. I've just lately begun to realize |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. My wife went form dangerously high cholesterol numbers to well within the preferred range |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I knew it!!! |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. COOO2? Qu'est-ce que c'est |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Sorry - here ya go. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. yes. I've been taking this instead of Crestor now due to short term |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. and does it work on your cholesterol numbers? nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. It worked on Mr. d's cholesterol AND PSA numbers. |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. OHhhhhhhhhhhh. Thanks. nt |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. That works for cholesterol? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. me too |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Thanks for the story. I gave you the wrong name it's |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Red Yeast Rice is a natural statin |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. it has the same side effects. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. Do you have research to back that up? Not being confrontational, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. The cholesterol-reducing effect of red yeast rice is due to the presence of |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. My doctor prescribed Fish Oil tablets. They're OTC, cheaper, |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. I take them too and this |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I too was taking simvistatin. I quit taking it because it made me VERY sick. I ended up in the |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Do you mean CoQ10? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Yes, that's what I meant. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. My sister and I have both noticed short term memory problems |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. Yes, I'm having a lot of short term memory problems at |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I'm 46 and my sister is 37 |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Yes, do that. Hopefully we can either get off some of |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. What's this OP about?? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I've ran in to poblems with two different statin's |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I dunno - the brain is bathed in cholesterol, isn't it?? |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. good point |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. DIng! +1 |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. +2. I was going to point that out. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. That is really odd. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm going to quit too. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Crestor is the strongest one |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. that's not such a bizarre reaction; statins can damage muscle tissue -- which includes all muscles |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thanks for posting. This is very relevant in my family right now. n/t |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. My husband never like taking it. Said it bothered him in his groin |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I take them, but not through that orifice... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. he didn't take it via suppository |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
69. nm |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Considering the state of my memory when not on drugs |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Never mind. I forgot what I was going to say. |
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Mumble (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm confused. Were are my damn pills. |
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oldhippydude (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. know what you mean.. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Damn. - K&R n/t |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Memory loss is a well known yet downplayed side-effect |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. kick for later. eom |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Instead of big pharma statin pills...... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. How much fish oil you take per day? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. 1200 mg |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. cholesterol is the latest poster child for big pharma to make $$$$ |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Took Lipitor for a year, the memory issues were minor for me, although they did exist, but the |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. See Spacedoc.net, a site about statins set up by a former astronaut and physician: |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Yes - there's also been some great interviews with him |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. Anybody know what the cardiologists say about this? nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. GREAT. I take that stuff for...for |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. My brother the doctor was prescribed them after he had his heart attack |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. Here's my Lipitor/simvastatin/CoQ10 story and some links. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. thanks for those helpful links. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Statins block the enzyme your body needs to manufacture coenzyme q10 |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
51. The truth will come out someday, |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
54. My ex-husband had two heart attacks in his late thirties and we discovered |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
70. Statins, or...one could try veganism. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Or, one could try |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. I just stopped taking them |
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