Recently Answered Questions on Atorvastatin

Hello Practo, I had a heart attack or something that mimics a heart attack 1st of Dec 2017, I got to the hospital and was on ICU. During the period, the doctors found out that my total lipid levels and blood sugar and blood pressure levels where very perfect but yet I still had a heart attack, what's the cause please? I don't want to live on unnecessary drugs that I was placed on which are clopidogrel, aspirin 75mg daily, atorvastatin 40mg daily and isosorbide daily I'm looking forward to you amazing diagnosis. Best regards Ekene

3 weeks before my dad had angioplasty with 2 stents implanted. He is having dry cough after that and start taking the medicine. Another doctor have gave medicine for cough later but that is not helping. His daily list of drugs: 1) ramipril 5 mg - 1/2 tab 2) bisoprolol 2.5 mg - 1/2 tab 3) acetylsalicylic acid 100 mg + glycine 45 mg (glyprin) - 1 tab 4) brilinta ticagrelor 90 mg - 2 tab 5) atorvastatin calcium 40 mg - 1 tab 6) pantoprazol 40mg - 1 tab

Thigh pain-muscle gives out when walking, Legs, shoulders, arms and feet also have pain. My Primary care Dr. ran a blood test and said I had muscle damage and he hoped it was caught in time. He had me suspend taking Atorvastatin( Lipitor ). Labs out of range: Metabolic Panel - Calcium 8.4, Bun 31.0 CBCW/out Diff - Hemoglobin 3.66, Hematoctrit 12.3, MCV 101, MCH 33.5. It;s been 6 wks and no improvement. What is causing the damage and will the muscles heal? Should I see a specialist? What kind

My dad is suffering from goosebumps just on legs .. its occuring since approx 2 months . Age- 50 years old Weight - 70 or 80 kgs Past History :- HTN and increased DM Surgical history - 2011 - Open heart surgery Daily Medicines consuming - 1.Atorvastatin 2.Jusprin 3.concor 4.plavix 5.galvus met - 50/500 6. Amaryl - 1mg 7.meex 12 Plus

Is there any blockage?Echo and ecg were normal.Triglycerides high 313 ldl 62 hdl 41 .Tests were done due to shortness of breath while walking  and  chest pain on walking long distance. Hypertension is also there.Left hand pain is also present.Cervical osteophytic lipping is present in lower cervical vertebrae shown in x ray.Are there any blockage?...age 52 yrs female.Dr prescribed isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg,metopropol 50 mg 2 a day and atorvastatin 40 mg in night due to high cholesterol and triglycerides.But no or very less relief in hand pain even after taking isosorbide monitrate 30mg.Is there any blockage.

My Dad underwent Angioplasty (1 stent) in June 2020. He is on medication thereafter - Brilinta Ticagrelor 90mg, Betaloc Metoprolol Tartrate 25mg, Spironolactone 25mg, Aspirin 75mg, Atorvastatin 40mg and Telmisartan 20mg. His recent blood report shows 120000 platelet counts +  Clumps & Large size platelet are noted on the smeer. Rest all report is normal like - Thyroid, Sugar As we hear in the news about clotting caused by Covid vaccine is it safe for him to go ahead with the vaccine.

Male Aged 64. Taking Atorvastatin,olmesartan 20, metformin 850, Syndopa Plus, Pacitane,Petril Beta, B Complex Forte, Thyroxine 50. Eight years history. Have stopped aspirin - risk of internal hemmorhage. Take 4 glasses of water in the morning, eat 3-4 bunches of curry leaves, and some jeera seeds, and in the night a glass of milk sprinkled Haldi

I am 30 years old.. my ldl-c & tg values came 200 & 254 respectively.. my hdl-c is 45.. 8 months back ,1 year back, my ldl-c was 160 & TG was around 200..but I didn't take any medicine.. now it has raised to high levels. Should I start statins ?. I am going on a trip for 2 wks in 2 days time .. can I wait till I come back from my trip or should I immediately strat statins after consulting s physician? No significant family history.. my father & mother  taking atorvastatin 10 .. no other major cardiac history in family

Hi, I have T wave inversion . deep Pain in my left chest . No sweating or fatigue . At times my left arm pains . Normal Echo . I was asked to take a Ecosprin and atorvastatin tablet just once around 10 PM yesterday . Today morning I had my TMT . TMT is normal . Doctor said pain could be because of gastro acidic trouble . T wave inversion can be ignored as other tests are good and normal Question : TMT is normal but i took some tablets before 10 hours of TMT test. Will it reduce the effectiveness or the accuracy of TMT test ?

Hi doctor, My age is 27 and gender is male Today I have done my lipid profile test. Below are the results. Current weight: 99 kg Total cholesterol ----- 178 mg/dl Serum triglycerides ---- 140 mg.dl HDL cholesterol. ---- 29.5 LDL cholesterol ---- 120.50 VLDL Cholesterol --- 28.00 Total/HDL Cholesterol Ratio --- 6.03 LDL/HDL Cholesterol Ratio --- 4.08 3 months back I had covid and at that time my weight is 108 and total cholesterol is 156 mg/dl. I have few questions regarding this? 1) after covid I lost almost 9 kg, but why my cholesterol got increased? 2) doctor suggested atorvastatin 10 mg tablet daily once till 7 days, is it good to take that tablet? Because before 2 weeks I got vaccinated with covaxin Thanks