Recently Answered Questions on STATIN

I have high cholestrol ldl but I am a low blood pressure group person and statins have very bad side effects(muscule,energy issues) on me ..can i take arjuna capsules or other ayurvedic medicine to lower ldl without any side effects?(esp on blood pressure,muscules,energy)

I am a 44 /woman. Been battling high choles. for a few years. Tried to control with diet & exercise (vegan for 1 yr & only brought down to 210). 1st round of statin brought down to 202 but my triglyc. went up so they removed me from statin & asked me to give diet & exercise a try again. No longer vegan but do eat pretty healthy & very busy person. current weight/125 & 5'3". Last lipid was chol. 269 / Trigly. 1,611. Doc said he wants me to eat healthy & repeat test in 6 mths. Is this normal

My age is 42 years today and I have undergone CABG at the age of 40. I am having cholesterol level very high and taking 10 mg Statin from last 2 years. From last few months I am facing paid in my ribs and heart area . Doctor has checked my lipid and some test and found Total cholesterol = 162 ; TGT = 88 ; LDL = 103 ; VLDL = 18 ; SGPT = 72.60 ; CPK = 522 ; He immediately stopped my cholesterol medicine (statin) and i am not taking medicine since last 5 months and I shifted to Aryuvedic

Dear Sir/Madam, I have high LDL cholesterol (166) for which doc prescribed Rosuvas F 10 tab. But many are saying if I start statins ...I have to take for the rest of my life ( instead they are suggesting diet/exercise). Is it true if I start taking starin, I have to continue for the rest of my life ?

Hi in my recent test my triglycerides has been increased from 200 to 300. I am currently using rosuvas 10mg and recently my new doctor has prescribed rosuvas f 20. So kindly suggest me if I should start using only rosuvas f 20 from now ? Or shall I continue using it with rosuvas 10 mg along with. Also is there any side effects of increased statins in body ?

Does one need blood thinner if they are under medication of statin?? My father cholestrol levels are LDL - 149 Total cholestrol - 210 Triglycerides - 124 Hdl - 39 I went for 2 consultations .. one recommended juprios A tablet and another one suggested Lipikind 10. What should I do ?? Please explain

Is Nefrosave tablet good for people with proteinuria? My HbA1C is 8.5 and BP is 145/90. GFR is 83 and creatine is 0.9. I am taking ramipril, statin, gliptin, metformin and insulin already. I have diabetes from 25 years and doctor recently advised to add Nefrosave.

My lipid profile: total cholesterol 123 triglyceride 143 ldl 70 hdl 30 vldl 23 chol hdl ratio 4.1 Is my triglyceride high? How to increase HDL? May I need any statin medicines? My blood pressure is normal 120/80.

Im suffering from high cholesterol problem since long time, taking statins, want to change to ayurveda medication totally. Report Total colestorol 300 Ldl 250 Hdl 40 Trigliserides 200 Aprox a month back, pls advise.

I am from himachal pradesh and my age 37 and my weight is 67kg my tryglercide is usually 270 tp300 and cholestrol is 200 some doctors says I will have to take medicine through out life some refuses to take medicine I usually do exercise and yoga I am totally confused what should I do it is said continueslly taking medicine have negative effect because statin used