More young adults on cholesterol drugs

AP via Yahoo ^ | 10/30/07 | Linda A. Johnson

[steve86]

There has to be a better alternative. But I haven’t found it yet.

Definitely look into Tricor™.

[steve86]

Not saying Tricor or other fibrates are superior to statins, just an alternative.

[shorty_harris]

That’s one of the reasons...

[shorty_harris]

It actually happened, but the whole story is that he found what he called other “risk factors”, even though I’m not overweight, exercise daily, and have no family history of heart problems.

[Sue Perkick]

He’s asked to get off the Crestor but she said the only alternative was some kind of sandlike stuff that you have to mix with water & drink. She seemed to be discouraging him from trying that because she told him she could guarantee he wouldn’t like it.

Never heard of Tricor. I’ll look into that. Thanks.

[steve86]

The sandlike stuff is from the same drug family as Tricor but in a different form.

[WackySam]

I just went through this myself. During a routine physical my total cholesterol came in at 215 with my HDL at 85. One doctor wants me on lipidor, and another doctor said to not do anything since my good cholesterol is more than double the lower limit.

Who to believe?

[steve86]

Worry, I was wrong about the drug family. Questran is a Bile Acid Sequestrant.

[steve86]

My post #68 corrects #66.

[LadyBuzz]

here is info on statins that may shock some folks - the side effects can be life threatening...... I refuse to take any of this posion.

[LadyBuzz]

woops - forgot the link

http://www.spacedoc.net/

[steve86]

Astronauts can wear tinfoil, too.

[steve86]

Along with diapers.

[Monitor]

I’ve been on an 80mg daily dose of Lipitor for the last three months. That, and a drastic change to my diet has cut my LDL cholesteral numbers down from 120 to 51, and I’ve had no side effects (other than the drain on my HSA account).

[Dianna]

Not saying Tricor or other fibrates are superior to statins, just an alternative.

My husband cannot take statins and has found he cannot tolerate zetia either. We're also looking for alternatives. Thanks!

[steve86]

Tricor is not as effective as statins but much better than nothing. An older drug in the same family, gemfibrozil, actually worked pretty well on my wife.

[BurbankKarl]

Lipitor is the number one prescribed drug in the world.

[Vaquero]

have they told you to check your liver yet? it can and does destroy livers and is also a neurotoxin.