Your husband is on Zeta?? You need to keep an eye on him. Here's Zeta.
Posted on 11/07/2007 10:03:13 PM PST by crazyshrink
these drugs also cause liver damage. the better way is to eat right. garlic, olive oil, and more veggies less saturated fat.
Carolyn
Thanks much! Plus your FReep name helps too!
GNC sells a no flush niacin. I take that with Zocor/now a generic and the highest omega-3 I can find. I take breaks from the Zocor sometimes. But my cholesterol went fron 247 to the 160-180 range. However my bad cholesterol is still too high and the good still too low. And my triglycerides are too high.
Ditto on the CoQ10. First let me say, though, that I am no vitamin-freak and don't hold that vitamin supplements will cure whatever ailes you.
Anyway, my doctor put me on Crestor, which is one of the water-soluble statin drugs, because of high LDL cholesterol. After taking it I began feeling somewhat lethargic in body and mind. I did some reading and found out that statins not only inhibit cholesterol production in the liver, but also inhibit CoQ10 production. CoQ10 is required for cellular metabolism and as we get older, we produce less of it anyways, so the statins inhibit something I was already in short supply of (compared to when I was younger).
In any case, I started taking CoQ10 courtesy of finding a bottle of it at Costco and I have to say, the results have been completely positive. I feel normal again. TM
Your husband is on Zeta?? You need to keep an eye on him. Here's Zeta.
You need to get a blood test a couple times a years to rule it out.
not a risk I care to take. cholesterol, may or may not be a problem. I have read it is the homocysteine levels in the blood that carry more weight. there were two studies two different results. Not completely convinced that cholesterol is the key culprit.
Carolyn
Sounds more like you were on zolpidem (Ambien) than a statin drug...weird, unremembered stuff does happen to people on Ambien. I’m going to have to see about switching statins, myself.
I can vouch for the weird dreams. Often thought of notifying the FDA about this. I never had them before. But on the other hand there is no doubt it lowers the cholesterol. I also take folic acid and niacin. The last time I had a blood work-up everything was right where it should be although my glucose is bumping up near or at 100 and I would like to see it down around 85 or 90. But the weird dreams. No question about it. My wife also, on these meds, reports the same problem. Not nightmares, just weird.
We concur. The dreams usually involve something I was reading/thinking about the evening before. One did turn into a nightmare however. I had been reading and thinking about global warming. “Damn, Al Gore is even more scary in a dream than on TV”. :)
I used to take crestor, with no probs, but changed insurance companies and it wasn’t on their approved list so got switched.
Mom?
My sleep patterns are horrible. I’ve nerver been so exhausted since taking Lipitor.
Lipitor destroyed my sleep. I quit using it.
Three Tbsp’s honey and cider vinegar once a day now. Sleep good.
I take Lipitor and I know it does not help me sleep as well as I do without it.. I have learned to take it in the morning...istead of at night. Wish I could get off completely, had an echo today and will see if it is helping.
Carolyn
This study supported by a grant from Pfizer, manufacturer of Lipitor, a competing drug. Follow the money.
The study was financed by James Sokolof and the Goldwater law firms
“Patients taking simvastatin who are having sleep problems should consult with their doctor,” Golomb said. “Sleep deprivation is a major problem in a minor number of people.”
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health funded the study.
Co-authors are Edwin K. Kwon, B.A.; Michael H. Criqui, M.D., M.P.H.; and Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.
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