very interesting. My mom was one who had a very negative reaction to statins. After being put on them in her late 70s, she was suffering so from the side effects that she was making end of life decisions. I heard her say a number of times there was just no point in living anymore like this.

she decided on her own that she would rather just stop taking the drugs, and take whatever risk there was from the cholesterol.

she immediately felt vastly better, and returned her old lifestyle, and was very active. it didn’t last forever of course. She died 16 years later at the age of 94.

They haven’t bothered me at all. That said, cholesterol is not the one size fits all risk factor as once was thought. I was talking with a cardiologist about this today. The current thinking is that genetic factors play a much larger role than cholesterol. Some people are just not genetically inclined toward atherosclerosis and plaque buildup.

So if the statins affect you badly it’s probably a lesser risk to discontinue them and rely on diet, exercise, etc.

Most statins give me muscle pain. The only one that does not is low-dose Livalo.

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Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
So if the status affect you badly it’s probably a lesser risk to discontinue them and rely on diet, exercise, etc.

That's what my old GP told me. The risk is rhabdomyolysis.

My cholesterol ratio went from good to bad to good to bad to good.

My doctor said, "How do you do that?!"

I told him I didn't know and tentatively offered that I exercise a little.