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wow. i started on crestor four weeks ago. i had a relatively normal cholesterol; but have a strong-family history of heart disease with sudden cardiac death/and malfunctions of all sorts; in the 40-50 yr time frames. My bad cholesterol was only 114. Now it is 72. I was "talked into taking this; by my german cardiologist; whom i have always felt is a bit of a health nut.." SO, I began this ALREADY having plenty of myalgias; tons of physical-fatigue/angina/enlarged organs;spleen-liver-pancreas- and severe inflammatory responses throughout my entire body; though; i eat great; vegen and only mildly obese. I tried all the healthy things i could and ate a diet to fight inflammation with okay results. BUT; i felt nauseated when first starting it-however; I found by taking it at bedtime the non serious side effects were diminished. I felt my heart moving-without pain a few days at first; then the angina stopped. Finally, I had my 3-cardio/rheumatology/gi-check ups this week; including a blood test to measure inflammation-a ct scan w/contrast; and ekg. ALL my organs are back to normal size. My inflammation is normal-probably the first time in 3 yrs. My HTN is on 1/2 the dose of diovan. My joints are feeling good and I am feeling -less congestion and friction in my chest wall-and less inflammation in my ribs;I can move-now and I now feel like exercising regularly---i have started swimming again after 20 yrs...wow- and over all -i cannot say i have felt this-good in years. I have had MCTD ( form of lupus) since my 20's. I am now 47 and feel like i might even one -day be off of disability. now; i am telling my kids 24 and 27 whom suffer from connective tissue inflammation that effects they already. wow. i pray if this isn't the perfect drug then i hope they will keep working at it til they get it right for all. I don't care what it costs. I feel its worth it.42
Great let me know how it goes. If you have any serious side effects though let your doc know so he can adjust your dose. I had to have mine decreased early on -then it leveled out fine. I also do pomegrante juice and black cherry juice (NOT) from concentrated daily on a empty stomach to address chronic inflammation symtoms! I am about to try a natural yeast-relieving diet too; eliminating flour-sugar for a month; so excited in two weeks my waist measurements dropped by 7 inches total-just doing that without any weight loss so my digestive system is greatly improving along with this new-diet! take care keep me posted and if you come across things to reverse inflammation let me know libertykatrkm@gmail.com
Will do. I tried the Cherry juice (natural) and it gave me bad gastric problems. I'm hoping the Pomegrande will be different. Dr. said to take lots of Vitamin C, so I take the Emergen-C 3-4 times a day. It has a 1,000 per dose and tastes good (the main reason I take it). He also said to try Tumeric (Curcumin) because it was good for inflammation and 'cleaning out' the arteries. I take fish oil too.
Frankly, I was a bit surprised at the cholesterol numbers because I am not overweight and I am mainly a vegetarian, taking only a bit of fish, a bit of turkey and some chicken on rare occasions. However, I do have a bad family history - grandmother, aunt and mother all dead of coronary heart disease. All had HP, High Lipids and inflammation, so the 'handwriting is on the wall.' I could exercise more and I will be doing more of it now that I got the 'bad news.'
I am on 10 mg of Crestor to start. Blood work again in 2 months and we go from there. I was encouraged about what you wrote -- how you felt better when you started on the statins. I am hoping the same holds true for me. I will call dr. if I experience any side effects. I know so many people on Crestor and most all have no side effects at all. However, you do hear of complaints. I'm hoping I will be lucky because it appears that statins will be a 'way of life' for me now.
I will keep you posted!!
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I looked up the price for Crestor 10 mg on drugstore.com. It was $111 for 30 tablets. With my RxDrugCard I can get 30 Simvastatin 10 mg for $8. If it turns out that one statin is as good as another, I'm going for the generic!!