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Taking Prescribed Medicine is Good for Your Heart (and Your Wallet)

Let me first start this entry by saying that I am not employed by the drug industry, nor do I receive financial compensation in any way, shape, or form from them. Lipitor probably saved my life ten years ago by helping bring down my LDL (bad cholesterol) level below the "danger zone" and getting me on the path to heart health.   While... Read moreChevron
posted 04/20/2011, comments (0)|
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Anyone know anything about HealthWarehouse.com? $3.50 Simvastatin & Lisinopril?

My doctor recently prescribed me simvastatin to try and get my cholesterol under control.   I wasn't thrilled about having to pay for more medications.  I was searching around trying to find the lowest price on simvastatin.   I found an online US pharmacy called HealthWarehouse.com that is offering Simvastatin 30-day supply at... Read moreChevron
posted 02/16/2009, comments (4)|
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The JUPITER Study: Should everybody take Crestor?

The JUPITER study has been the subject of countless headlines reporting the unprecedented reduction in heart attacks with the cholesterol drug, Crestor®. The study has received gushing pronouncements of the inestimable value of statins by my cardiology colleagues.   Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca, sponsored this study of nearly... Read moreChevron
posted 11/12/2008, comments (7)|
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Response to Newbie

It DOES get better.  Once you get over the initial shock of learning you're a candidate for the complications of high cholesterol, you can do what you need to do for yourself and your family.  When I think of straying I remember my doctor's jolting admonition:  "You have three goals: no heart attack, no stroke and no death". ... Read moreChevron
posted 05/08/2008, comment (1)|
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crestor and memory loss, behavioural change, change in taste

My Mother was diagnosed with high cholesterol approximately 1 year ago.  She was not overweight, exercised regularly, and had a healthy diet compared to most North Americans.  She elected to try to improve her diet and exercise further before using cholesterol lowering drugs.  This Fall, her cholesterol was even higher, and with... Read moreChevron
posted 03/22/2008, comments (15)|
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