All People Who Are Taking "Lipitor"

Teri Robert

Writer, Patient Educator and Advocate

Go Red Heart Disease and Women

Every day, women are dying from heart disease at a rate of nearly one per minute. When we think of diseases that kill women, most people think of breast cancer as being at the top of the lists. But heart disease kills nearly five times as many women as breast cancer. Consider these statistics:1 Heart disease is the leading... Read more Chevron

posted 02/03/2010, comments (0)|

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Shaymus

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and I thought I was over the hump . . .

I'm a 53 year old white male in better than average shape, (or so I thought) and I just recently had a stent put in my RCA. This is my forth stent, but this one came as a complete surprise. My first introduction to coronary artery disease came at age 42. I was (and still am although not active in the field) a firefighter in a... Read more Chevron

posted 10/30/2008, comments (0)|

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mtnmom79

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MI 3-3-07, EF 28%

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The Story

I live in a remote mountain area of SoCal. It takes an ambulance 40-50 min to get here generally, but on the day of my MI we had an ambulance on the hill - because we had snow! As a result I had help within 15 min and reached the hospital 10 mi away within the first two hours. From the moment I realized I wasn't going to die that day - I became... Read more Chevron

posted 06/23/2008, comments (0)|

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Any EECP Experiences?

My cardiologist recently recommended EECP therapy since bypass surgery would not be beneficial. I currently have 20% EFR and the Thallium stress showed no vitality in the heart that would benefit by bypass. Was wondering if anyone has been through this therapy or knows of anyone that has. I'm looking for any info I can find. Thanks,

posted 04/08/2008, comments (3)|

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Histomage

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Latent rhabdomyolysis

I have been on both Lipitor (80mg) and Lopid (1200mg) for the past twelve years. Until recently, I have had no problems with one of the documented side effects of statins/gemfibrozil - rhabdomyolosis. Approximately three weeks ago, I started experiencing deep pain and weakness in my thighs, calfs, lower back and mid back. My myoglobin is slightly... Read more Chevron

posted 11/23/2007, comments (0)|

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