Are there any supplements anyone else is familiar with that I can take besides this? My low is to low and my high is to high, according to them. I’ve looked at my daily foods and can hardly find anything that has cholesterol in it, other than milk. Could I lose 5-8 lbs, sure..would that make a difference?
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(Disclaimer: this is a free consult from a random person on the internet who does not know you, has never examined you, and has never seen your medical record. It's worth exactly what you paid for it. If you want real advice, talk to your real doctor.)
Myopathy with statins is very common. It is the dose-limiting adverse effect. If you're having pain, 1) it's not unusual, 2) there are things your doc can do for you.
First, remember why you were prescribed the statin in the first place. Statins reduce your risk of having heart attacks and strokes. We put people on statins who, because of their various risk factors, have a real risk of having an event in the next 10 years. That's what the ASCVD score is. If you're unfamiliar, look it up (courtesy of the American College of Cardiology here), plug in your numbers, so you know what you're dealing with. That's what you're trying to lower. That's why we ask you to shell out for expensive statins.
Now, I promised there were things you can do other than suffer with pain.
and 5) If you're still looking for a savior in a supplement...
If you're the kind who wants to see for yourself, and wouldn't mind looking at guidelines written to function as sleep aids for sufferers of insomnia, these are the two main ones in the US. The Europeans have a 2019 guideline which aligns closely with these if you're across the pond and want to search those up.
2018 ACC/AHA (cardiologists) guidelines: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000625
2017 AACE (endocrinologists) guidelines: https://doi.org/10.4158/EP171764.APPGL
Free consult, worth exactly what you paid for it.
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