I've been on a low dose statin for years. A lot of bad side effects from the first one I was on and no side effects on the second. 3 years ago I still wound up with 2 stents for a blocked right coronal artery. MAde some major diet changes and dropped 35 pounds to the point I'm bordering skinny. All my cholesterol values are normal as of last 2 years (and the weight loss). I cut back on cheese, cured meats, red meats, and butter. I've since started adding them back with no change to my cholesterol values. So now I stopped the statins as of 2 months ago and started taking nattokinase and read rice yeast and am going to get a blood test next month. What I don't know is my cardiologist said the statins act as a lube for the stents - preventing plaque from building up. I need to find out if taking them for that reason is important, or just keeping the bad cholesterol down is more important. We shall see...
I've been on a low dose statin for years. A lot of bad side effects from the first one I was on and no side effects on the second. 3 years ago I still wound up with 2 stents for a blocked right coronal artery. MAde some major diet changes and dropped 35 pounds to the point I'm bordering skinny. All my cholesterol values are normal as of last 2 years (and the weight loss). I cut back on cheese, cured meats, red meats, and butter. I've since started adding them back with no change to my cholesterol values. So now I stopped the statins as of 2 months ago and started taking nattokinase and read rice yeast and am going to get a blood test next month. What I don't know is my cardiologist said the statins act as a lube for the stents - preventing plaque from building up. I need to find out if taking them for that reason is important, or just keeping the bad cholesterol down is more important. We shall see...
How did you wean off the statins?
I just stopped taking them with no side effects.
So did I a few years ago, no side effects.