Re: OHHHH NO NOT THIS ON STATINS!!!
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:14 am
Too much information...
I would like to offer my own experience.
At 52 years of age I was hospitalized after complaining many times to my physician who finally sent me to a cardiologist who finally performed a stress test who finally sent me for an angiogram. Zip Zop I now have a stent in right proximal as it was 85% occluded. The reason I had to complain is I was not specifically having "chest" pain, my "numbers" were great. I am a Type II diabetic, and about 80 lbs overweight, I was on vytorin, etc for 5years they did not think I was in this bad a shape. So for me 5+ years of doing what the doctor wanted came close to killing me. Statins, just say no, the heck with all of the BS in the statistics. You know... liars, damn liars, and statistics!
Fast forward 2 years and a lot of research later. I have not taken a statin since two months after the stent placement. I do however take 16-20 grams of C, 400mg of Alpha Lipoic acid, B-100, 3-6-9 omega complex and 1 aspirin. I have had two retinal exams and my eye doctor is amazed at the reduction in atherosclerotic buildup in the arteries on my retina! I do take actos for my Type II but am going to halve the dose next month as my A1c has been 5 for the last 12 months; with that I will also loose the lisinopril as my pressure is 112/60. I am still 70 lbs over what I should be.
Empirical, yes, but it works well for me and I just passed my stress test yesterday, feel great and all I take are my vitamins, and aspirin and 1/2 the dose of actos (which if I get my diet and exercise sh** together can get rid of that too).
So long story short I went from 9 prescribed meds to one!
I would like to offer my own experience.
At 52 years of age I was hospitalized after complaining many times to my physician who finally sent me to a cardiologist who finally performed a stress test who finally sent me for an angiogram. Zip Zop I now have a stent in right proximal as it was 85% occluded. The reason I had to complain is I was not specifically having "chest" pain, my "numbers" were great. I am a Type II diabetic, and about 80 lbs overweight, I was on vytorin, etc for 5years they did not think I was in this bad a shape. So for me 5+ years of doing what the doctor wanted came close to killing me. Statins, just say no, the heck with all of the BS in the statistics. You know... liars, damn liars, and statistics!
Fast forward 2 years and a lot of research later. I have not taken a statin since two months after the stent placement. I do however take 16-20 grams of C, 400mg of Alpha Lipoic acid, B-100, 3-6-9 omega complex and 1 aspirin. I have had two retinal exams and my eye doctor is amazed at the reduction in atherosclerotic buildup in the arteries on my retina! I do take actos for my Type II but am going to halve the dose next month as my A1c has been 5 for the last 12 months; with that I will also loose the lisinopril as my pressure is 112/60. I am still 70 lbs over what I should be.
Empirical, yes, but it works well for me and I just passed my stress test yesterday, feel great and all I take are my vitamins, and aspirin and 1/2 the dose of actos (which if I get my diet and exercise sh** together can get rid of that too).
So long story short I went from 9 prescribed meds to one!