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Hi, yes, I was trying to when I first posted, but the post kept getting rejected when I added the link. I guess as I'm a fairly new member here. I'll try again: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3326920/

Ahh, okay. That makes sense now, thanks. Another non prescription lipid lowering food/supplement I've recently read some promising things about is amla (Indian gooseberry). There was one study which found an effect on par with simvastatin (though it was a small and fairly short study, so I...

Hi long time lurker here, but this interesting discussion caught my attention and I had to dive in. I think it's good to be a bit cautious of placing too much weight on individuals' stories, especially among a group with many shared views about these things. There are many factors in each...

Yes, Type 1s are generally warned about the potential lowering effect of alcohol and danger of hypos, because the liver being busy processing the alcohol hinders it's usual business of releasing glucose. It does seem conceivable that this could cause some sort of rebound effect though, or...

The Monacolin K found in red yeast rice is just another name for lovastatin, so I was pointing out that you are already taking a statin other than Simvastatin. Lovastatin is also available on prescription as Mevacor.

Red yeast rice actually contains a naturally occurring statin (lovastatin, one of the less powerful ones), so it would make sense to get the same side effects. However, as a supplement it's not regulated like medication, so you have no idea what dose you're getting. You could maybe discuss with...