bilb_baggins
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Sorry but I don't understand what you disagreed with in my post as I only said we are not qualified on this forum to give medication advise that is between a doctor and patient. Every one is able to research about statins or any other medication if they want to and then are perfectly able to make up their own mind if they want to take it or not .Whatever experience good or bad we might have personally is totally irrelevant to anyone else as every ones experience will be different
Thank you everyone for you replies
To answer a few questions, I did ask for a printout of my results from the nurse. She said she couldn't (fob off?) but would write them down for me. My triglycerides are 7.7 which is very high. She mentioned HDL and LDL but she didn't write these down. I wish I knew at the time they were all related as I would've made sure she included them.
Regarding one comment, I'd just like to say that I wasn't asking whether or not I should take statins, you're right, only I can make that descision with the help of my doctor. I was asking why I might have been put on them in the first place. And you guys have helped me to understand that a little better
I have yet to take them, so it's not a case of whether or not I stop them. But if I am to start a new, and obviously unwanted medication (for the rest of my life potentially), then I want a better explaination as to why. From my new understanding, it's not just my cholesterol at play here, but a combination of things, such as my high triglycerides. This makes a lot more sense.
Thanks again everyone
If your total was 5.4 then how can your Triglycerides have been 7.7? I would ask again for the complete breakdown as this doesn't appear to make sense. Trigs are included in the total cholesterol number.
.@Pinkorchid, if we cannot discuss medications here then what is the point of the forum ? Of course everything is personal but we can all advise how a certain med affects or doesn't affect us ? I can quote many hundreds of posts where someone has been advised to reduce/increase basal insulin ? There are posts advising what time to take metformin ? There are many posts advising bolus adjustments ? These are all exactly what you say shouldn't happen ?
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Discussion about a medication is a bit different to someone saying how bad statins are and telling their horror story about how they affected them as some people seem to be only to delighted to do Their experience is of no relevance to how they will affect others but it could frighten some people especially those newly diagnosed when they are really overwhelmed with it all and it could be enough to put them off taking them and that could be wrong for them
It was said on the forum the other day on another thread that it is against forum rules to give advice about medication
Just to clarify, the total is made up of the LDL plus HDL plus a percentage of the trigs (not the total trigs). I believe the percentage is 20%, so about 1.54 of the poster's Trigs will be included in the total. My maths isn't brilliant, I hope that is right.
Advice is given on medications on this forum each and every day and nobody bats and eyelid. Do you not read the posts advising adjustment of insulin etc ? Yes, discussion is good but are you saying people should only post positive things about statins ? Do we all not post things relative to ourselves and how we manage our condition ? If I were looking to find more information out online, I would want to see both the good and bad, then make an infot decision, along with my medical team. That is what this forum is for..
Discussion about a medication is a bit different to someone saying how bad statins are and telling their horror story about how they affected them as some people seem to be only to delighted to do Their experience is of no relevance to how they will affect others but it could frighten some people especially those newly diagnosed when they are really overwhelmed with it all and it could be enough to put them off taking them and that could be wrong for them
It was said on the forum the other day on another thread that it is against forum rules to give advice about medication
I found this on calculating cholesterol
http://heartuk.org.uk/images/uploads/healthylivingpdfs/HUKcfs_E_Freidewald_Method.pdf
but it doesn't say anything about only using a percentage of Trigs? Do you have a link?
Hey all, I hope this is okay to ask here. Wasn't sure where else to post.
I was diagnosed T2 back in March, and today I had my first diabetic review with the nurse. In a nutshell, it was bad. But after a long talk with her, I am feeling positive about getting on top of this, finally.
The issue I have is, I have been prescribed statins. This has freaked me out. My cholestorol came back as 'high' at 5.4. From my understanding, it should be under 5. Now, here's why I am confused. Last time had my cholesterol checked was 5 years ago and it was exactly the same, and back then I was told it was all good, just a tad over but certainly nothing to worry about. Now with the same result I get put on statins.
The pharmacy mucked up my prescription and I need to go back to the doctor for a new one for these statins, and I want to question the reason for going on them (the nurse didn't offer any explaination). But before I go in there and start babbling like an idiot, I was hoping some of you guys on here could shed some light on why I might be put on them, if you can.
I admit I don't know much about these meds, other than my dad was put on them after he had his first heart attack (he was also diabetic, T1 I believe) and so naturally this has freaked me out.
@Pinkorchid
You state that you have experienced no side effects from statins.
But i don't think you can confidently make that claim.
Statins are known to raise blood glucose levels and increase the risk of diabetes (it is listed as a contraindication on the leaflets inside every box).
You have mentioned elsewhere that you have been prediabetic for several years, and have just been diagnosed as type 2. So it is perfectly possible that taking statins has accelerated or even caused your development of type 2.
Of course, you will never know, but your doc should have discussed this with you, and made you aware of the risks when he prescribed the statins. The fact that you don't already know this, suggests that he/she did not give you important information when prescribing.
If your development of type 2 is in any way a side effect of long term statin use, then you have my deepest sympathy.
There is also mounting evidence that prescribing statins to anyone over 70 years old does significantly more harm than good:
http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/statins-elderly-lipitor-zocor/2013/10/24/id/532854/
I think you have answered your own question...... "It's funny I've noticed better BS since I halved the dose"So how do I stand then, having been on them for 12 years and now in my 70s do you think? Beginning to wonder if they contributed to my T2 diagnosis recently It's funny I've noticed better BS since I halved the dose.