My husband has just had his 6 monthly check up at the diabetic clinic. The consultant was very pleased with his HBA 1C that is 6.4. My husband has normal blood pressure and quite low cholesterol, yet the consultant wants my husband to start taking a low dose of statins as he is 53 years old. Has anyone else got experience of taking them? I am concerned about body pain as my husband already has fibromyalgia and neuropathy which causes him chronic pain and fatigue.
When I took them for many years I ended feeling very unwell. tired all the time, no energy, problems with memory and aching all over. I put this down to aging (i'm 51) however once I read memory issues where a problem with statins I ditched them. I can honestly tell you I feel like I did when I was 21 although some of that I attribute to LCHF. Its maddening that doctors treat these very dubious drugs with such a nonchalant attitude. I would never consider taking them again unless I had already had a heart attack and then I would have to sit down and carefully consider other options.
I had heard bad things about statins, he already has pain, fatigue and memory problems due to the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome he suffers from, really don't want to make him worse. To be fair the doctor did say it is his choice and he wrote a prescription for a very low dose statin. Really not sure what to do.
His cholesterol is 4.1 which I believe is quite good, his weight and blood pressure are fine too.My statin was only 10mg..........If his cholesterol is 'quite low' then surely your doctor should be working on increasing the cholesterol to help improve memory function.
His cholesterol is 4.1 which I believe is quite good, his weight and blood pressure are fine too.
His cholesterol is 4.1 which I believe is quite good, his weight and blood pressure are fine too.
Isn't the recommended total cholesterol for diabetics under 4?
Yes, they are just guidelines and pretty poor ones in my opinion. If anyone wants my opinion, it is:These are the guidelines @leking , but they are just that.......guidelines:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Managing-your-diabetes/Testing/
- Your total cholesterol level should be below 4.0mmol/l.
- LDL levels should be less than 2.0mmol/l.
- HDL levels should be 1.0mmol/l or above in men and 1.2mmol/l or above in women.
- Triglyceride levels should be 1.7mmol/l or less.
Don't touch them with a barge pole! Especially if your cholesterol level is normal. I was put on them and by a stroke of luck had to come off due to a course of antibiotics. It was as though sunlight had penetrated fog. I didn't realise how ill they were making me: tired, listless, loss of memory, snappy - the list goes on. Doc has put me on Ezeritide now and no side effects after I point blank refused to go back on statins. It's your body. You can say no. I'd rather have ten years feeling amazing than twenty feeling like a zombie. Hope that helps.My husband has just had his 6 monthly check up at the diabetic clinic. The consultant was very pleased with his HBA 1C that is 6.4. My husband has normal blood pressure and quite low cholesterol, yet the consultant wants my husband to start taking a low dose of statins as he is 53 years old. Has anyone else got experience of taking them? I am concerned about body pain as my husband already has fibromyalgia and neuropathy which causes him chronic pain and fatigue.
Tell your husband to point out the results of the metastudy recently published in the Lancet, which found that 92%of people followed in the study who had "high" cholesterol lived longer than their "low" cholesterol counterparts.My husband has just had his 6 monthly check up at the diabetic clinic. The consultant was very pleased with his HBA 1C that is 6.4. My husband has normal blood pressure and quite low cholesterol, yet the consultant wants my husband to start taking a low dose of statins as he is 53 years old. Has anyone else got experience of taking them? I am concerned about body pain as my husband already has fibromyalgia and neuropathy which causes him chronic pain and fatigue.
My husband has just had his 6 monthly check up at the diabetic clinic. The consultant was very pleased with his HBA 1C that is 6.4. My husband has normal blood pressure and quite low cholesterol, yet the consultant wants my husband to start taking a low dose of statins as he is 53 years old. Has anyone else got experience of taking them? I am concerned about body pain as my husband already has fibromyalgia and neuropathy which causes him chronic pain and fatigue.
I went on statins for three months I had difficulty going to the toilet and my hba1c jumped from 45 to 56 with no increase in my weight. I am type 2. Back off the statins and waiting to see if it improves. My spot checks appear to be improving since stopping.My husband has just had his 6 monthly check up at the diabetic clinic. The consultant was very pleased with his HBA 1C that is 6.4. My husband has normal blood pressure and quite low cholesterol, yet the consultant wants my husband to start taking a low dose of statins as he is 53 years old. Has anyone else got experience of taking them? I am concerned about body pain as my husband already has fibromyalgia and neuropathy which causes him chronic pain and fatigue.
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