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Surgery trying to put me on Statins... Again!
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<blockquote data-quote="connie104" data-source="post: 1245721" data-attributes="member: 56820"><p>After my last blood test my total cholesterol was 6.9 and I was summoned in to see the practice nurse who gave me the lecture about dangerous high cholesterol etc etc . I said if she had read my notes she would have seen that I have tried 3 different statins and all of them gave me terrible muscle pain and I would not take them again . After a lot of huffing and puffing and giving me a booklet on the dangers of high cholesterol she said she would review at next blood test . A week later I get a phone call from the practice my doctor wants to see me about my cholesterol I explained just seen the nurse but no he still wanted to see me. In I went same lecture so told him I won't take them but if he could offer me something else ( I had just read NICE have just sanctioned a new injectable for people who can't take Statins but of course must be expensive ) he said well let's see what the next blood test says so completely the same outcome as the nurse . They only seem interested in prescribing statins so stand your ground don't take them if you dont want them. It will be interesting at the end of October when next blood test due .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="connie104, post: 1245721, member: 56820"] After my last blood test my total cholesterol was 6.9 and I was summoned in to see the practice nurse who gave me the lecture about dangerous high cholesterol etc etc . I said if she had read my notes she would have seen that I have tried 3 different statins and all of them gave me terrible muscle pain and I would not take them again . After a lot of huffing and puffing and giving me a booklet on the dangers of high cholesterol she said she would review at next blood test . A week later I get a phone call from the practice my doctor wants to see me about my cholesterol I explained just seen the nurse but no he still wanted to see me. In I went same lecture so told him I won't take them but if he could offer me something else ( I had just read NICE have just sanctioned a new injectable for people who can't take Statins but of course must be expensive ) he said well let's see what the next blood test says so completely the same outcome as the nurse . They only seem interested in prescribing statins so stand your ground don't take them if you dont want them. It will be interesting at the end of October when next blood test due . [/QUOTE]
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