Reply #32: Try Pravachol....it's the oldest Statin and the one most studied... [View All]

[KoKo]

side effects...documented for years. The newer ones lower your cholestorol faster, but the side effects for some are worse than monitoring your diet, exercise and a higher dosage of Pravachol compared to the the others.

Only saying this because with a family member who had a quadruple bypass without having a heart attack (lucky) we all did lots of searches about scientific results for Statin drugs. This family member has done great on the original Pravacol...but it's taken work with diet and exercise. The early experiments with Lipitor and Zocor...caused either memory loss, or other problems like hyer activity. So...his Cardiologist said "Stay with the Pravachol" and it turns out his own Cardiologist who was only 38 when he performed the quintuple bypass on my family member, found that HE had a cholesterol problem and he put himself on Pravachol.
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Hey, find what works for you...but in these days...maybe going with the "first drug" is better than with the "newer ones" given how the regulation of drugs has gone since the "Dot Com Boondoogles" and what we know about the Bush FTC who regulates all the newer drugs. :shrugs:

Just giving you my own family experience for what it's worth. Might not work for everyone...but just a caution.