What were they. I'm taking them and no effects. Edit I've just read about aching joints. My knees ache like fuck, maybe it's them
An interesting day when a buyer sends me a text asking me to phone him, shaking my head i get it done quickly only for him to say can he've the vehicle now and could he pay me over 3 x months, i since been in the bathroom scrubbing that M word from my forehead.
I started a course of Atorvastatin 40mg, one per day, just over 3 months ago and no side effects so far. Blood tests showed totally normal cholesterol within 6 weeks -which I thought was impressive. I have switched up my diet too.
Good to know. I’m on the 20mg version to be reviewed in three months. Day three for me, so a while to go yet.
And 3 months later I have no side effects and normal cholesterol as per my blood test. I guess we're all a little different.
Been taking statins for 17 years and like most started on 20mg , soon progressed to the highest dose (80mg), undoubtedly without them I'd have died along time ago. Yes there are side effects, like most prescribed drugs really , but as already said a change of statins can help.... All I can say is, a heart attack is alot more upsetting than the side affects of statins
Might tax the Gs and go for a ride, only managed 6hrs sleep since Sunday so not sure if I’ll be safe to yet.
With normal cholesterol being the present NHS recommendations? i.e. total less than 5 & calculated LDL less than 3 My levels have been a farty bit higher than that e.g. 5.6 & 3.7 for the past 2 years and although the doctors keep pestering me to 'come in for a chat' I've, up to now, not bothered. But all this talk has got me thinking again....
Well my numbers are: My bad cholesterol was 0.1 over 6 weeks ago and will likely now have fallen below target. The minimum time between tests allowed is 2 months -so its impossible to be certain but.... I eat lots more fruit, no white bread, wholemeal everything, very little processed foods of any type, nothing fried except for eggs (in a drop of olive oil) and avoid salt like the plague since the end of June. No sugar unless its in something else already, plus no sweets, chocolate or crisps etc. That together with the statin seems to have worked well in my case. AFAIK the "Target numbers" in the diagram above are those the NHS nationally recommends.
