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I am an active 60 year old.After being checked for diabetes I wa...

Posted at 5:32 AM on Sep 06, 2008 by steveb19, #34206
I am an active 60 year old.After being checked for diabetes I was told I was borderline and chose to try by changing my diet. Three months later at my next visit UI was told I was improved but my cholesterol was far too high and prescribed 40mg Simvastatin.Between then and the nest three monthly check I had numerous symptoms. My calfs throbbed, my shoulder ached and my sex drive decreased and I was always tired. The most frightening thing of all though was my concentration. I would be riding my motorbike or driving the car and suddenly snap to and realize my mind had been wondering and my concentration gone. (Ive had numerous near accidents.) IU read on this site about "memory loss" and wondered if this was what was happening to me. My last three month visit was last week, my cholesterol is almost normal so I am stopping the pills and seeing what happens. Steveb
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 07, 2008 by oldcarpetcleaner, #12094

I had all the same and more, I'd like to rebrand this crap viagra and post it off to a philandering politician. Good luck

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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 11, 2008 by tom61, #12291

Steve,
My experiences with Simvastatin are very similar to yours. The memory loss was one of three side effects that had a major impact on me emotionally and mentally. At the time the drug was prescribed for me I had completed my third month of recovery from quintruple bypass surgery. My wife researched on the Internet about this drug and the findings were both revealing and disheartening. I made my mind up to immediately stop taking the drug regardless what the cardiologist said. At our scheduled meeting on May 9th, 2008, I confronted the cardiologist with my Internet findings and IMPASSIVELY he shrugged his shoulders commented those side effects were true and simply wrote out another prescription and then walked out of the room. That was it, meeting over. I have opted to go the natural health foods route (not organic). For the past three months my blood pressure has averaged 112/70 with a pulse rate of 71. Needless to say I no longer experience any of the side effects associated with this drug. The major natural health foods I take are ground flax seed, niacin, fish, canola oil, tomato juice and only very lean red meat on occasion (1 per week). You might consider giving this a try. Oh by the way I was 60 when I had sudden cardiac arrest and was dead approximately five minutes. Today, September 11th, I celebrated by sixth month of recovery and thanked God for His miracle.

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