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My brother passed away at 56 of a stroke. So after having my bloo...

Posted at 9:49 PM on Dec 12, 2008 by denise2444, #37268
My brother passed away at 56 of a stroke. So after having my blood tests done, everything was high, cholesterol, CR Protein....doctor put me on 20mg of Lipitor....the very first day, I had severe muscle weakness in my upper thighs, back of my calves, pain in my knees, pain in my wrists, pain in my fingers. What a nightmare. I tried it for two more days, called the doctor told him, he said reduce the dose in half........not a chance, I told him I believe in quality of life, not quantity of life. I'd rather be dead, then live like that.......and yet the doctor didn't tell me to get off of Lipitor!!!
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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 13, 2008 by 777, #15225

Good that you stopped taking that dangerous drug soon. If necessary, there are natural products and alternatives to control cholesterol.

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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 13, 2008 by bobby, #15226

Now you know why I call it Lipi-Terror.

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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 13, 2008 by ant, #15228

I would call your reaction serious. And yet the drug pushers claim that there are only 1 in a 100,000 cases which produce a serious reaction.
Now I know 1 person at my local coffee shop who had a serious reaction, 1 person who I met at a dinner party, and my sister by adoption. So statistically I should have spoken to 300,000 people about statins in the last two years!

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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 15, 2008 by bobby, #15260

I agree with the reply above. I think the drug companies are sweeping the truth under the rug. There is one certain way you can know for sure if big pharma is lying... THE ANSWER: If their lips are moving.

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