http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818 Except for having high cholesterol (310), I'm a 29 yr old healthy active female, very petite and weigh 98lbs. My mother has had a quadruple bypass and 4 stents at the age of 54, high cholesterol is just hereditary in my family. My doctor put me on 40 mg of Sat, 30 May 2009 08:18:03 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=20223 Felicia, what a great post! Thank you for taking the time to write that. Very good questions. The most important thing we can do to prevent heart disease is to chose our parents wisely. After that, lifestyle changes is all we really can do. FACT: Hal http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=20223 Sat, 30 May 2009 13:03:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=20226 I totally agree with the previous writer (Bobby) but would also recommend you to read different books and form your own opnion to prevent you from being talked into taking another statin. Lucky that you got side effects ow - and not after many years. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=20226 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:17:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21067 Hi, i hope you are feeling better now, this med is driving me nuts too, i been feeling numbness all over my toes and fingers, also migraines, diahrea and nausea, i been taking this med for a month, i been so busy that i didn't associate Zocor with my sympt http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21067 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:40:03 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21086 Just want to share with you my experience. I had the same symptoms as yours when I took the Zocor for a month. So I searched the Web and found a natural way to lower the LDL and the total cholesterol, at the same time raise the HDL. It's the combination of http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21086 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:35:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21361 I took nuts, soya products, vegetables , Lecithin supplement and my cholesterol dropped. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=21361 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:35:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=22557 Thanks to all the replies, they have helped me alot. Well its been about 3 months since I stopped taking zocor, and I feel alot better. It actually took 3 weeks for all the symptoms to go away. I eat extremly healthy, I stay away from all high cholesterol http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=22557 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:49:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=22564 When you stop taking statins, your cholesterol level will higher. Please remember, your body/mind needs cholesterol to function properly. DON'T LET YOUR DR. TO CON YOU TO START TAKING STATINS AGAIN. The anti-cholesterol drugs are a HUGE SCAM . . . it http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=22564 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:09:56 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=23772 Excuse Me Sorry........... I posted about a garlicillin products it's not nature's own.I's Nature's Way products,call garlicin look it up and you decide and ask your docctor cause some people may be on other medicaiton and you can't mix certain herbs with http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=23772 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:20:04 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=23773 I think my frist posted comment didn't go through it was very long it would have explain why i said I'm sorry about the name. but this was a product was on yeras ago it help me keep my cholesterol lower. but along with exercise and change the way you eat. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/41818?item=23773