http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517 MAY 29th, i had a heart cath done. while on the table i had 5-7 sec MI. was put in MICU, rest of that day and night. moved to heart ward, was put on 24 hour telemetry for 2 days. was started on LIPITOR. had never taken it prior to then. as of April 8th, Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:52:14 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20888 Good that you stopped taking this dangerous drug that can cause MANY side effects. Don't let your dr. to con you to take any statins . . . .you are going the right direction to take natural products. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20888 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:50:15 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20896 STATINS .........are derived from an old herbal medicine, RED RICE YEAST.........now dont go out and buy this and take it in place of LIPITOR, or any other statin. RED RICE YEAST in herbal dosage MAY BE MORE HARMFUL due to the fact its not all the same f http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20896 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:24:35 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20899 Oldpaint . . . .yes, the red rice yeast is just as bad as the statins. . . . I am a victim from this POISON (Lipitor). Unfortunately, I learned the hard way . . . your mind/body needs cholesterol to function. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20899 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:51:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20929 Statins are a 30 Billion dollar per year industry world wide. Thats Billion with a B. There is a lot of $ motivation to put people on these drugs. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/42517?item=20929