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look into apple cider vinegar :)

Beloved,
I don't have any experience with the drugs you mention but I just wanted to say that it totally sucks to be on medication for the rest of your life. I also understand how frustrating it must have been that diet didn't work. So much of heart disease is hereditary.
I hope the new medications work well for you.
Take care
LJ

Hi beloved - sorry, no experience with that medication either. But it sounds like your body responded well to Crestor, since you've already had a significant drop & dosage reduction. Perhaps the same will happen with the addition of this new medication. It may or may not be a long term thing ... but probably worth a try to see what happens, IMO.

Did you see a dietician re your food intake or just make changes yourself based on your reading? Sometimes a dietician can be really helpful in helping folks figure out the optimal balances of everything - we do need some fats for health, for example.

This getting older is kinda tricky!

Hi Beloved - so ... how's it going, almost a month later?  Did you start on the new meds or decide to take another route? 

While I don't take either med i wanted to suggest as well that a dietician might be helpful.  Sometimes combinations of foods can work together.  Certain foods like Oatmeal also seem better than others.

I also wondered if your doctor knows you take Q10.  You should tell him.  Some docs find that an "iffy" thing to take.

and lastly, you mention that you don't drink at all.  while that is commendable, alot of research actually shows that 3 ounces ( 1/2 glass ) of red wine daily with dinner is very good for your heart.

My hubby takes cholesterol meds and it is annoying and hereditary which makes it frustrating to not be able to do too much to control it.

Greetings!

Thanks for the info, laspointe.  Yes, my doctor knows I take Q10, she was the one who suggested it.  What about non-alcohol red wine, lastpointe . . . or does it need to contain alcohol to have this effect?  I think mine is also a hereditary thing . . .

I have put off taking the fenofibrate these last few weeks, but I am going to take my first dosage tonight . . . will see how it "sits" with me.

Hope, peace, joy, love . . .

Why do you fight taking pills?

I'd be grateful that the medication exists and works quite effectively, Crestor is one of the best and seems to well in the 10 mg format.

How much you tell your doctor is how much help they can prescribe, also watch out for things like drug interactions with other drugs, even if they are over the counter like flu meds, and chewy Tums , or grapefruit juice, some herbal meds can interact negatively, as well as old wives tales.

A little wine is good for the heart, it's not like you are chugging shots of whiskey.

Medication by defination is well, self contained and time sensitive the rest of the time you gotta give it some help.

I was taking Lipitor. My Doctor took me off of it due to the fact that it blew my creatinin kinase levels through the roof. I am now taking 10mg of Crestor.

I am only 34 and on cholesterol lowering medication. What is up with that? Then I did some research and found out that 75% of the cholesterol we have, our bodies make. The remaining 25% comes from the food that we eat. I also changed my diet, but to know avail. It would seem that for me high cholesterol is hereditary (as is just about every other damn thing that I have).  With all the pills I have to take, our medicine cabinet looks like a freakin' pharmacy. I boil it down to this......shitty genes.

Hi beloved,

I have no knowledge of whether red wine needs to have alcohol to be an effective affect on the heart.  I believe, but could be wrong that it is something to do with the tannins in teh wine but it may be a combination fo the tannins and the alcohol.

I'm not suggesting that you suddenly start drinking but it has an effect on your heart which is beneficial.  You can get nice bottles of red wine which are less that $15.  Wine bottles in general have 750 ml so a dose of 90 ml each night with dinner woudl give you 8 glasses or at least one week per bottle.  I guess the issue of cost is something to consider.  An extra $60 each month.

Greetings!

Appreciate the info on the red wine lastpointe and jesouhaite777 . . . but unfortunately . . . alcohol and I are just a very bad mix . . . so I'm going to have to by-pass on that!

Hope, peace, joy, love . . .

Beloved...grape juice has the same benefis, physically, as red wine...

Doesn't taste as good though, does it?