Which statin should i use ?

[Fastandfurious]

I have seriously high cholesterol levels (ldl 300+,hdl 35),beyond manageable with natural supplements which i already use.
Besides rabdo which is a known side effect,i recently read somewhere that some statins inhibit protein synthesis via other pathways and want to avoid that.

My doctor is quite open to discuss things with me like supplements and diet ,is receptive to me giving him papers with studies and i could tell him i want to avoid the statins that inhibit muscle growth,but which ones are those ?
Any help appreciated.

 

[RalphMalph]

I will bump this as I haven't head of any such info.

If nobody responds soon, I will hit PUBMED sources

 

[maldorf]

Well, I take crestor and have had no problems. I take the smaller of the two tabs, but with your cholesterol you might need the larger one. I suffer no ill sides that I can feel. Crestor is supposed to be the only statin that raises HDL some too. HDL is raised some by using Crestor but the effect is not great. I also take Niaspan to raise it too.
Of course just this week the results of a new study showed that niacin had no effect on the incidence of heart attack. Just one study that contradicts things, so I wouldnt get too bent out of shape.
Your HDL isnt bad, a little low. My HDL had been about 14.

 

[S2N]

you do know there is no link between cholesterol and heart attacks. Read westonprice.org but anyway change your diet. Search for mountaindogs diet. Do that and you wont have pretend cholesterol number problems to worry about.

 

[sean70ss]

statin

I take 40mg of lipator and my cholesterol was 363 now it is 143. But I also believe milk thislte and liv 52 has helped a tremendous amount as well. I know since changing my diet from almsot a year ago my blood work has never been better. And this was after 10 months on gear.

Flax seed oil
fish oil
coconut oil
multi vit
live 52
milk thisltle
vitamin D
dhea 25
lipator (simivastin) generic

 

[Ashop]

I have seriously high cholesterol levels (ldl 300+,hdl 35),beyond manageable with natural supplements which i already use.
Besides rabdo which is a known side effect,i recently read somewhere that some statins inhibit protein synthesis via other pathways and want to avoid that.

My doctor is quite open to discuss things with me like supplements and diet ,is receptive to me giving him papers with studies and i could tell him i want to avoid the statins that inhibit muscle growth,but which ones are those ?
Any help appreciated.

Discuss it with your doctor and share your concerns with him/her. If your not comfortable taking a med, they cant make you. Let us know how it goes.

 

[maldorf]

Nickname

They sometimes refer to crestor as the gorilla statin!

 

[slugger]

Simvastatin

I cut my LDL in half with only 3 months on this one (was at 250), believe they were 40mg tabs. My HDL was only 7 but I now have it around 50 because I quit taking the arimidex EOD. I now avoid anti-e's until very close to show time and my HDL remains in the normal range. Also, I dropped some BF and cut out all fried foods and added all these supps to help with heart / general health:

Garlic
CoQ10
Niacin
Vit D
Vit E
Fish Oil (was already taking but upped to 5g daily)

I was "on" the whole time, average around a gram/week between all compounds, primarily test.

Hope this is helpful.

 

[maldorf]

My HDL was only 7 but I now have it around 50 because I quit taking the arimidex EOD. I now avoid anti-e's until very close to show time and my HDL remains in the normal range. .

Yeah, some guys dont know that about the anti- e's like arimidex. It wrecked my HDL levels as well. Even when off the arimidex though mine is naturally low.