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Pravastatin
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SusieGriff
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No AJ, just simvaststin, and I stopped taking it as it made my legs ache something chronic!! th dr. said it wasn't the tabs, but when I stopped the pain stopped.... funny that
trophywench
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Don't think the side effects of Pravastatin are actually any different from any of the other statins, are they?
EG Memory probs, muscle probs, kidney/liver probs to name but a few. Add to that some GP's don't have the slightest idea that they should never be prescribed to anyone for whom pregnancy is a possibility as all statins have a known and worrying side effect of deforming a foetus.
Which particular side effect(s) did you have in mind AJ ? Incidentally I do hope that he has also booked you in for a test after about a month/6 weeks, cos they are supposed to test after first prescribing em in case you happen to get rhabdomyelosis - which he won't know upfront - see
http://www.health.com/health/library/mdp/0,,tm6355,00.html
EG Memory probs, muscle probs, kidney/liver probs to name but a few. Add to that some GP's don't have the slightest idea that they should never be prescribed to anyone for whom pregnancy is a possibility as all statins have a known and worrying side effect of deforming a foetus.
Which particular side effect(s) did you have in mind AJ ? Incidentally I do hope that he has also booked you in for a test after about a month/6 weeks, cos they are supposed to test after first prescribing em in case you happen to get rhabdomyelosis - which he won't know upfront - see
http://www.health.com/health/library/mdp/0,,tm6355,00.html
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AJLang
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To be honest I was more worried about the side effects relating to dizziness (almost at the top of the list of side effects for this medication) visual disturbances (which I already have a lot due to migraine aura at times plus maculopathy) and stomach problems (which I already have because of the gastroparesis)..........but as I have exuadates causing problems with my eyes together with a blood vessel blocked in my eye I dare not take any chances with cholesterol in case I get a blood vessel block near to my heart or brain or wosening of the eye problem
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhh it's a nightmare trying to decide what it's best to do
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhh it's a nightmare trying to decide what it's best to do
AJLang
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hope that he has also booked you in for a test after about a month/6 weeks, cos they are supposed to test after first prescribing em in case you happen to get rhabdomyelosis - which he won't know upfront - see
http://www.health.com/health/library/mdp/0,,tm6355,00.html[/QUOTE]
I did ask about a blood test but was just told that I needed one to check the cholesterol after two months and she insisted that was the only blood test that I needed - although I'm guessing that this may be because I had no problems when I was previously on Simvastatin (although this was before I started taking the erythromycin)
http://www.health.com/health/library/mdp/0,,tm6355,00.html[/QUOTE]
I did ask about a blood test but was just told that I needed one to check the cholesterol after two months and she insisted that was the only blood test that I needed - although I'm guessing that this may be because I had no problems when I was previously on Simvastatin (although this was before I started taking the erythromycin)
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