Simvastatin Tummy Pains, Hill Walker, Pravastatin, Blood Sugars, Type 2 Diabetes

Posted over a year ago

I am a hill walker. My name is Steve and I am 58 years old. I have been recently diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. Fair enough. I have been given dispersible aspirin, metformin to lower blood sugars, ramipril to reduce blood pressure and SIMVASTATIN to ... more »

I am a hill walker. My name is Steve and I am 58 years old. I have been recently diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. Fair enough. I have been given dispersible aspirin, metformin to lower blood sugars, ramipril to reduce blood pressure and SIMVASTATIN to reduce cholesterol. This drug (Simvastatin) made me so Ill that I couldn't walk up my drive without feeling as if I was going to pass out. I also suffered tummy pains, felt very sick and my heart was thumping and banging like a base drum. Every joint in my body ached so badly that I thought my walking days were over for good. I stopped taking it four days ago and already feel better. My doctor has given me a replacement medicine called PRAVASTATIN but I am frightened to take it, fearing that it may create the same or similar problems. Has anyone got any comments or experienced problems with Pravastatin? I would appreciate any feedback that you might be able to give, positive or negative.
Regards,
Steve.

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Drmike4777 - Today, I just posted the following information: "Lastly, I'm back to feeling normal, after I "demanded" my physician switch me to generic Pravastatin 40mg (2 tabs a day - 80mg), manufactured by Teva Pharmaceutical - corporate HQ Israel with manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. By the way, a 90-day supply of this quality controlled drug is available at Walmart Pharmacy for $10. " I would encourage you to make sure your Generic Pravastatin is not from India or China, but from the aforementioned pharmaceutical company.

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18_has - Hi, I also am a keen walker and up till six months apart from slightly rised BP and occasionally slight palpations I felt fine. my doctor wanted to put me on Simvastatin 40 mgs because of my family history . After taken them a few weeks I was feeling so ill I wondered what was wrong with me I couldn't even walk to the local shops from muscle aches to very tight feeling in my chest and awful palpations I though I would never feel right again." I was on them six months and now feel that was too long" I took my self off them four weeks ago and have been to see my doctor he stills wants me to take statins but waiting to hear the results of my blood test he has mentioned putting me on provastatin ,but like you I am not sure I want to take any again. After four weeks feeling better than I did ,but still not like my old self I will have to really think about it. Elaine18_has

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Chadd - Cholesterol is NOT the cause of heart disease, and statin drugs are totally unnecessary and dangerous. Dr. Linus Pauling discovered 20 years ago that the primary, root cause of cardiovascular disease is the lack of sufficient vitamin C necessary for the body to repair and heal damaged arteries. But the 'authorities' of the medical/drug establishment just smugly dismissed Pauling's research, and even refused to run clinical tests using his vitamin C therapy. It was obviously a huge financial threat to Big Pharma and their multi-billion$ statin drug industry. Vitamin C is not only a strong antioxidant, it is the essential nutrient needed to make collagen. After years of wear and tear from the pumping action of the heart, the interior walls of arteries near the heart become worn down and damaged. In order to repair and heal this damage, the body needs large quantities of vitamin C to produce collagen, which is sort of a glue used to maintain the health of all connective tissue. But if there is not enough vitamin C to produce the strong collagen needed to heal the wounds, then the body has to use cholesterol proteins in the bloodstream as a sort of 'band-aid' to patch over the wounds and prevent death from internal bleeding. That is how the plaques are initially formed in the arteries and cardiovascular disease develops. Cholesterol did not CAUSE the wounds, it's only there as a consequence of the wounds. Inadequate vitamin C causes the inability of the body to produce sufficient collagen necessary to repair the artery walls. To prevent cardiovascular disease, Dr. Pauling recommended at least 2 or 3 grams of vitamin C per day. I would urge you to read two very informative articles at the website cqs.com. Just do a google search for cqs.com to get to the website, then click on the article Natural Cardiovascular Disease Therapy to read it, then click on Natural Statin Injury Therapy to read it.

Posted over a year ago - Reply

Rick441 - Update to my May post. To my pleasant surprise, one month at 80 mg/day pravastatin (as 2 Teva 40's), has resulted in cholesterol readings that are almost identical to the alt-day 10mg Crestor. In fact that LDL (80) and HDL (63) are identical to before, and the Trigs are 144 (previously 151). But my glucose trends have improved even more over the last two weeks! Side effects are minimal, though I have had a few minor left thigh aches (could be due to posture, though), and I continue to take 200mg/day CoQ10. (I also take some other supplements, but none that are none to significantly impact cholesterol.) Pleasantly surprised, especially since there's a cost-savings involved.

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Oldcarpetcleaner - Chadd, Can you please contact me address is mymagnet at xtra dot co dot nz. I want to talk about a simple format to help victims find their way with Vitamin C, Thanks

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