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Old 02-07-2009, 01:03 PM #1
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Default Who is on high cholesterol medication?

My email is bombarded each day with possible MS medications. Here is the newest.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl.../01/821427.htm

"Treatment with simvastatin (the drug's generic name) nearly halved the number of inflammatory lesions in the brains of sufferers of multiple sclerosis (MS), Dr Timothy Vollmer told the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Hawaii earlier today."

it claims this medication is proven to reduce the number of lesions. hey look it has pics and everything.

So my question is if anyone here is on this drug for their cholesterol and if they have had any significant changes shown on their MRis.
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It is not new...about Cholesterol drugs helping wih MS....but along with some help, may come horrible side effects...like muscle weakness and more.

I never tried them....too skeered of sx.

I drink promise active "super shots" to keep my cholesterol under control. It works!!
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I agree with Sally, controlling it naturally is the way to go. I cut out trans fats, lowered saturated fats and increased the good fats. My cholesterol is about 220 but mostly because my good cholesterol is high.

I wouldn't want to use those meds to treat my MS, too many side effects.
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I'm on 40 mg of Lipitor per day to treat my high cholesterol. Have been for years; long before MS. So, I have no way to compare how not being on a statin would be different.

I asked my neurologist about cholesterol meds to treat MS a long time ago. He said it wasn't proven yet, and, that doses would have to be pretty high.

That's sort of vague information. Sorry that I can't answer your question better.

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I take simivistatin for high cholesterol (20 mg per day). I have not had a problem with it which is great considering all of the reactions and side effects I have had with other drugs. Controlling cholesterol naturally does not always work. There is also a hereditary factor. All of my older siblings also have high cholesterol. My mother who is 80 and weighs about 120 lbs has always eaten a very healthy diet. And she has had high cholesterol for years.

Luckily, simivistatin has helped me to lower my cholesterol. Any benefits regarding a reduction in the the number of lesions is unknown. But it would be great if it is helping. I would actually consider raising my dosage if there is a true benefit.
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I take simvastatin, 40 mg, because my cholesterol, which had always been normal (though on the high end of normal) SKYROCKETED when I hit menopause or shortly thereafter. It can do that.

The drug brought my cholesterol down nicely with no side effects whatsoever. (I have had muscle achiness for almost 20 years, but it doesn't seem to have gotten worse on the drug.)

I haven't had a brain MRI since 2003 (had small nonspecific spots) and am not diagnosed with anything, so can't tell you whether it made any change in my brain even if I did have MS.

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weird stuff since 99? You mean your body was not Y2K compliant?
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Boy did I read the title of this thread WRONG!

I was wondering how one gets high on cholesterol medication and what sort of weird body chemistry would make it work like that!

I do the same as Wiz, natural control. I eat a diabetes diet most of the time since the fiance is a diabetic, and I have never had a high cholesterol reading, my goods are higher than my bads and the trigs are right where they should be.

I also read all the stuff on Lipitor and MS and the dose was very high before they saw a benefit. The man is on 80mg of Lipitor daily and I think that is a high dose!
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Jim takes simvastatin and is doing fine on it and has no side effects that we are aware of. He's been on it since 2003. His MRI in 2003 showed one active lesion. His last MRI, last year, was void of any active lesions. He's never had a MRI with no active lesions, ever in 21 years of having ms.

Not sure if it has anything to do with simvastatin but we'll take it! Now, if only we could figure out which strange drug could cure the lingering symptoms.

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Cholesterol was always in 'good' range (175) before that first exacerbation. Then it shot up to 223. My neuro at the time said when the myelin gets stripped, it's dumped in the bloodstream as cholesterol. Was put on simvistatin. Cholestrol has dropped but I can't say if it's helped with lesions/ms related stuff.

But if it does I'm grateful!
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