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Originally Posted by antonina
thank you hopeless & ginnie for the kind words of encouragement & support.
hopeless, i think it was great luck that crestor works so well & with no s/e. because of statins' mostly negative impact on PN, i've always avoided them. but in retrospect, it might have been a wise move. i think brilinta is a beta blocker but i am new to these meds so cannot tell the difference among the ones you mentioned. i will however, do more research.
ginnie, i really appreciate your upbeat post. it's also good to hear that survival is good. i have been trying to change my not so good eating habits. i want to stick around for a good long while.
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Hi Antonina,
I was chastised on many occasions over the years for taking myself off of the various statins but they were not working and making me feel BAD. If you HAVE to be on a cholesterol med....... I would ask your doc for Crestor. It works differently on different people so you may not have the positive benefits I have experienced but worth a try if you HAVE to take something for cholesterol. I recently heard some bad things about Lipitor and a relationship to developing diabetes. Don't know if they are true or not. One of my relatives was on Lipitor and had no reduction in cholesterol levels.
I see that you did mention the antihypertensive as being metropolol. Seems cardiologist like it. I was on it for a while and hated it. I was changed by my PCP. I had also taken Atenolol, Cardizem, and several others that I do not remember by name at the moment. I believe all the ones I have mentioned by name are beta blockers. They recently wanted to ADD Norvasc, which I think is a calcium channel blocker antihypertensive, and after much discussion, I talked my way out of adding it to my regimen. My heart rate and BP are controlled but my angina is still frequent. The addition of the Norvasc was to reduce the angina but I was afraid it would lower my BP and heart rate too much with all the other cardiac meds.
Sometimes you have to trial and error different ones to find what works best for you. I was first put on beta blockers for sinus tachycardia. They worked well for lowering my heart rate. I was already on other meds for my hypertension. Beta blockers can have various side effects including dizziness, fatigue, etc. Work with your doctor until you find the right one for you that will provide the proper benefit.
Having the stent should make you feel much better as the blood vessel is now being held open and feeding your heart with all the good stuff and oxygen too. Wishing you much better days. Hope you can get your meds worked out so they "help" you instead of cause you more misery.
Keep us posted. Mrs. D is the supplement expert and has tons of valuable information. There are several others here that are well versed in medications. I can only talk about my personal experiences.