Please search PD forum and PN and Medications using
"statin"

I have posted reams of data, about this subject. First off, you need to determine if you really need to lower cholesterol at all.

The entire cholesterol myth has been created by drug companies to sell drugs. The original Lovastatin (Mevacor) was designed for people with genetic hyperlipidemia... cholesterols over 350. ( I knew a patient who had 800!)
Then they decided to get everyone on the bandwagon.

Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebvNyKnM8EA

Visit www.spacedoc.net for more data and links.
The list of diseases connected to statins is growing by the day.
http://www.joimr.org/JOIMR_Vol7_No1_Dec2009.pdf

Niacin is safer, but less effective. It raises blood sugar, and may cause liver damage with time.

So if your cholesterol is really really high... Niacin is a good idea, perhaps. If it is 200-250... well, that is another matter.

Deciding what to do with cholesterol drugs remains a very thorny subject and each person must decide for themselves.
Unfortunately your doctor will not help with this decision--they only have one point of view. They won't even respond to your complaints or side effects:
http://www.medicationsense.com/artic...cts012108.html

You must read up and decide for yourself.