Dear MrsDoubtfyre ....

Again, another Wow. And this one a real soul-shaker. I had had muscle twinges the first month or so when I was first put on statins 5 years ago. Yes, my cholesterol was in the 300 range, but my "good cholesterol" has always been high (enough, all docs have said, to have a strong protective effect).

Yes, I got right-sided heart failure, now well controlled with an Ace-inhibitor and a beta-blocker, paired with a mild diuretic, but that was brought on because no one had ever told me that severe obesity and a practically immobile existence born of disability and the internet, plus not recognizing that even under-going even a week or two of very high stress-triggered blood pressure could ENLARGE my heart and give me a condition that would require life-time monitoring and control, and worse, that it was a PROGRESSIVE DISEASE. All I ever heard about was heart attacks and cancer.

Anyway, this matter about statins --- I had become very suspicious and unbelieving in the research as journal articles and research began to increasingly tout statins as a wonder drug that could help what is proving to be a majority of the US population. Thanks for letting me see that it is anything but... Snake Oil Salesmen.

I am so happy you are here so I could ask you questions.... I know I have possibly upset more than a few people with my post on Support & Service animals, but it needed to be said. I look at my incomplete sentences, and now wonder just how much my brain fog is a result of my now tiny dose of Lamictal ... and how much statins might be implicated....

Thanks again...
Theresa