Cholesterol Medicine-Crestor

mamagemini
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OK...primary care doctor changed my choles. meds from Lipitor to Crestor. Why I don't know. My choles. was coming down but still she changed it. I have gone down from 406 to 289! But she changed it anyways. So when I got to my Nephro doctor he freaked out and said to stop it. To many side effects for kidney patients! He asked if my muscles were hurting and I was surprised and said yes...he said sotp the Crestor for a week or 2 until the pain stops and then go back on Lipitor. He was surprised she changed me over to that.
So now it has been 2 weeks and slowly my muscles have started not hurting but my bones...yeesh!
Anyways is anyone else having issues like this? Also, should I worry about not being on choles. med? I went and bought some CoQ10 today to maybe help out.

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I take 20 mg. of Crestor with no problems. I have seen two different neph. groups and none have mentioned to stop it. Originally, I was on 10mg., but my cholesterol was still high, but now it is great. Total cholesterol is 114 from 425...LDL is 70. I do get liver function testing every 3 months or so, just to make sure that end is ok.

I also have problems with triglycerides and I take Lovaza for that....no side effects or potential organ damage and no liver testing...it's just Omega-3 fatty acid + a tweaker of some sort. My triglycerides are still a little high, but are 225 down from 1400!!

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