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Hep c and cholesterol meds
- Hepatitis C Community
I have just been diagnosed with hep c and I am terrified. My question concerns my cholesterol. I have EXTREMELY high cholesterol. What meds can I take that will not harm my liver that much. Thanx.


Starting and stopping crestor
- Cholesterol Community
So, I recently found out my bad cholesterol is at 223. Not good at all. I started on crestor, than realized I am ttc and starting not feeling well and am on my ttw...I test for my pregnancy saturday. I took the crestor for 4 days than stopped and its been ...


Mild Chronic Dermatitis
- Dermatology Community
I have redness that occurs on the top of my penis shaft from time to time. I have seen the local dermatologist and we did a biopsy. The results were signs of mild chronic dermatitis. Is there anything I can do to help this, seems the steroid cream helps...


Does Niaspan cause problems?
- Heart Disease Community
I have been taking 1000 mg Niaspan for six years to treat genetically high Lipoprotein(a). Now my physician wants to stop the Niaspan and begin a very small dose of Crestor. His reason is due to a recent study indicating Niaspan as a risk of causing bleedi...


Can Trilipix raise blood sugar in a type II diabetic.
- Diabetes - Type 2 Community
I am a type II diabetic for 4 years now. I found out when I was at a weight of 295. I went on a diet and lost 35 pounds in about 4 months. I have kept my diabetes under control for the past 4 years by watching what I eat. I had my a1c checked in Dec. and i...


TSH level 23.57
- Thyroid Disorders Community
I hvae been hypothyroid for over 25 years. I am now 55 years old. I have been on Armour thyroid for years, then they switched me to Synthroid. It really didn't work for me. Switched back to Armour and worked for about a year. Now last week my TSH level...


chloresterol levels
- Heart Disease Community
I just got my results back for my chloresterol levels and wondered if the numbers are good? I am taking 10m of Crestor...my total is 191 My Hdl is 106 My Ldl is 71, and my triglicerides are 70...what do you think?


Lipitor vs. Crestor
- Heart Disease Community
The free clinic I go has switched me from Crestor to Lipitor even though my LDL is very high. It's a thorn in my side and won't budge even with Crestor. The cardiologist was even talking about adding another medicine to fight it. When I mentioned this to ...


Mr. Snyders
- General Health Community
Hi can you help,. When my feet are cold everything goes well with my feet. As soon as my feet get hot my foot pad's at the toes get extremely hot and this is mainly at night. I am a smoker and I am on chronic Meds for Cholesterol, Arthritis & Sinus. The ...


Statin effects other than lowering LDL
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Community
My understanding is that the statins with the greatest LDL reducing effect are Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor, and Pravachol, in that order. I don’t mention Leschol and Mevacor since they appear to be rarely used since recently due to the aforementioned being mo...


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