Re: Statins and Evista???

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Hi Steve,I don't know how I missed your question... Elevated Uric Acid (arthropathy) can cause the rheumatic response " gout " .And the answer to your question is, " Yes " ...

http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_gout.htmFran~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On 5/5/06, steve <dudescholar2@...> wrote:

Anyone have increased Uric Acid blood test results as a side effect of statinuse? In this case it would be red yeast rice.Steve - dudescholar2@...

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On Wednesday 05 July 2006 6:02 pm, sos owner wrote:

> Hi Steve,

>

> I don't know how I missed your question...

> Elevated Uric Acid (arthropathy) can cause the rheumatic response " gout " .

> And the answer to your question is, " Yes " ...

> http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_gout.htm

>

> Fran

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> On 5/5/06, steve <dudescholar2@...> wrote:

> > Anyone have increased Uric Acid blood test results as a side effect of

> > statin

> > use? In this case it would be red yeast rice.

> >

> > Steve - dudescholar2@...

Thanks. I switched off the red yeast rice as it was giving me headaches that

continued to increase (at least I suspected it was the red yeast rice) to the

point that I had to take excedrin a couple of times a day, the first time in

two years I've taken something with caffeine in it since my heart attack.

I'm back on the provalchol for now, the headaches are gone after 6 weeks and

the Elevated Uric Acid levels are comming down but not quite back to normal.

At least, I didn't get a gout attack of any kind and on the positive side

uric acid is an anti-oxidant.

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Steve - dudescholar2@...

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