Re: Wierd Mistake Computer Glitch

[Guest guest]

Hey everybody, somehow a personal email to me, got intertwined with

the taking lipitor group email in my recieving mail. I appologize if

every one of you recieved my personal email. This is very strange,

and I have no idea how an email from my mother to me got into this

group. She is not a member.

Ooh, I think I just figured it out. I was at her house and accessed

the group on her computer. She is 84 years old and probably sent

messages out on my email, and too old to see that its NOT her mail

account she was into.

I will get this straightened out ASAP.....

Handeled. She knows to sign out of my name and back into her name.

> > > > >

> > > > > Hello all, Have any of you developed

> > muscle pain while

> > taking

> > > > > Zetia?

> > > > >

> > > > > I was put on Zetia approximately 6

> > months ago. This doc was

> > an

> > > > endo

> > > > > I was referred to for hairloss. But he

> > took one look at

> > previous

> > > > > labs I brought that were ordered by my

> > gp and said, " you

> > have

> > > high

> > > > > cholesterol. " I said I had to stop

> > 10 mg of Zocor that I

> > had

> > > taken

> > > > > for about 6 years due to myositis,

> > muscle inflammation.

> > Those

> > > lab

> > > > > numbers were as follows:

> > > > >

> > > > > Tri: 127 normal range

> > > > > TC: 208 high

> > > > > HDL: 49 normal

> > > > > LDL: 134 high (According to the lab

> > results paper, the

> > > > > desirable range for LDL for patients

> > with CHD or Diabetes

> > is <100

> > > > and

> > > > > <70 for diabetic patients with known

> > heart disease.)

> > > > >

> > > > > I have never had any diagnostic tests

> > that show that I have

> > known

> > > > > heart disease. I have had pre-operative

> > tests to monitor my

> > > heart

> > > > > and always passed these tests. Even my

> > gp wants my LDL

> > below

> > > 70.

> > > > He

> > > > > is the one who originally prescribed the

> > Zocor back in

> > 2001, as

> > > > soon

> > > > > as my TC went over 200.

> > > > >

> > > > > I had to stop taking the Zocor 18 months

> > ago when I

> > > > > developed " myositis " while

> > doing P/T for tennis elbow. I

> > couldn't

> > > > > lift even 10 lb. weights or use the

> > therabands without

> > extreme

> > > > buring

> > > > > pain in the biceps, also the tennis

> > elbow just got worse,

> > > probably

> > > > > also from the Zocor. I asked my gp if

> > the sore biceps

> > muscles I

> > > > had

> > > > > for 4 months after stopping P/T could be

> > due to the Zocor.

> > I

> > > had

> > > > > seen the commercials for Lipitor that

> > said, " tell your

> > doctor if

> > > > you

> > > > > develope any unexplained muscle pain or

> > weakness as this

> > could be

> > > > > the sign of a serious condition. "

> > (Rhabdomyolysis) That's

> > when

> > > the

> > > > > lightbulb over my head went on. With my

> > gp's permission, I

> > > stopped

> > > > > the Zocor and the pain started to go

> > away in 3 days.

> > > > >

> > > > > While taking the Zetia starting in July,

> > I developed lower

> > back

> > > and

> > > > > neck pain, this was something I had

> > before, but did not

> > associate

> > > > it

> > > > > with taking statins. After I had my next

> > labs done in

> > October, I

> > > > > stopped the Zetia, and the pain in my

> > neck and back started

> > to

> > > > > subside.

> > > > >

> > > > > The endo said taking Zetia should not

> > cause muscle pain

> > like

> > > Zocor,

> > > > > but the info that he gave me with the

> > Zetia said possible

> > side

> > > > > effects include joint pain and muscle

> > aches. I guess the

> > endo

> > > > > doesn't read the literature he hands

> > out. Also, on the

> > Zetia.com

> > > > > website in states, in bold print:

> > > > >

> > > > > Unlike some statins, Zetia has not been

> > shown to prevent

> > heart

> > > > > disease or heart attacks.

> > > > >

> > > > > HELLO, WHY AM SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT

> > THEN?????????

> > > > >

> > > > > I do still have some muscle pains, but

> > not nearly as bad as

> > on

> > > any

> > > > > kind of cholesterol lowering drugs. I

> > had one doc, a

> > > rhuematologist

> > > > > tell me " don't forget you are

> > 54 and have diabetes. " But if

> > the

> > > > pain

> > > > > gets better after stopping the drug, I

> > think it's the drug.

> > > > >

> > > > > Connie

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

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