Re: Statins-A MIRACLE thanks to you ladies!

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The only danger in stopping Lipitor is the original high cholesterol may

return, but I would start hom on some Armoru to prevent that.

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Oh that's great !!! So happy for your husband.

Sorry I don't have any info on how to get off the

Lipitor safely, but wanted to say yay!!

--- Whitmore wrote:

> Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all

> your hard work finding links for me, my husband has

> agreed that he needs to get off Lipitor!!! You've

> practically given me a new husband and I am so

> grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all

> this good information directly at our fingertips. I

> never thought he'd listen, but reading all those

> links did it!

>

> I am now going to ask if any of you have information

> about how to stop taking Lipitor...I've searched,

> but most of what comes up on Google is driven by big

> pharma and I don't trust it.

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,

I took niacin and 1 baby bayer asprin daily, and my chol. went down...heck

with pharmactial stuff, go natural...

Whitmore wrote:

Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get off Lipitor!!!

You've practically given me a new husband and I am so grateful!!! Thank you for

keeping and placing all this good information directly at our fingertips. I

never thought he'd listen, but reading all those links did it!

I am now going to ask if any of you have information about how to stop taking

Lipitor...I've searched, but most of what comes up on Google is driven by big

pharma and I don't trust it.

I know about niacin and vitamin C and lots of water and fiber once he's off

Lipitor. But if any of you had any info about whether or not it is dangerous to

just stop Lipitor altogether, I would be very grateful.

This is such a victory and I hope you feel proud of yourselves for winning over

a very stubborn believer in traditional medicine. In all of my experience with

fibro and IC, I've never been able to convince anyone to try alternative

therapies. It's a feeling I hope to have one day too.

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,

I just tried to look up that info on the alt/med site and found a

little but the site was busy and couldn't get as much as usual. From

what I did find, from JoAnn Guest who posts there a lot is to adjust

it down 25% at a time, but I don't know how often to do that. I'll

post something and see if I can find more. I would imagine every few

days a reduction of 25% might do the trick. Does your husband take

CoQ10? If not he should start, if he's been taking statins, he

should have been on this already.

Linn

> Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

> finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get

> off Lipitor!!! You've practically given me a new husband and I am

> so grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all this good

> information directly at our fingertips. I never thought he'd

> listen, but reading all those links did it!

>

[Guest guest]

- is it financially feasible for him to see a naturopath about

switching over to alternative treatments? If he wants to try high-

dose niacin, it is a good idea to be monitored. Some naturopaths do

take insurance (mine does). Is his cardiologist open to alternative

treatments (ha-ha-ha)? Here are some links for locating an NP:

http://www.naturopathic.org/

http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/regional-A.html

http://www.acam.org

According to this, you don't need to wean off of Lipitor/statins:

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=61672

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=376536

The HealthBoards above have a high cholesterol board. You may find

some more good info if you poke around.

>

> Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get off

Lipitor!!! You've practically given me a new husband and I am so

grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all this good

information directly at our fingertips. I never thought he'd

listen, but reading all those links did it!

>

> I am now going to ask if any of you have information about how to

stop taking Lipitor...I've searched, but most of what comes up on

Google is driven by big pharma and I don't trust it.

>

> I know about niacin and vitamin C and lots of water and fiber once

he's off Lipitor. But if any of you had any info about whether or

not it is dangerous to just stop Lipitor altogether, I would be very

grateful.

>

> This is such a victory and I hope you feel proud of yourselves for

winning over a very stubborn believer in traditional medicine. In

all of my experience with fibro and IC, I've never been able to

convince anyone to try alternative therapies. It's a feeling I hope

to have one day too.

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, , this helps a lot!

in Lake Worth

" L.Warner " wrote: ,

I took niacin and 1 baby bayer asprin daily, and my chol. went down...heck

with pharmactial stuff, go natural...

Whitmore

wrote:

Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get off Lipitor!!!

You've practically given me a new husband and I am so grateful!!! Thank you for

keeping and placing all this good information directly at our fingertips. I

never thought he'd listen, but reading all those links did it!

I am now going to ask if any of you have information about how to stop taking

Lipitor...I've searched, but most of what comes up on Google is driven by big

pharma and I don't trust it.

I know about niacin and vitamin C and lots of water and fiber once he's off

Lipitor. But if any of you had any info about whether or not it is dangerous to

just stop Lipitor altogether, I would be very grateful.

This is such a victory and I hope you feel proud of yourselves for winning over

a very stubborn believer in traditional medicine. In all of my experience with

fibro and IC, I've never been able to convince anyone to try alternative

therapies. It's a feeling I hope to have one day too.

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[Guest guest]

Linn,

Thank you for the suggestion. I imagine he could use my pill splitter although

I don't remember what Lipitor pills look like or how easy they'd be to split.

Your alt/med group sound wonderful...are they open to new members?

Thanks for posting my querry there and thanks to everyone for your support in

this. Every little bit of stress reduction helps me right now as I'm battling

negative emotions from having to wean off my thyroid meds.

The good news is that today was my first day on HC and I'm no longer in

wait-and-see mode there.

Thanks again Linn,

Linn wrote: ,

I just tried to look up that info on the alt/med site and found a

little but the site was busy and couldn't get as much as usual. From

what I did find, from JoAnn Guest who posts there a lot is to adjust

it down 25% at a time, but I don't know how often to do that. I'll

post something and see if I can find more. I would imagine every few

days a reduction of 25% might do the trick. Does your husband take

CoQ10? If not he should start, if he's been taking statins, he

should have been on this already.

Linn

> Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

> finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get

> off Lipitor!!! You've practically given me a new husband and I am

> so grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all this good

> information directly at our fingertips. I never thought he'd

> listen, but reading all those links did it!

>

[Guest guest]

The alt/med group is open. Just go to Alternative_Medicine_Forum-

subscribe to join. It is more of an informative

group though, not as much talking back and forth as most groups. The

moderator doesn't allow much of that, there are too many people on

it, almost 5000 members so it would get a little nuts if that

happened. Tons of good medical info but there is also a lot of

political info so be forewarned. There's a lot of politics involved

in medicine so they kind of go hand in hand. I have to limit myself

sometimes in hanging out there because I'm such a nosy rosy I have to

read most everything and it takes a ton of time. Lengthy info, no

complaints there for long posts. The files in their links will keep

you busy for a couple of weeks or more if you wanted to do research.

They expect you to research first before asking questions that can be

found easily. With that many members it's understandable why. Also

the moderator, , is ill now, I understand, and has several other

people helping out.

Linn

> Linn,

>

> Thank you for the suggestion. I imagine he could use my pill

> splitter although I don't remember what Lipitor pills look like or

> how easy they'd be to split.

>

> Your alt/med group sound wonderful...are they open to new members?

>

> Thanks for posting my querry there and thanks to everyone for your

> support in this. Every little bit of stress reduction helps me

> right now as I'm battling negative emotions from having to wean off

> my thyroid meds.

>

> The good news is that today was my first day on HC and I'm no

> longer in wait-and-see mode there.

>

> Thanks again Linn,

>

> Linn wrote: ,

>

> I just tried to look up that info on the alt/med site and found a

> little but the site was busy and couldn't get as much as usual. From

> what I did find, from JoAnn Guest who posts there a lot is to adjust

> it down 25% at a time, but I don't know how often to do that. I'll

> post something and see if I can find more. I would imagine every few

> days a reduction of 25% might do the trick. Does your husband take

> CoQ10? If not he should start, if he's been taking statins, he

> should have been on this already.

>

> Linn

>

>

>

> > Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

> > finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get

> > off Lipitor!!! You've practically given me a new husband and I am

> > so grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all this good

> > information directly at our fingertips. I never thought he'd

> > listen, but reading all those links did it!

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Hope you're feeling better soon. How did you feel on the HC today?

Linn

> Linn,

>

> Thank you for the suggestion. I imagine he could use my pill

> splitter although I don't remember what Lipitor pills look like or

> how easy they'd be to split.

>

> Your alt/med group sound wonderful...are they open to new members?

>

>> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

, Your post made me laugh...we live in south Florida where the level of

medical care is worse than sub-standard. Florida is an HMO state and we have

tons of retirees. Doctors here spend less time and give more prescriptions that

you would ever believe! I went through being a patient advocate with both my

parents and my husbands mother. I had to fight, fight, fight for every test,

every referral to a specialist and even when we got to a specialist, we were

very disappointed.

We're lucky to have D.O.s here! There are some naturopaths, but they are very

far and between.

So while your suggestion is very much appreciated, it's a reminder of how much

we need this group and the Internet to stay healthy.

Heck, I just shipped my mother, who had lived here for 85 years, to South

Carolina. She's in end stage congestive heart failure. She was there only five

days before needing to be hospitalized and WOW what a difference!!! They

actually listened to her complaints about pain in her legs (her legs are purple

and so swollen they ooze fluid). Three surgeries were performed to remove blood

clots and she's doing much, much better. Doctors here would have never looked

for clots, would have never performed this surgery here in HMOville.

Be glad you have better resources for good medical care!

Thanks much!

jtb14789 wrote: - is it financially feasible for him

to see a naturopath about

switching over to alternative treatments? If he wants to try high-

dose niacin, it is a good idea to be monitored. Some naturopaths do

take insurance (mine does). Is his cardiologist open to alternative

treatments (ha-ha-ha)? Here are some links for locating an NP:

http://www.naturopathic.org/

http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/regional-A.html

http://www.acam.org

According to this, you don't need to wean off of Lipitor/statins:

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=61672

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=376536

The HealthBoards above have a high cholesterol board. You may find

some more good info if you poke around.

>

> Ladies...a wonderful thing has happened...from all your hard work

finding links for me, my husband has agreed that he needs to get off

Lipitor!!! You've practically given me a new husband and I am so

grateful!!! Thank you for keeping and placing all this good

information directly at our fingertips. I never thought he'd

listen, but reading all those links did it!

>

> I am now going to ask if any of you have information about how to

stop taking Lipitor...I've searched, but most of what comes up on

Google is driven by big pharma and I don't trust it.

>

> I know about niacin and vitamin C and lots of water and fiber once

he's off Lipitor. But if any of you had any info about whether or

not it is dangerous to just stop Lipitor altogether, I would be very

grateful.

>

> This is such a victory and I hope you feel proud of yourselves for

winning over a very stubborn believer in traditional medicine. In

all of my experience with fibro and IC, I've never been able to

convince anyone to try alternative therapies. It's a feeling I hope

to have one day too.

>

>

>

>

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>

> Mortgage rates near historic lows: $150,000 loan as low as

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[Guest guest]

jeeez. that's terrible. Glad your mother is getting

better care now.

--- Whitmore wrote:

> , Your post made me laugh...we live in south

> Florida where the level of medical care is worse

> than sub-standard. Florida is an HMO state and we

> have tons of retirees. Doctors here spend less time

> and give more prescriptions that you would ever

> believe! I went through being a patient advocate

> with both my parents and my husbands mother. I had

> to fight, fight, fight for every test, every

> referral to a specialist and even when we got to a

> specialist, we were very disappointed.

>

> We're lucky to have D.O.s here! There are some

> naturopaths, but they are very far and between.

>

> So while your suggestion is very much appreciated,

> it's a reminder of how much we need this group and

> the Internet to stay healthy.

>

> Heck, I just shipped my mother, who had lived here

> for 85 years, to South Carolina. She's in end stage

> congestive heart failure. She was there only five

> days before needing to be hospitalized and WOW what

> a difference!!! They actually listened to her

> complaints about pain in her legs (her legs are

> purple and so swollen they ooze fluid). Three

> surgeries were performed to remove blood clots and

> she's doing much, much better. Doctors here would

> have never looked for clots, would have never

> performed this surgery here in HMOville.

>

> Be glad you have better resources for good medical

> care!

>

> Thanks much!

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Linn,

I took 2.5 mgs of HC at 7:30 AM according to the STTM recommendations for

dosing. Not sure how to tell when to level off. I think my heart will tell me.

Some schools of thought say you need less than 20 mgs of HC to effectively treat

adrenal issues. Going slow is always best.

There's a bug floating around our office and I think that's what I've got.

Don't know if it's the anti-histamine or the HC, but I'm feeling better today.

Emotions are still iffy. I'll be so glad to get back on thyroid meds. Patience

IS a virtue!

Linn wrote: ,

Hope you're feeling better soon. How did you feel on the HC today?

Linn

> Linn,

>

> Thank you for the suggestion. I imagine he could use my pill

> splitter although I don't remember what Lipitor pills look like or

> how easy they'd be to split.

>

> Your alt/med group sound wonderful...are they open to new members?

>

>> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've used a lower dose of HC than most people with success. I've

kept it under 12 mgs the whole time. I take 5 in the morniing, 3.75

at lunch and 2.5 in the afternoon. On a very few occasions I've

taken another 1.25 later in the evening or at bedtime. That's the

highest I've ever gone and it's worked well. Now I'm cutting the

morning dose first and then will cut out the afternoon dose next. So

far haven't noticed any difference, but we'll see how long it lasts

after I'm totally off for a few weeks.

Linn

> Linn,

>

> I took 2.5 mgs of HC at 7:30 AM according to the STTM

> recommendations for dosing. Not sure how to tell when to level off.

> I think my heart will tell me.

>

> Some schools of thought say you need less than 20 mgs of HC to

> effectively treat adrenal issues. Going slow is always best.

>

> There's a bug floating around our office and I think that's what

> I've got. Don't know if it's the anti-histamine or the HC, but I'm

> feeling better today. Emotions are still iffy. I'll be so glad to

> get back on thyroid meds. Patience IS a virtue!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Did you have saliva testing done to know where your cortisol levels were prior

to starting the HC??? And how do you know when to wean off??? When you feel

optimized on thyroid meds I'm assuming, right?

Linn wrote: I've used a lower dose of HC

than most people with success. I've

kept it under 12 mgs the whole time. I take 5 in the morniing, 3.75

at lunch and 2.5 in the afternoon. On a very few occasions I've

taken another 1.25 later in the evening or at bedtime. That's the

highest I've ever gone and it's worked well. Now I'm cutting the

morning dose first and then will cut out the afternoon dose next. So

far haven't noticed any difference, but we'll see how long it lasts

after I'm totally off for a few weeks.

Linn

> Linn,

>

> I took 2.5 mgs of HC at 7:30 AM according to the STTM

> recommendations for dosing. Not sure how to tell when to level off.

> I think my heart will tell me.

>

> Some schools of thought say you need less than 20 mgs of HC to

> effectively treat adrenal issues. Going slow is always best.

>

> There's a bug floating around our office and I think that's what

> I've got. Don't know if it's the anti-histamine or the HC, but I'm

> feeling better today. Emotions are still iffy. I'll be so glad to

> get back on thyroid meds. Patience IS a virtue!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

No testing done beforehand. I'm just guessing it's time, I've gone

over a month now with no symptoms, have handled a lot of stress and

done just fine, so checked with Val and she said it sounded like it

might be time to try.

Linn

> Did you have saliva testing done to know where your cortisol levels

> were prior to starting the HC??? And how do you know when to wean

> off??? When you feel optimized on thyroid meds I'm assuming, right?

>

>

>

> .

>

>