OT - Anyone else have trouble tolerating statins?

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These days folks like Pere Attia prefer Repatha (PSK9 inhibitor), Ezetimibe / Zetia(cholesterol absorption blocker) or bempedoic acid (works in liver to reduce cholesterol production)

You kind of need to know if you are a excessive cholesterol producer or absorber

Then they have a drug called Nexlizet which has both Ezetimibe & Bempedoic acid in it. Which basically addresses both production & absorption I guess

So those three things are the new drugs which are not statins & for teh most part have no side effects for most people

Repatha & Nexlizet can be expensive if your insurance wont cover but if your doctor states you do not tolerate statins they allow it.

But lastly a very interesting thing about Statins is they have found (but don't advertise it) That Statins benefits are gained 80-85% with a 25% dosage

That means a low dosage & many folks report amazing results with no side effects & these were folks that could not tolerate them. But that was due to being heavily dosed

Many practitioners prescribe crazy high dosages like 40-80mg where in reality many folks get by on 5-10mg with great cholesterol lower effects. Some folks go 1.5mg a day & some even every other day

Something to think about?

That aside things like Berberine which is a natural form of PSK9 inhibitor is something to look at.

Last but not least we can help ourselves a lot by cleaning up our diets. Takes time but works well