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Agree with Art. Statins do have side effects, but I think people tend to blame everything on the statin. I guess it has to do with the number of statin commercials on the tube and all the warnings that come with them. Statins are really great drugs that do a lot of people a lot of good. I think they get a bad rap.
Welchol is a bile acid binding resin, they have been around since before statins. They work well, but many people get hellacious gas and irregular bowels with them. Basically you are delivering more fat to your colon and the bacteria there have a field day with it.
Vytorin is one I have started using recently, it is a combination of Zocor(simvastain) and Zetia (ezetimbe). The nice thing about Vytorin is that you can get comparable LDL lowering with a lower dose of the statin component than using Lipitor or Zocor alone. Cuts down on some of the side effects.
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Rick
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