[K.B.]

20+ years ago I had a Dr tell me to exercise more and cut down on the red meats to lower my high colesterol and high BP. I told him I was a vegan, I hadn't had red meat in 10 years. I also did triathlons at the time, exercise was a way of life.

5 years ago I let my then current Dr put me on Lipitor. He said at my age I should be at higher risk yada yada.......... After a few years he increased the dosage. It took me a while to figure out why I was not exercising much anymore, joint pain. After much research on the Internet I found it was the Lipitor, the higher dosage caused more problems. I switched Drs.

New Doc has me on Vytorin. I'm exercising more now and feeling better. New Doc wants me to start taking Clopidogrel and Lisinopril to thin my blood, at my age yada yada............. I am not sure I want to start some more drugs just because of my age. If my arteries are clogged I can see taking the stuff. He wanted me to do the baby aspirin thing. I used to get headaches from aspirin, so he prescribed the other stuff. Am I too skeptical about the blood thinners? What are the new side effects of these things?