[madmmac]

Thanks so far to all that have replied. I'm just trying to get a pulse of the groups personal observations on the subject.

I have done Lipitor, Vytorin and now for the last couple of years Crestor. My highest reading ever was 240. With medication at 1 10mg dose, it is usually 150 or a little lower. I have a great ldl number. My Doctor upped my dosage to 2 10mg a day when my lower back x-ray possibly indicated calcium deposits on the aortic artery.

A heart calcium count scan, an ultrasound scan for a possible abdominal aortic aneurysm and a heart stress test later, all came out good.

I also forgot that I also have had 2 cervical disk problems, 1 rupture and 1 herniated. Went to bed one night, next morning my neck was kind of sore, by that evening I was in pretty good pain.

I have taken supplements for year, enteric aspirin, Triple Flex, Celedrine, multi vitamin plus Vit A, D and E, Fish Oil and now CoQ10.

My timeline: 35, started with statins, 38, 2 rotators, 42, 2 cervical disks, 47, tears of the plantar fascia, 53, complex tear meniscus, 55, other knee.

I used to joke, "If it doesn't hurt, it doesn't work". I don't say that much anymore.