Re: Digest Number 1935

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,Be sure your doctor is casting a wide net on the bloodwork. In the past six months we discovered that I had a vitamin D deficiency. This deficiency caused the side affects to be worse. Pravastatin and Lipitor affected my quality of life... but we have finally found the right combination. I am very fortunate to have a doctor who listens and puts patient care above the pharmaceutics. Switched to Crestor, take CoQ10 300 mg daily and a vitamin D supplement. Also found a sleep aid that has fish oil in addition to the melatonin. My numbers are not as "beautiful" as when I was taking the Lipitor, but I felt I was not living. We have compromised to a combination that works and keeps

me out of the danger zone. Be sure to have your Vitamin D checked. I've also gone to an almost vegetarian diet... it took a lot of changes in my life to find the right balance for my health. Hope you find yours. I am living again :)Below are the things my doc checked on my last visit (she checks these every four-six months):Lipid PanelMicroalbumin/Creatinine ratioHemoglobin A1cHepatic Function PanelBasic Metabolic Panel w.EGFRProtein C and Protein S, FunctionalVitamin DProthrombinHomocysteine,

cardiovascularAnachoice screenAntithrombinFibrinogenTracey From: "TakingLipitorAndHateIt " <TakingLipitorAndHateIt > To: TakingLipitorAndHateIt Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 3:08 AM Subject: Digest Number 1935 There are 9 messages in this issue.Topics in this digest:1a. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Wm McClure Jr./ McClure1b. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Wm McClure Jr./ McClure1c. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Lee Schelin1d. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Olson1e. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Mike Shea1f. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Olson1g. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor From: Turgeon2a. Basic test panel From: Mike Shea2b. Re: Basic test panel

From: OlsonMessages________________________________________________________________________1a. Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor Posted by: "Wm McClure Jr./ McClure" tulsatimeflies@... tulsatimeflies Date: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:40 am ((PDT))Exactly what baseline tests should we DEMAND? My yearly physical is coming up and I want the tests done before I meet with my doctor! I take nothing for pain. My cut finger hurts less with stitches than the what the Vytorin has permanently done to me. McClureSubject: Re: You Need Vitamin C, Not LipitorTo: TakingLipitorAndHateIt Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 4:03 PM Mike S, I know it now. I'm sure most of us found out the hard way, taking the statin without enough knowledge and thinking that doctors know everything. But, we are the ones who suffered, sometimes, permanently.Connie> >> > It is most important to know why you have high cholesterol, if in fact > > it is high. Got to do the testing to make sure the body is balanced > > and there is not an out of range factor.> > > > Mike S.> > > > > > > > From: TakingLipitorAndHateIt > > [mailto:TakingLipitorAndHateIt ] On Behalf Of

chas> > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:05 PM> > To: TakingLipitorAndHateIt > > Subject: You Need Vitamin C, Not Lipitor> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Contrary to big Pharma's marketing propaganda, you don't need statin > > drugs to lower cholesterol. Vitamin C will lower your cholesterol > > also, but it does it naturally and without all the terrible side effects> of statin drugs.> > If your body gets enough vitamin C (at least 3000 mg per day), then > > excess cholesterol in the bloodstream is naturally converted to bile >

> acid and then excreted. But that is just part of the process in which > > vitamin C works to prevent heart disease.> > > > > > > > Dr. Linus ing discovered almost 20 years ago that the root cause > > of cardiovascular disease is not cholesterol, it is the lack of > > sufficient vitamin C necessary for the body to heal and repair damaged > > arteries. But the lords of the medical/drug establishment just > > ignored and dismissed his research, and they even refused to run > > clinical tests to prove or disprove his findings. As a result, his > > discoveries have been practically buried except for the internet, so > > the vast majority of the public (and> > cardiologists) have never heard or read a word about it.> > >

> > > > > From further research, I learned that Dr. ing's minimum > > recommended dosage for prevention or even reversal of cardiovascular > > disease was at least 3 grams of vitamin C per day, and at least 1 or 2 > > grams per day of the amino acid lysine. He recommended the additional > > lysine because it was found to help vitamin C heal and repair the > > arteries. This is what is called the ing therapy.> > > > > > For a fuller explaination of how and why vitamin C works to prevent > > cardiovascular disease, I would urge everyone to read these well > > written and informative articles at> > > > > > <http://www.cqs.com/cvd.htm> http://www.cqs.com/cvd.htm and at> > <http://www.cqs.com/lipitor.htm> http://www.cqs.com/lipitor.htm> >> > > > > ------------------------------------> >