Re: Statins/Cholesterol and low T

[Guest guest]

Well I was on TRT when I was put on Statin Drugs after having Heart Bypass

Surgery and I never in my life had high Chol. levels. I was put on them 2 yrs

ago and from day one I had joint and muscle pain telling my Dr.'s I can't take

this med it's crippling me. They did not listen to me until I could not stand

up or walk last Sep. this is when I hit bottom.

Now they listened and took me off the still today I am in a lot of pain and

can't stand or walk with out a walker.

Read this link and join there forum and post see if this is one of the sides

from Statin Drugs.

http://www.spacedoc.net/muscle_pain_statins.htm

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: jscottsmithunc <jscottsmithunc@...>

> Subject: Statins/Cholesterol and low T

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> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 8:36 AM

> Again I am new here, but I wonder

> what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on T levels or

> aromatase activity?  It is probably just coincidence

> that within the same year I started Crestor I find my low

> T.  My total cholesterol now is 150.  I stopped it

> for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression and

> low energy only continued to progress.  It was right

> after this that I checked my T and that is what started this

> whole ride.  Anyone ever heard of any association?

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[Guest guest]

Many hormones are MADE from cholesterol: pregnenolone, progesterone,

aldosterone, cortisol, DHEA, testosterone, estradiol. So if you " lower " your

cholesterol, you are likewise lowering all the above hormones. Ageing is

basically the decline of hormones, so when you take statins, you are signing up

for accelerated ageing.

Barb

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> Again I am new here, but I wonder what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on T

levels or aromatase activity? It is probably just coincidence that within the

same year I started Crestor I find my low T. My total cholesterol now is 150.

I stopped it for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression and low

energy only continued to progress. It was right after this that I checked my T

and that is what started this whole ride. Anyone ever heard of any association?

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[Guest guest]

, I Googled statins testosterone and got this:

http://www.spacedoc.net/libido_statins.htm

High cholesterol is a sign of hypothyroidism, by the way

-Nigel

On 29 January 2011 07:36, jscottsmithunc <jscottsmithunc@...> wrote:

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> Again I am new here, but I wonder what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on T

> levels or aromatase activity? It is probably just coincidence that within

> the same year I started Crestor I find my low T. My total cholesterol now is

> 150. I stopped it for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression

> and low energy only continued to progress. It was right after this that I

> checked my T and that is what started this whole ride. Anyone ever heard of

> any association?

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[Guest guest]

Thyroid was fine

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> > Again I am new here, but I wonder what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on T

> > levels or aromatase activity? It is probably just coincidence that within

> > the same year I started Crestor I find my low T. My total cholesterol now is

> > 150. I stopped it for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression

> > and low energy only continued to progress. It was right after this that I

> > checked my T and that is what started this whole ride. Anyone ever heard of

> > any association?

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[Guest guest]

Unfortunately Barb I have an inherited dyslipidemia which will kill me quicker

than the statins...I just cant find declining testosterone listed as a side

effect

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> > Again I am new here, but I wonder what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on T

levels or aromatase activity? It is probably just coincidence that within the

same year I started Crestor I find my low T. My total cholesterol now is 150.

I stopped it for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression and low

energy only continued to progress. It was right after this that I checked my T

and that is what started this whole ride. Anyone ever heard of any association?

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[Guest guest]

How bad is your cholesterol? As Nigel said, high cholesterol is usually from

low thyroid. Were your Free T3 and Free T4 thyroid levels checked? The TSH

test is not a good indicator of thyroid levels, at all.

Since cholesterol is made in the liver, I would look there for something to fix.

I think Nigel also attached a link that showed a correlation of sexual

dysfunction with the statins. Even if you can't find anything that spells it

out as a side effect, it has to be related, because so many hormones come from

cholesterol. Those hormones are also related to neurotransmitters and together

give you energy, libido, " balls, " etc.

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> > > Again I am new here, but I wonder what effect Crestor/Lipitor etc have on

T levels or aromatase activity? It is probably just coincidence that within the

same year I started Crestor I find my low T. My total cholesterol now is 150.

I stopped it for about 2 months and my symptoms of ED and depression and low

energy only continued to progress. It was right after this that I checked my T

and that is what started this whole ride. Anyone ever heard of any association?

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