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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / August 2006Pantethine and statins - similar side effects?
I vaguely remember reading something here suggesting that pantethine effect the body in ways that are similar to the statins. I stopped taking Crestor about a year ago because I suffer from fibromyalgia and it seemed that my tendons and general level of muscle aches were worse. I was then off all cholesterol related meds until I started taking Pantethine about 2 months ago. I am again having a flair up of fibromyalgia and I don't know whether it is related to the pantethine or simply to the very real fact that fibromyalgia gets better and worse in response to many different stressors and has nothing to do with the pantethine. I would like to avoid going off the pantethine if it is not likely to be the cause. Does anyone know much about the possibilities of pantethine causing muscular/tendon kinds of difficulties - or exacerbating them? TIA Louise > I vaguely remember reading something here suggesting that pantethine > effect the body in ways that are similar to the statins. Only in the lipid lowering effects. > I stopped taking Crestor about a year ago because I suffer from > fibromyalgia and it seemed that my tendons and general level of muscle [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Does anyone know much about the possibilities of pantethine causing > muscular/tendon kinds of difficulties - or exacerbating them? Louise, in the studies I cited, pantethine was uniformly without side effects even in hepatitis and dialysis patients. But that doesn't mean you can't be the first person to report an adverse reaction; if it gives you one, your risk of side effect is 100% no matter what studies say. I have had a similarly waxing and waning illness for many years, and tried many things for it. In order to figure out how a drug or supplement effects me, if I notice something bad, I stop it for a day or a week or more til the feelings go away. Then I restart it and pay attention to whether the ill effect comes back, and how soon. I stop and start a few times, if necessary, to make the connection clear. I hope it's not making you worse. Susan x-no-archive: yes louise wrote: > I vaguely remember reading something here suggesting that pantethine > effect the body in ways that are similar to the statins. Only in the lipid lowering effects. > I stopped taking Crestor about a year ago because I suffer from > fibromyalgia and it seemed that my tendons and general level of muscle [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Does anyone know much about the possibilities of pantethine causing > muscular/tendon kinds of difficulties - or exacerbating them? Louise, in the studies I cited, pantethine was uniformly without side effects even in hepatitis and dialysis patients. But that doesn't mean you can't be the first person to report an adverse reaction; if it gives you one, your risk of side effect is 100% no matter what studies say. I have had a similarly waxing and waning illness for many years, and tried many things for it. In order to figure out how a drug or supplement effects me, if I notice something bad, I stop it for a day or a week or more til the feelings go away. Then I restart it and pay attention to whether the ill effect comes back, and how soon. I stop and start a few times, if necessary, to make the connection clear. I hope it's not making you worse. Susan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Susan, Excellent post. I agree that Louise should STOP taking pantethine due to the side effects. There are other alternatives to statins. Anyone that takes statins or wants to learn about alternatives to statins should read this book: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT STATIN DRUGS AND THEIR NATURAL ALTERNATIVES by Jay S. Cohen, M.D. Jason ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Susan, > Excellent post. I agree that Louise should STOP taking pantethine due to > the side effects. That's not what I said. It's not certain if pantethine is causing her problem yet. Susan x-no-archive: yes Jason Johnson wrote: > Susan, > Excellent post. I agree that Louise should STOP taking pantethine due to > the side effects. That's not what I said. It's not certain if pantethine is causing her problem yet. Susan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Susan, Sorry Jason ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I vaguely remember reading something here suggesting that > pantethine effect the body in ways that are similar to the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Louise It took me with increasing dosages of liptor about three years to notice something was amiss. One year later after stopping meds no further loss but no rapid comeback. I think muscle loss is easy and repair requires hard work. Calfs went from 18 inches to 14 inches. My heart being a muscle ... this disturbs me of possible implications. My joints still hurt especially hands. Pantethine for two months no comment but I take it. Silly me. Sorry Louise no easy answer! Bill  SignatureS Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. I don't know if you're "silly" Please post back every so often and let us know if you're getting similar symptoms Thanks. Louise >> I vaguely remember reading something here suggesting that >> pantethine effect the body in ways that are similar to the [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > Bill |
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