Jim I re-read that article and it says that 60-75% of patients WHO
DISCONTINUE statin treatment discontinue due to side effects.  It does
not say that 60-75% of the treated population suffer side effects.

I was put on 10mg Crestor about a year ago and my blood work was fine
and I felt great, but when I went for a 2nd opinion to a different
cardiologist for something else and he suggested I switch to a statin
more proven (Lipitor) even though I was doing fine.  I was going to
suggest the same thing actually to him, but he beat me to the punch.

I am one of those borderline cases taking a statin for prevention
((primary treatment) due to several risk factors but no disease.  My
LDL is just over normal my HDL has risen very nicely with a year of
hard core exercise (probably aided by the Crestor, in fact Crestor is
the only statin proven to raise HDL) and my tri's have always been
low.  I have been on and off them (statins) for about 4 years now and
am constantly wrestling with what the best approach is.  My numbers
are great when I am on and they revert back to about the same
borderline high when I am off.  The HDL being quite a bit higher is a
new variable though, something I will discuss at the end of the month
with my GP when I have my annual physical.

it's tough figuring out what the best course is to follow especially
if you are not sick.  Just want to keep it this way "forever" lol

"Zee" <zwalanga@yahoo.com> wrote in part:

For an article touting itself as "sense" and "truth" it has a good deal of
nonsense and untruth. It cites the tired old "fact" that 60% or whatever of
statin patients discontinue due to "side effects." Tracking down the
citations, I find that this is based on two studies out of maybe 20 on the
subject; that it refers to elderly populations; and that the researchers
themselves (in a study with zero connection to pharma) state that
discontinuation very very unlikely to be due in any significant way on side
effects.

I wonder what the discontinuance rate is for Atkins, gym memberships, or Ace
inhibitors?

Etc., etc.
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA

You may only need a very small dose:

http://www.medicationsense.com/articles/july_sept_04/crestor_truth.html

I've been splitting 80 mg. Lipitor into 20 mgs for years.  Saves a lot of
money.

Crestor seems less expensive but I noted at least one webRx says "Crestor
cannot be split."

Is that true?  Why?

Ideally I would buy the 40mg and split to 10 mg or is that not physicaly
possible?  How large are the 20 mg and 40 mg tablets?

Thank you.