Just checked my bp last week. A bit lower
than usual, systolic is:98, diastolic is: 68
and heartbeat is 58.
Is this considered normal or below normal?

My heart seems to be jumping around a lot on the odd occasions (at
least, I think it's my heart!) and I was wondring if there is a low
cost computer program that will record my heartbeat for a while and
then analyse it?

What is specifically the deleterious effects of statins and niacin, regards
your liver?
Is it the biproduct of reducing the cholesterol. Is it some toxin that is an
artifact of the reduction process?

There's a poster here who likes to take every chance to attack my posts. I
have her killfiled and will not respond to her directly.
I want to clarify:
I did try to take Liptor, years ago, and experienced mild calf pain so I

Last week I posted a question on this NG re Bendroflumethiazide a
diuretic.Well I have been  on it for 5x days now and the side effects are
bad,I take one at 7, A.M. by 8  I am feeling very dizzy with a headache, and
when I go upstairs I nearly fall down ,all I can do is to sit ...

I have a 3 months old son, who had TOF diagnosed right after he was
born. The pediatrician heard a murmur and we took him to a
cardiologist pediatrician. So far our son has no symptons (except for
the murmur). Here in Brazil a surgery it is recommended between the

What is an acceptable cholesterol level for an 80 y/o female with an HDL
that is consistently between 70-80? She is otherwise in good health and
exercises regularly.
Thanks!

Ok, we see a lot about Crestor and other cholesterol lowering medications but
what about VYTORIN?  Is this one just too new and they don't know as much about
bad side effects?  I have been taking Crestor and my doctor is about to switch
me to VYTORIN.  I'm just curious if anyone ...

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At what point should a 59 year old woman, 5', 145lb be considered a
candidate for near term aorta and valve repair?

and he was concerned about taking plavix and aspirin and cumodin at the same
time. Is this as bad as he thought it could be? He said absolutely no beers
and to be very careful at work and not get injured. So heavy construction
work is out now :-(

Recently diagnosed with diabetes which is well controlled with diet and
exercise only. My BP is usually normal (not on any BP meds), however, every
now and then it becomes extremely high (last night - 210/110), I get pains
in the chest with this increase in BP, very cold feet, ...

Hi GS, hello Dr. Chung
GS, how many mg do you take daily?
With 3min exercise i have an average pulse rate of 110 beats instead of 140.
I like the nadolol (30mg daily), because it seems very effective to block

"carbohydrate absorption
Carbohydrate absorption tends to occur at the small intestine brush
border:
fructose:

I'm 52 with type-2 diabetes and a strong family history of heart problems,
am obese, and was on Lipitor but, my CPK's went up to 8500, so, am on no
statins for now.  While my stress tests and ekg's were all normal when I had
them, I'm still concerned that I'm a walking time bomb. ...