Statins Blog
Do you use Statins?
Stains are prescribed to healthy people who are at high risk of heart disease and for people who have had a heart attack or stroke so as to prevent further problems.
Statins work by reducing the levels of ‘bad cholesterol’ (the low-density lipoprotein or LDL). High levels of LDL can lead to the build up of fatty deposits in patients’ arteries and can lead to coronary heart disease.
We are interested in understanding your stories as to how you started to follow particular treatments in this case using Statins. We are also keen to understand your awareness about Statins and the controversies about the surrounding the use of Statins from within the scientific community.
In particular we are interested in the following questions:-
- What was the original condition for which you were prescribed your statin?
- Were you offered any other treatments prior to going on to a statin?
- Did you have any concerns about being prescribed a statin?
- What sources of information did you use to find out more about Statins?
- Please do feel very free to raise any other points you may think would interest other readers of the blog.
There are a number of different Statins available which include Atorvastatin (known as Lipitor or Torvast), Fluvastatin (Lescol) , Lovastatin (Mevacor, Altocor or Altoprev), Mevastatin, Pitavastatin (Livalo or Pitava), Pravastatin (Pravachol, Selektine or Lipostat), Rosuvastatin (Crestor), Simvastatin (Zocor, Lipex) , or combination therapies such as Vytorin, Advicor, Caduet and Simcor. We would be keen to know which of these Statins you use when you tell your story on the blog.
Remember, a blog is really like having a conversation with lots of people at the same time and so please check back on the blog to see what others have said so that if you would like to add to their thoughts you can.
Thanks
Belinda
