Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

[Undercover Elsa]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

Sorry to hijack your thread Di but I've hunted it down as my OH went to see the Dr about his gout and was found to have high blood pressure which triggered further blood tests and a 24 hour BP monitor.
He saw the doctor for his results last week and his average BP is 185/125 and his cholesterol 6.2.

He's very fit apart from the gout, not an ounce of excess fat on him and gets lots of excercise in his job (and my DIY lists )

He prescribed Pravastin 40mg at night for the cholesterol and Amlodipine 5mg in the mornings for his blood pressure.
He's not started the Amlodipine yet as I wanted him to wait till his day off tomorrow to check for adverse effects, as he has a long drive to work each morning.

After only the 2nd dose of Pravastin he's had a bad night with leg cramps.
Reading through the thread I'll get him some tonic water to see if that helps, and have just ordered some Stat-Guard from Amazon. He has to go for an ECG tomorrow so I'll make sure he mentions the cramps when he goes.

I'm currently working on a diet for him that takes in the Gout, BP and Cholesterol. That's mainly tomatoes and cherries then


There was also an odd liver function result which I need to get to the bottom of as the Dr's English wasn't too good. I think it may have been the GGT which he said was very high and practically accused my OH of being alcoholic!
Now he (we) do like a drink in the evening, but not in excess. He has a couple of bottles of beer sometimes followed by a glass of wine with dinner.

I'm wondering whether his gout medication (Indometacin) may have affected the results as he's been taking a lot lately, so more research needed. (I'm a retired nurse so I like to know all the fine details, but things have moved on since I left, and there's nothing like personal experience for real knowledge.)

How are you getting on now with this Di? Did you get the cramps under control?

Elsa x

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

Baking soda for kidney patients - Health news - NHS Choices

there's another link, from the initial studies..

Obviously you'd check it out with your Doc...you're taking other medication I guess...

That's a far better link, thank you.

This is something that I will be mentioning now at my next appointment, and yes as well as statins for cholesterol, I do take 2 types of meds for high bp as well.

[cardiac arrest]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

Baking soda for kidney patients - Health news - NHS Choices

there's another link, from the initial studies..

Obviously you'd check it out with your Doc...you're taking other medication I guess...

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

I was reading that drinking Sodium bicarbonate is good for kidney disease, but I am a little iffy because of the sodium and sure it wont help the cholesterol, take a read of what I found anyway...

http://drsircus.com/medicine/sodium-...um-bicarbonate

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

Must go an have a look, sorry for sort of diverting this thread away from it's main purpose ....

must confess though...I have a bread making machine, so it's nothing too clever really...just chuck it all in and press the button !

That's alright, think I will have to get one, but know in my luck I will still mess up lol!

[cardiac arrest]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

Must go an have a look, sorry for sort of diverting this thread away from it's main purpose ....

must confess though...I have a bread making machine, so it's nothing too clever really...just chuck it all in and press the button !

[Pixie]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

There's already a cookery corner section of the forum Cookery Corner - allaboutFORUMS

Might be good to start a healthy cooking thread.

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

The steamer is a wonderful thing...I do potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and either tuna or salmon all in one session (typical Yorkshireman...) lol

Spices are good for you, so plenty of home made chicken or vegetable curries too...and I make my own bread.

never buy pre prepared or take outs...I too use low sodium salt..and plenty of smoothies for breakfast (that's my 5 portions of fruit)...

I do like chocolate though...............

We should have a cookery thread...

Yummy, sounds nice and healthy!

Smoothies are yummy too.

I'm hopeless at making my own bread, but mum in law and sometimes my mum will do this for us, I must just have the patience to learn me thinks lol.

LOL, funny you said that, I think a cookery thread is a good idea, especially on healthy food, good one! Maybe you could start one x

[cardiac arrest]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

The steamer is a wonderful thing...I do potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and either tuna or salmon all in one session (typical Yorkshireman...) lol

Spices are good for you, so plenty of home made chicken or vegetable curries too...and I make my own bread.

never buy pre prepared or take outs...I too use low sodium salt..and plenty of smoothies for breakfast (that's my 5 portions of fruit)...

I do like chocolate though...............

We should have a cookery thread...

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

My diet usually contains steamed Veg, I do not use salt at all, but herbs as an alternative (I've not always done this though, only the past few months), this is to try to slow down the process of the kidney functioning decreasing.
Fruit, I love strawberries, pears, apples, I will not at all touch grapefruit, not that we can eat or drink the juice of it anyway on the statins, but I'm not a lover of it anyway.

So basically everything has to be low sodium...
Brown pasta, wholemeal bread etc.....Rice.
Lean meats, fish, chicken without the skin.

It's a matter of keeping the Blood pressure down as well as the cholesterol and not to put any further pressure on the kidneys.

The food above is mainly for the kidney functioning.
Cholesterol is not food related in my case, it is an hereditary factor, as well as high BP.

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

I tend to drink lots of water and Cranberry juice (not neat Cranberry), and the odd cuppa. I do not drink pop or fizzy drinks anymore as I believe that would not be good for the kidneys.

Mind you I do enjoy a mug of Aero-drinking chocolate as a night cap, then take up a glass of water.

Current Kidney funtion from November test - 50% gfr, so that would be classed as stage 3 out of 5 stages, scary, but the next follow up blood work is now in early Feb.

[cardiac arrest]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

We all know we should be drinking at least a litre of water a day for our kidneys, but why is that so hard to do ? I find a full glass of water soon as I get up gets me off on the right foot.

As for Statins, their impact may be over-stated, as some suggest over a 30 year period it might give you 9 months extra...while you have 30 years of side effects.

Like most people, I hate taking tabs..I want my body to sort itself out, encouraged with a good diet and plenty of exercise...and of course not getting stressed....easy said though.

[The Tech Clerk]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

My problem is my kidney functioning, so not sure if i can take the risk, so far I've been told not to drink any alcohol, mainly because of the kidneys but not the cholesterol (being on the tabs)..

Although I do not drink drink as such, but every new year I did enjoy one little bit of Baileys..........looks like I can't even have that one this year........DOH! lol.

We have to be so careful now!

[di30]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

My problem is my kidney functioning, so not sure if i can take the risk, so far I've been told not to drink any alcohol, mainly because of the kidneys but not the cholesterol (being on the tabs)..

Although I do not drink drink as such, but every new year I did enjoy one little bit of Baileys..........looks like I can't even have that one this year........DOH! lol.

[The Tech Clerk]

Re: Simvastatins (40MG) side affects.

moderation they said to me, although at the time I could not afford to drink or now as the hours when I was working dropped dramatically.