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Originally Posted by CGSTL
Hey Buddy... I am friends with a couple of long time Pfizer chemists who are very familiar with this compound. I'll shoot your inquiry over to them to see what they say.
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Surely the best way to find out if the medication causes serious side effects is to ask employees of the company who makes billions of dollars from its sale.
Next time a newbie on X5World asks if the X5 is a good car, I'll remember to suggest they ask people who work for BMW.
Regarding the question asked, I haven't actually read anything about that particular side effect, but it would not shock me. The main side effects seem to be liver related.
You can drastically lower your LDL through diet, but you would probably not be happy with the changes you would have to make in your diet. My dad managed to lower his cholesterol from 250+ down to about 160 without any medication, all in about 3 months. However, he probably had better motivation than most as he had just had a major heart attack and the doctors told him he would not live much longer if he did not lower his cholesterol.
Just going on your typical "low cholesterol" diet is not enough. In his case he cut out all diary, all meat (including chicken) except for seafood, and anything very high in carbs. He eats mostly vegitables and fish/seafood. He also stays away from anything very high in sodium.
In my dad's case, his high cholesterol is also genetic. He had a brother who died of a heart attack at age 37, and both of his parents also died of heart disease.
He also went for chelation therapy every week for 6 months during this same period, so I'm not sure if that had any affect on his cholesterol counts or not. But the doctors say that the several blockages he had in his arteries last year are all gone now. So apparently it can be done without medication.