[pct-l] Rx Vytorin

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Amanda,

My cholesterol was 230 so I only ate chicken or fish.  When I went back a
year later it was 235.  Then I became vegetarian but I did not eat any
cheese or animal fat of any kind.  That means I could only drink non fat
milk and eat non fat yogurt and cottage cheese.  It worked.  I lowered my
cholesterol to 170.  My "good" cholesterol was always high, 80 so 170 is a
very good total for me.

Consider managing your cholesterol by being vegetarian with non fat milk
products and only the egg whites.  We are active and exercise so it should
work for you.

Melanie

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Amanda L Silvestri <aslive at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  My doctor is think of putting me on Vytorin for cholesterol control but
> said that a possible side effect could be muscle weakness.  I am 59 years
> old and hiking to Canada this summer.  I am concerned about muscle
> weakness.  I know you can't give out medical advice over the Internet and
> without seeing my blood work, but I would like to know if anyone has
> experienced muscle weakness on Vytorin.
>
> Shepherd
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