My mother was told a year ago that her cholesterol was 268. She started heavily focusing on her diet, started exercising etc. She is 52 years old this year and in her most recent physical her count only went down to 263. The doctor insisted Lipitor and despite her better judgment she started taking it. She immediately began to have so many problems including waking up in the middle of the night with what she thought was a severe anxiety attack. Her hips and legs hurt so much that she could not get out of bed some days. She just returned from the doctor and after a cardiogram it appears Q waves are apparent and she may have had a heart attack. I am convinced this is due to the lipitor since it all started almost immediately. She is at her wits end and does not know what to do. I have told her to start including flax oil in her diet and I believe she started using salmon oil. Is there anything else she can due that does not have the horrible side effects that these statin type medicines have? Please help me help my mother.
Yours truly,
Barry P.
