anyone have success with garlic tabs - High Cholesterol Message Board

cossette2 · 02-03-2004, 08:41 AM

I picked up some Kwai garlic tabs yesterday as I heard an ad for them on the radio saying they help lower cholesterol.....anyone have succes with garlic tabs out there?
My total chol. is 277 and am presently on lipitor.
cossette

savanannastar · 02-04-2004, 07:24 PM

I lower my total cholesterol 20 some points after i started taking garlic supplements,However i also started taking fish oil too because i hate fish and i heard how good it was so i had to get it somewhere.

ARIZONA73 · 02-05-2004, 06:05 PM

I've been using an enteric coated garlic supplement which is standardized to contain at least 4000mcg allicin for several years now. While I never actually noticed that it lowered my total cholesterol, it has certainly increased the HDL. So I'm happy. Who cares about a single total cholesterol number so long as the ratios are good?

Me7700 · 02-14-2004, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ARIZONA73

I've been using an enteric coated garlic supplement which is standardized to contain at least 4000mcg allicin for several years now. While I never actually noticed that it lowered my total cholesterol, it has certainly increased the HDL. So I'm happy. Who cares about a single total cholesterol number so long as the ratios are good?

Do you think there would be a proplem taking both garlic and fish oil if you are on Lipitor. The reason I'm asking is I want to stop taking so much Lipitor. I'm on 20mg so I cut them in half to 10 and would like to stop taking it altogther.

Matt

ARIZONA73 · 02-14-2004, 09:23 PM

Yes, you can take both garlic and fish oil while taking Lipitor. There are no adverse interactions between them.