Thanks Connie,
He had no pain at all for over a year on this regiment: 10 mg.s Lipitor and 1200 mg. RYR.
Then SHOCKER!
......... this past May '07, he had a LAD blockage that was corrected by stinting. All other vessels were clear they said.
They (MD & Cardiologist) upped his Lipitor to 20mg. and left the RYR at 1200. I mentioned the RYR to both the Doctors but since they wanted his numbers to get low and stay low after the attack, they told him to stay on the RYR.
But, I felt that he was probably getting too much statin as he started experiencing muscle pain several months after the stinting. Finally, he had enough and talked to the MD, and went off of the 20mg. Lipitor for 1 week, then back when the pain subsided but, the pain returned, thus the Niaspan.
Knowing there are others out there on RYR & Niaspan, I won't worry as much.
Hopefully his numbers won't be too far off couple weeks and the Niaspan will work. He will need to be on medications for life and he is only 55. He has never been overweight and he and I have worked out for over 20 years and follow a good diet.
However, after this we are tightening the reins even more!!!!!!!!
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