Posted by JJ on October 21, 2000 at 19:07:23:

In Reply to: Re: Lipitor vs. Zocor posted by Jo on October 21, 2000 at 18:37:34:

: : Hubby asked his dr. if he could try going off Lipitor for awhile and try to control cholesterol naturally. he is on 20 mg. since his artery cleaning 5 years ago. Cholesterol is now 149 and his stress test 3 weeks ago was perfect. Dr. said he could try, but thinks it will just go up anyway. When asked if he did have to go back on meds. could he be switched to Zocor, as friends claim less side effects, dr. said doseage would have to be doubled as Zocor is much less potent than Lipitor. If they have to double the doseage to match Lipitor, wouldn't that just cause the same ole side effects?

: Don't know about Zocor but when they took me off pravachol and put me on lipitor which is much stronger my side effects seem to be half and some days less than before. I think it is how your body deals with it.

Your right, everyone is different. My friend is being switched to Pravachol from Lipitor, as she was like me, couldn't handle Lipitor? I'm doing a little better on Baycol 4mg, but Lipitor 10 mg. was H*ll for me. Even though the 4 mg is suppose to be equivalent to 10 of Lipitor. Must be some ingredient that don't like me. Good luck, and good health.

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