My grandmother is taking Lipitor for her cholesterol. She is worried that she can’t drink coffee while on medication??? Help please! thank you!!!
What are some things my grandmother should avoid when taking Lipitor?
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First thing is to AVOID THE LIPITOR! That drug is dangerous and should not be on the market.
Statin drugs like Lipitor, lower cholesterol by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, a key enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. In many cases these drugs activate the Atrogin-1 gene that plays a key role in muscle atrophy. Three separate tests showed that even at low concentrations, statin drugs led to Atrogin-1 induced muscle damage. As the concentrations increased, the damage increased as well. This is why many people have muscle cramps and aches when taking these drugs. Since the heart is a muscle, does it make sense to activate the Atrogin-1 gene that causes muscle atrophy? Additionally, the production of Coenzyme Q-10 is greatly reduced by 50% in just 30 days from taking statin drugs. This co-enzyme is vital to good heart function, making collagen for structural integrity, and most importantly every cell in the body needs this coenzyme to produce ATP for cellular energy. There are some disease consequences from having low Coenzyme Q-10 such as rhabdomyolysis, hepatitis, myopathy, neuropathy, cardiomyopathy, vertigo, congestive heart failure. Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially fatal disease where muscle tissue deteriorates as a result of a deficiency of Coenzyme Q-10. This is in addition to the activation of the Atrogin-1 gene. In addition to these problems from taking statin drugs things like cognitive loss, neuropathy, anemia, acidosis, frequent fevers, cataracts, and sexual dysfunction have also been reported as side effects.
It is BAD SCIENCE that says cholesterol numbers above 200 are bad. A woman should have a total cholesterol between 240 and 300 for longevity and the ability to make good STEROID HORMONES.
The body makes 85% of the cholesterol found in the body and only 15% comes from diet. If you eat less cholesterol, your body just makes more. Controlling the cholesterol levels in people is just a way for drug companies to sell billions of dollars of that and other drugs, nothing more. Cholesterol does NOT cause heart disease. Even the American Heart Associations says that.
Your grandmother will need to watch her blood pressure now very carefully because reducing the cholesterol in her body will affect her ability to repair arteries and STROKE will now become a higher risk for her. She needs to become educated on this issue and not listen to the INDOCTRINATION that is happening everywhere on this subject.
EDIT: Tweety, the biggest drug interaction from taking Lipitor is Lipitor itself. It is reacting with the body in ways that no one should have to endure, ever. It is a dangerous drug, addressing a make believe problem, and is damaging so many people, yet our illustrious medical system seems to still believe the ego maniac, Ancel Keys, was credible and his lipid hypothesis that created this lunacy was credible. When someone asks the question, they need to learn the truth, not some sugar coated medical indoctrination dreamed up by a pharmaceutical company with a profit agenda regardless of the health problems that drug is creating, like liver cancer!
I liked your suggestion to see a pharmacist about his opinion on Lipitor. Here is a guy on Yahoo Answers that is a pharmacist that will give you his opinion: "aceofspd"
good luck
"What are some things my grandmother should avoid when taking Lipitor?" — Foods that are high in cholesterol and/or fat and alcohol. I imagine her doctor already knows what other meds she takes and is aware of drug interactions. Her pharmacy has her medication profile and this will red flag any potential interactions between Lipitor and whatever else she takes.
The good news is that she can enjoy her coffee while on Lipitor. There’s no interaction and coffee has no affect on cholesterol levels. Please let your grandmother know that if she has a question about a medication, she can talk to her pharmacist. She may feel her questions aren’t important enough to bother her doctor with or her doctor is "too busy" to deal with her questions. But she can always ask her pharmacist.
Her worry has endeared her to me and I hope the medication works well for her.
Jesus Christ, "onlymatch4u", all the guy asked about was a simple drug interaction. He didn’t ask for your personal opinion or this diatribe.
Yep, the biggest problem with Lipitor, is Lipitor. In addition to what onlymatch has already mentioned, statins cause a suppression of the immune system. That is why they immediately halt the statin studies, the minute there is a statistical advantage, before the increase in deaths from cancer become evident. One study showed this effect on the immune system, so the spin doctors had the nerve to write in the conclusion that with more study we might have a new drug for organ rejection.
Statins only help 1% of the study participants. Keep in mind that they all already had one heart attack, no women, every, has been shown to benefit, no man over 50 has ever benefited. Also, almost 100% of the people taking these drugs, have more than one side effect. Problem is nobody will tell them what to look for. If you hear someone say " I am just getting old" they are talking about statin side effects. On http://www.spacedoc.net , they have concluded the biggest side effect of statins is accelerated aging. Try proving that theory.
Pharmacist who’s life was almost ruined by Lipitor
53 years old and feel like 80