[Magdalen] Today, PCP appt.

[Jay Weigel]

Don't even get me started on what I think about statins.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 8:40 AM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 6:43 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmm. Maybe get a second opinion.  I was told similar by one physician
> > neurologist and then was starting with a new MD because my GP retired. We
> > discussed this and he said he had no problem with my continuing to take
> the
> > other medication. I don't take it very often, but when I do it's a
> > lifesaver. Glad I didn't just accept the first opinion without a quibble.
> >
>
> Am a little reluctant to do this for a couple of reasons. He only took me
> off the Imitrex after I spent a week in hospital with internal bleeding (am
> also a warfarin user). Main concern is a clot forming above the greenfield
> filter I have. The preventive he has me taking works for the most part.
> Only 1 bad episode in the last 6 years.
>
> As background, the VA started me on statins in the early 2000's. Within a
> couple on months is when my trouble with neuropathy began. I raised the
> issue with my doctor who told me there was no connection. He referred me to
> a neurologist at the Little Rock VA who concurred. I was still an actice
> teacher at the time; the drive to Little Rock meant taking a day of sick
> leave each time so I had my local dr find me a neurologist closer where I
> could get by with 1/2 day off. The first one he found was good but he moved
> in 6 months and his replacement was a joke. I asked each successive
> neurologist this same question about side effects and always got the same
> answer. When I again asked for another neurologist, I ended up with my
> present one. My first visit, he looked at my med list and asked me "if you
> have neuropathy, why are you taking statins? He had my local dr find me an
> alternative (ended up using fish oil and niacin).
>
>
>
> --
> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
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