Red Bull drink lifts stroke risk: Australian study

subarugirl said:
Come to Liquid Envy in Redhill tonight!! Im working, hopefully on bar what with it being saturday. Drinks are £1 each before midnight. So double vodka and redbull costs £2 (50p for each shot of vodka and £1 for the redbull). Get totally plastered in no time and not spend much doing so!!
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Argh, bargin !
Im saving myself for tomorrow.
(meaning I slacked off this week and have loads of work to catch up on :alright: )
 
Phatgixer said:
Simvastatin is the dog's doo-dah's! My cholesterol is 4.1 and you've got to see the crap I eat :rofl:
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Majority of your cholesterol is produced by your own body....... diet makes around 1-1.5 mmol/l difference.

Simvastatin and similar HMG CoA reductase inhibitors just stops your liver producing it :alright:
 
Gastro said:
Majority of your cholesterol is produced by your own body....... diet makes around 1-1.5 mmol/l difference.

Simvastatin and similar HMG CoA reductase inhibitors just stops your liver producing it :alright:
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What causes the muscle aching and general soreness in your hands and limbs......

I stopped taking mine after I could hardly hold the spanners to work on my boys karts :eek:
 
daved6 said:
What causes the muscle aching and general soreness in your hands and limbs......

I stopped taking mine after I could hardly hold the spanners to work on my boys karts :eek:
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Its complicated, but a common(ish) symptom occring in up to 20% of people on higher doses.
 

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Gastro said:
Its complicated, but a common(ish) symptom occring in up to 20% of people on higher doses.
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Are there any other ways around it, I've tried Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Simvastatin both caused serious problems with my shoulders, arms and hands, this gradually became worse over a 3 month period each time untill I had to stop taking them, not sure what needs to be done next :dontknow:
 
I read a web article by a USA doctor which basically said that the drug reps recommend the dose to doctors (guess how high they want them to prescribe) - reducing the dose progressively can reduce the side effects and still reduce the cholesterol to acceptable limits.
 
daved6 said:
Are there any other ways around it, I've tried Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Simvastatin both caused serious problems with my shoulders, arms and hands, this gradually became worse over a 3 month period each time untill I had to stop taking them, not sure what needs to be done next :dontknow:
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Use an alternative cholesterol lowering medication ie not a statin - perhaps a fibrate, but I admit I'm not a cholesterol expert TBH.
 
stevorocket said:
I read a web article by a USA doctor which basically said that the drug reps recommend the dose to doctors (guess how high they want them to prescribe) - reducing the dose progressively can reduce the side effects and still reduce the cholesterol to acceptable limits.
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:wall

Fantastic bit of advice that Steve :out
 
Rob O'Dea said:
Argh, bargin !
Im saving myself for tomorrow.
(meaning I slacked off this week and have loads of work to catch up on :alright: )
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Alright, come in tomorrow then! Im working tomorrow. Same prices on drinks!! Until midnight, then double vodka/redbull is a bit, around £5 I think, but you will be so plastered by then that you wont need many more by then and wont care anyway!!!
 
Actually it was a fantastic bit of advice.

Drug companies SELL drugs - it is in their interest to PUSH high doses which MAY not suit everyone.

The amount of a drug required to produce a result varies from individual to individual - we are NOT all the same! (for example - I have NO effects from statins!)

So gradually reducing the dose (and measuring the effect) till you get NO after effects but a REAL benefit is A GOOD THING.

:yeah:
 
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