Bempedoic acid for High Cholesterol User Reviews
Brand names: Nexletol
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- Sus...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 3, 2024
Bempedoic acid "I'm 65 and have suffered from high cholesterol since my 20s. I tried statins, but they caused a rotator cuff tear with type 2 SLAP tears. I was a little hesitant to start Nexletol based upon possible tendon rupture. I've been taking the drug for 2 months now and am thrilled with the results. No side effects, and my blood test showed my cholesterol level, for the first time in 46 years, is normal."
- Hur...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- July 8, 2024
Bempedoic acid "After taking Nexletol for 1 1/2 years, I developed severe peripheral nerve pain in my arms, shoulders, legs, and feet. I had severe burning pain. After stopping Nexletol, the burning in my shoulders started to lessen after 3 days and quickly stopped. However, the stiffness in my back, and the burning nerve pain in my legs and feet has taken over the last 1 1/2 years to get better. It’s been a slow process. (Gabapentin, PT, Tylenol, NSAIDs, and cortisone injections). I am now treating IT Band issues and bursitis. By the way, I had similar peripheral nerve damage from statins previously before taking Nexletol. That nerve pain wasn’t as severe though. On a good note, Nexletol alone decreased my cholesterol greatly."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- April 14, 2024
Bempedoic acid "I am taking Nexletol for high cholesterol. It was the first medication that did not produce dizziness and leg cramping (caused by statin medication). Downside: expensive, occasional leg cramping and chest tightness."
- Lin...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 6, 2025
"Anti-cholesterol medications scare me to death. I have begun taking bempedoic acid (generic Bempesta from India) every other day. After doing this for one month, it lowered my cholesterol by ten points. I have noticed an occasional slight raspy feeling in my lungs and a perhaps related slight feeling of tiredness. I am trying to find out why bempedoic acid causes anemia in some patients, but so far, no information has become available."
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- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- May 1, 2025
Bempedoic acid "It has caused pain in both of my feet, stiffness in all toes in both feet. Weakness in legs, arms, and shoulders. Elevated my uric acid levels. Taken off it for 1 week to see if these symptoms go away. It did lower my cholesterol."
- Tah...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- September 4, 2024
Bempedoic acid "Leg pain when I start walking. Drowsiness. Back pain. Frequent urination. Tiredness."
- pro...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 5, 2025
"I have been taking this medicine with Rosucor 20 for more than 6 months. Bempedoic acid has helped me a lot in reducing my cholesterol level."
- ann...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- January 8, 2025
"No side effects and easy to swallow. Take every day at the same time with water and only take it on its own, but I have high levels of trystic in my cholesterol."
- Ano...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- April 16, 2025
Bempedoic acid "I am on Nexletol - I get heartburn from ezetimibe. I have no side effects from the Nexletol whatsoever. I started off taking a half tablet and increased to one per day without issue."
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Bempedoic acid "After trying everything on the market to lower my cholesterol, and experiencing terrible side effects from statins, I read about Bempedoic Acid. I was already taking Zetia with no results. I asked my cardiologist about this new drug, Nexletol, and he agreed to let me try it. In three months, my total cholesterol went from 255 to 126 and no side effects! It worked for me when everything else did not."