Comparing Atorvastatin vs Repatha

For High Cholesterol: I have been taking statins for 3 years now and this site rates up there as a good resource for medication experience. There seems to be medication manufacturer/retail people posting here touting how great medications are. My advice is to be aware of anyone making statements that taking medications over lifestyle change is the answer. In 10 years from now if we have 10's of millions of people with cancer and liver disease what will they say then. Health care employs more people with very high salaries than any other profession and to keep it going there is no telling what they may do. Be careful and take care of your health and by that I do not mean taking more medications. It saddens me to see young people under 35 years old taking this drug. Please try all the lifestyle options before drugs.

For High Cholesterol: At 40 mg, I experienced numbness, tingling, and burning in my toes and fingers. Cold fingers and feet as well. This occurred over a period of 3 weeks. Stopped taking the pill, and symptoms disappeared. I experienced similar issues when taking lipitor 40mg as well. I can tolerate doses only up to 20 mg.

For High Cholesterol: Where to start... all my life my cholesterol has been high and after years of statins with no success I was finally approved 3 months ago the first shot of Repatha and I saw my numbers halved from 323 total to within normal range with still elevated triglycerides. Let’s skip ahead to just before my third shot... the other morning my fingers turned blue for a bit and my legs are swollen with water retention the thighs are mottled red as well as my trunk, over my love handles I weigh about 200 pounds while a bit over weight for a male of 5’8” not obese by any standard. I didn't have diabetes prior but I guess that will be told as now diabetes has been added to the list of potential side effects. The doctor placed me on 420mg once a month. My skin is not healing quickly if I get scratched or cut. This is the only medication I take. Also I will add that my blood pressure has been rising since starting this where is never had blood pressure problems before

For High Cholesterol: So much pain after I started taking Repatha. Lowered my cholesterol but you have to decide if you want to die from pain or high cholesterol. So many side effects from this stuff but heart doctors only see cholesterol numbers they don't worry about pain.