Hello all,
This Saturday my mother began to have terrible rashes and redness and whiteness all over her body, followed by swelling of the lips. After a while she also began to feel cold. We asked her if she had eaten something particular, since this was obviously some kind of allergic reaction. After a while, she told us that she began (after a break) to take her anti-cholesterol pills again, I believe they are called Lipitor. I firmly believe that this is the reason. Her doctor, which amazes me with his naive reasoning, said that it is probably not the drug, but the break she made in taking them... He recommends that she takes anti-allergy pills to fight off the allergic reaction. If it is not over in a week he said that they will see then. It seems to me that he is pushing these anti-cholesterol drugs on a huge scale. I will ask my parents to find another doctor when this is over.
I've read on the net now that some cholesterol-lowering agents with statin have 19 pages of side-effects listed. Some doctors say that they are really dangerous. I think my mother has been using these for the last 5 years. She has had trouble remembering at times, but she has blamed this on stress and age. I'm thinking now that perhaps these drugs are the cause. Please pray for her to be well, and that God works a miracle for them.
God be with you all,
Eirik