Pravachol, Zocor or Lipitor?

[DVC-Don]

I am on Lipitor and it is working fine with no side effects. Prior to that, I was on Baycol and wound up in the hospital for 4 days in the summer of 2001. It got pulled off the market the week I was released.

 

[dennise]

mY HUSBAND HAD A HEART ATTACK AT 42, AND HAS BEEN ON A STATIN EVER SINCE. DIET AND EXERCISE DID NOT HELP, HE HAS A STRONG HFAMILY HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE WITH BOTH PARENTS DYING RELATIVELY YOUNG(57, 69). THE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR HIM HAS BEEN LIPITOR, HAS BEEN ON IT FOR 5 YEARS NOW WITH LITTLE SIDE EFFECTS. HAS REGULR BLOOD WORK DONE EVERY THREE MONTHS, INCLUDING LIVER ENZYMES, SAW HIS PHYS THIS AM AND HIS CHOLESTEROL IS NOW 3.7, AND HDL, LDL, AND THRYGL. ARE ALMOST INTHE NORMAL RANGE. HE IS SLIM AND VERY ACTIVE, ITS JUST HIS GENETIC MAKE UP. 2 OF 3 CHILDREN HAVE PROBLEMS AS WELL. THINKS THE LIPITOR IS GREAT.