I've never been on a statin myself, but I have a brother who had similar problems with Baycol, Lipitor, and Crestor. He is now on Vytorin, but hasn't been on it long enough to know whether or not he'll have problems with it, too.

I am personally on niacin therapy, taking 750 mg daily Endur-acin, divided 3x with meals, and have achieved good control and no side effects. My initial numbers were worse than yours. I did combine it with dietary changes, though.

Your initial numbers of TC 225 and LDL 136 are not particularly high and could be lowered to within the desired range by dietary changes alone for many people. Did you try dietary and exercise changes before you reached those numbers? Or do you have other risk factors, such as a previous heart attack, that it is more critical that you get the numbers down fast?

[QUOTE=Uff-Da!]I've never been on a statin myself, but I have a brother who had similar problems with Baycol, Lipitor, and Crestor. He is now on Vytorin, but hasn't been on it long enough to know whether or not he'll have problems with it, too.

I am personally on niacin therapy, taking 750 mg daily Endur-acin, divided 3x with meals, and have achieved good control and no side effects. My initial numbers were worse than yours. I did combine it with dietary changes, though.

Your initial numbers of TC 225 and LDL 136 are not particularly high and could be lowered to within the desired range by dietary changes alone for many people. Did you try dietary and exercise changes before you reached those numbers? Or do you have other risk factors, such as a previous heart attack, that it is more critical that you get the numbers down fast?