... in my legs from taking statins and feneofibrates ( tricor ) for super high cholesterol. I had to stop the statins ... altogether, but still take tricor for awhile, and then stop for awhile. Enough bout...
... one of the most serious possible side effects of Tricor (which is in the class of drugs called fibrates) besides ... also taking a statin drug in combination with the Tricor ? If so, this can have serious side effects. This ... gathered from a prescription drug information page for Tricor : "Rhabdomyolysis has occurred when lovastatin was ... combined therapy with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and TRICOR is not outweighed by the risks of severe myopathy ... that site regarding health warnings associated with Tricor : "Because of chemical, pharmacological and clinical ... similarities between TRICOR (fenofibrate capsules), micronized, Atromid-S (clofibrate ... studies with these other fibrate drugs may also apply to TRICOR . In a study, conducted by the World Health Organization ... shows that you are more likely to die if you take Tricor than a placebo, a 44% increase. 33% of the increase ... increased coronary events. So this shows that taking Tricor to reduce your cholesterol actually increases your ... such as cancer. So what is the purpose of taking Tricor in the first place if not to reduce your risk of death ... forum for more info. By searching for the keywords " tricor rhabdomyolysis" (no quotes), I got over 100 hits on...
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I wish that I had known more about the Tricor prior to my father starting on it to inform him. ... these pages and especially your statistics on the Tricor I feel that my father was a walking time bomb while ... medicine. Thank God that right now he is not on the Tricor . However my concerns at this point are:
1. Is there ... residual effect of the damage incurred from taking the Tricor ?
2. How can I get him to change his diet and lifestyle...
... Not a tricor patient but was on Lipitor 20 mg for 14 months and...
