I;ve been taking it for the past one and a half years. My cholestrol is down to 160 and has remained there for a year. I think I should stop because it may be causing low testosterone level.
2006-07-07 01:46:45 · 7 answers · asked by Morphious 4 in Health ➔ Men's Health
The first question is, have you changed your eating habits to help bring down your cholesterol? If you are relying only on Lipitor for cholesterol control, don't stop taking it.
Second, have you actually had your testosterone level tested? If not, don't stop Lipitor.
And if that is the only side effect you are having, I would argue it is worth continuing the Lipitor.
If your testosterone levels are depressed and you don't want to take testosterone, ask your doctor about reducing the Lipitor dose, and see if it has an effect on your cholesterol and your testosterone.
2006-07-07 01:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, seeing as though lipitor has no effect on your testosterone(btw what are you basing this on, did you have your testosterone checked) and 160 is a great number for your cholesterol, I would stay on the medication and stop blaming it for some problem that you assume you have, as to the person that said take red rice yeast, it contains lovastatin which is in the same class as lipitor(just much less potent on cholesterol) and if lipitor has an effect on testosterone then so would lovastatin
2006-07-07 02:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by cdsfhc2002 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are natural substitutes - check out Red Yeast Rice Statin on the web, or at the health food store. We took my husband off of the Lipitor, as it had the potential to cause liver damage.
Regarding your low testosterone, ask your doctor for a fasting insulin blood test . Ask for a copy of your results. 10 or higher is abnormal for an adult. Your symptoms (all of them) could be related to hyperinsulinemia (insulin overproduction).
Insulin is the #1 hormone - because it can affect the production of all the other hormones, including testosterone.
For basic information on hyperinsulinemia, check out www.mayoclinic.com and search for hyperinsulinemia.
For what to do about it, if you have it, get basic information at www.hufa.org.
2006-07-07 01:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Regarding the advice to "ask the doctor", I am 80 years old and have been to too many doctors who mis-prescribed or who should have prescribed and didn't. It is amazing how often doctors don't agree on prescriptions or procedures. I know first hand they are not infallible and the patient is often left to make their own decision which is not much more than a good guess based on the information they get..
2014-10-17 14:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by Marie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the kicker with cholesterol meds (I know because my husband also takes Lipitor)
Once you stop the cholesterol most likely will shoot right back up
Generally those meds are lifetime drugs
2006-07-07 01:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't ask people online whether you should stop taking a presecription given you by a medical doctore. Ask the doctor!
2006-07-07 01:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by michael941260 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on what is more important to you - keeping your cholesterol down, or your ummm ya know, up. Only a man would ask this question, sheeeeeeesh
2006-07-07 01:55:12 · answer #7 · answered by p_k80808 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't stop taking a prescribed medication without first discussing it with your doctor.
2006-07-07 01:50:40 · answer #8 · answered by amissybell 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not yet
2006-07-07 01:49:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋