Hypoxia and Medicine

Questions about side effects of Lipitor, toprol re heart and stopping meds?

I have ischemia and irregular heartbeat which I don't really understand, erratic high blood pressure, an injured knee which is always kind of swollen (inflammed?), carpal tunnel and an ongoing neck injury from legal computer work (which I no longer do). I felt so exhausted, very weak, very depressed, mentally confused and slow. Needless to say, the incapable, weak, incompetent affects have never beeen a part of my life before. THEREFORE, I decided to stop all meds about 3 weeks ago. I really feel so much better and stronger. A nurse told me, no matter what, don't take Lipitor; as you get older your muscles will all be wasted and you don't want that. I DON'T want that. Now I am wondering what to do about the ischemia and clogged arteries . I'm leary of my heart dr. who told me I could take Adderall with ischemia and an inflammation bec. it speeds up my erratic heart??? Inflammation is not supposed to be good for ischemia. Can anyone help me understand where to do from here?

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1. i dntknow about the other questions but dont ever stop taking your medicines expecially heart medication. people can have strokes from stopping abruptley. get palpitations. I take 2 pressure pills andblood thinners.. im only 30 im not overweight to bad i hate taking all these pills every day. if u have clogged arteries and u are swollen has the doc suggest getting an ultra sound or is the swollen area in your knee proven to be from the knee injury? j/curious but dont stop u meds pain can makeu depressed thats for sure. because when we are in pain we stress our bodys and we dont relase some kind of hormone to regulate our mental mood.. listen to the docs.
2. Go to a cardiologist. Talk to him about your problems in the past. Abruptly stopping your medication without informing your doctor is never a good idea, but it is particularly dangerous with heart meds. Toprol is known to cause fatigue, and is the most likely cause of some of your problems, the doctor may be able to decrease the dose or switch to a different medication that won't cause as many problems. You need to weigh quality of life verses length of life. If you prefer to feel good for a short period of time and don't mind dying soon maybe stopping medications is the best approach, but you need to discus this with your doctor and make sure you understand the consequences of going off meds.
3. Find the nurse who gave you the advice about LIpitor and buy her dinner. people within the medical fraternity like this are are pure gold. Perhaps she could even reccomend a doctor who also hasn't been brainwashed by the pharmaceutical industry. Lipitor does have loads of side effects http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/statin.html http://www.rxlist.com/rxboard/lipitor.pl?#4666 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/03/18/lipitor_side_effects_and_natural_remedy.htm http://www.medications.com/se/lipitor http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/01/31/lipitor_the_human_cost.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ZJOYYS1UJXIGJQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/health/2007/07/02/hdrug102.xml Every trial for statins has shown no overall decrease in mortality, except in men who have already had a heart attack, or are dibetic. For all other men these trials have shown an increase in death from other causes that counters the decrease in death from heart attack. No trial has ever shown a benefit for women to take statins, some even showing an increase in mortality http://www.medicalconsumers.org/pages/WomenandCholesterol-LoweringDrugs.html None of the proponents of statins here can ever show one randomised, double blind tial that shows a benefit (using absolute rather than relative risk) to men who have not had a heart attack, or to women full stop. This includes those from within the industry, such as Harmony