But my sheets are statin!

If you're old enough to need cholesterol medicine, you're probably having lousy sex anyway.

Nicholas Urfe: If you're old enough to need cholesterol medicine, you're probably having lousy sex anyway.

My husband's 27, and needs them :( Depends on your family history.

/doesn't seem to affect him
//for real, rawr

Came here to make the statin sheets joke but John Paul Jones stole all my mojo.

I read that as "stains."

I read Stains...

They do too

I think I'd probably have lousy sex if I had to worry about my heart giving out on me the whole time.

totally relevant:

I've have gone with "Get thee behind me, Statin." Biblical reference and all.

statin sheets to lay on, statin sheets to play on........

too obscure?

I experience difficulty keeping it up when boning a pizza faced biatch.

And I thought it was just my wife that was doing it.

little known fact: Statins were first discovered in married Jewish women by Urologist, Eli Goldstein.

"The only molecule in their physiology which is more abundant is H20.." said Goldstein.

Just put down a towel if you're so worried about sta...

oh, nevermind.

thermoplast
statin sheets to lay on, statin sheets to play on........

too obscure?


It's on my "Top 100 Songs I Hope I Never Have To Play Again" list.

Mr. Potatoass: I experience difficulty keeping it up when boning a pizza faced biatch.

Try doggy style or reverse cowgirl.

Could it be......................

Nicholas Urfe: If you're old enough to need cholesterol medicine, you're probably having lousy sex anyway.

You think only "old" people have high cholesterol? Probably only fat people too?

Lack of sex drive is the least of your concerns if you're on a statin. That whole class of drugs sucks donkey ass.

Station!



Wait, what?

vodka: Lack of sex drive is the least of your concerns if you're on a statin. That whole class of drugs sucks donkey ass.

They're actually generally well tolerated. Except for, you know, the occasional myopathy leading to rhabdomyolysis leading to renal failure. But then you get to be like House, so it's all good.

Vodka, do you care to elaborate? By the way, you're FOS.

yogaFLAME: They're actually generally well tolerated. Except for, you know, the occasional myopathy leading to rhabdomyolysis leading to renal failure. But then you get to be like House, so it's all good.

I have never known anyone taking one that has not had some sort of problem caused by it. Chest pain, muscle problems, even heart problems, etc. Shiat, don't listen to me, just Google "statin problems" yourself.

PBPeyronie: Vodka, do you care to elaborate? By the way, you're FOS.

Elaborate on what? By the way, bite me.

yogaFLAME: vodka: Lack of sex drive is the least of your concerns if you're on a statin. That whole class of drugs sucks donkey ass.

They're actually generally well tolerated. Except for, you know, the occasional myopathy leading to rhabdomyolysis leading to renal failure. But then you get to be like House, so it's all good.

Oh REnal failure... phew! I was worried for a second. Meh, who needs kidneys anyways?

Nicholas Urfe: If you're old enough to need cholesterol medicine, you're probably having lousy sex anyway.

I'm old. And having lousy sex with yo' mamma.

vodka: I have never known anyone taking one that has not had some sort of problem caused by it. Chest pain, muscle problems, even heart problems, etc. Shiat, don't listen to me, just Google "statin problems" yourself.

Myalgia and cramping are definitely the most common side effects, though not rampantly prevalent as your small sample would suggest. I'd recommend (if your friends are still on them) for them to switch to pravastatin. The newer statins have lower adverse effect rates.

Yes, I read <b>stains</b> as well.

Nickanaemus: Common side effects are stiff joints, pale skin, and prolonged absence of heart activity while not fully alive with amnesia for the event.

Oh that little guy? I wouldn't worry about that little guy.

/not obscure

On Lipitor, been just fine.

/my wife would appreciate any reductions in my libido.

yogaFLAME: Myalgia and cramping are definitely the most common side effects, though not rampantly prevalent as your small sample would suggest. I'd recommend (if your friends are still on them) for them to switch to pravastatin. The newer statins have lower adverse effect rates.

I don't think so. So what's it to you anyway? You work for a drug company or something? I would never use one unless there was no other choice. Often people on these drugs don't even realize that it's causing a problem. They are usually taking so much stuff and have problems anyway. I see side-effects dismissed as something else.

I have seen first hand the physical and emotional damage from these farkers. Fark statins.

Thank god for this.

I've been thinking that it might be my technique.

But I had my foreskin replaced with satin D:!

incircles: I read that as "stains."

same.

Statins interfere with the body's whole ability to produce sterol compounds. This includes the natural steroids besides cholesterol, hormones, terpenoids.v

Why is it a big surprise that interfering with a basic chemical pathway in the body has side effects besides reducing the level of a single one of many of the end products?

/first perceived the word "satin" and went HUH

vodka: yogaFLAME: They're actually generally well tolerated. Except for, you know, the occasional myopathy leading to rhabdomyolysis leading to renal failure. But then you get to be like House, so it's all good.

I have never known anyone taking one that has not had some sort of problem caused by it. Chest pain, muscle problems, even heart problems, etc. Shiat, don't listen to me, just Google "statin problems" yourself.

PBPeyronie: Vodka, do you care to elaborate? By the way, you're FOS.

Elaborate on what? By the way, bite me.

If you choose to let your lipids go uncontrolled, you'll be more susceptible to a whole host of other problems. It's a cost benefit choice. I'm sick of people saying not to take something because they know 3 people who had bad side effects. Well guess what? Every drug has a side effect profile. You're putting a drug in your body, which by definition is a substance that causes a physiological change in your body. You spend your whole life not exercising and shoveling crap down your throat, then you don't want to take the medication to correct that? Fine by me.

What I want to know is, is your anecdotal knowledge enough to refute large scale, multi-site, prospective American studies which show a clear statistically significant benefit? Do you have the authority to tell people not to take statins? I ask, because what you're saying goes against guidelines that thousands of American and international doctors and other health professionals practice by.

This thread is statin to get on my nerves.

Yes, on the most LDL lowering with Zocor.

No, on the most sexual libido reduction with Zocor.

/Sex maniac
//Ask my wife
///34 years old
////SLASHIES!!!

I take cholesterol medicine and this thing gets harder than Chinese arithmetic, a cat couldn't scratch it.

vodka: yogaFLAME: Myalgia and cramping are definitely the most common side effects, though not rampantly prevalent as your small sample would suggest. I'd recommend (if your friends are still on them) for them to switch to pravastatin. The newer statins have lower adverse effect rates.

I don't think so. So what's it to you anyway? You work for a drug company or something? I would never use one unless there was no other choice. Often people on these drugs don't even realize that it's causing a problem. They are usually taking so much stuff and have problems anyway. I see side-effects dismissed as something else.

I have seen first hand the physical and emotional damage from these farkers. Fark statins.

I have seen first hand how tylenol can cause physical and emotional damage, should we take that off the market too? How do you know that what they were experiencing was due to the statins, as you said they are taking other medications and have other problems going on as well. What I would recommend, is tell your friends to exercise and eat healthy. You know what though? Their lack of doing that is probably the reason they were put on it in the first place. My guess is that because they've had a lifetime of not doing that, their lipid levels are so high that it's impossible for diet and exercise to lower it down enough that they don't need medications. But, you know what? You seem to know better than their doctors. Tell everyone you know to get off statins, and when they stroke out 10 years before they should, they'll have you to thank for it.

jennyz: Nicholas Urfe: If you're old enough to need cholesterol medicine, you're probably having lousy sex anyway.

My husband's 27, and needs them :( Depends on your family history.

I'm 29 and on a statin and blood pressure medication. I lost 10 pounds, and yes, sex is as good as ever. I actually focus better on it, because my BP is lower.

mdic2md: Yes, on the most LDL lowering with Zocor.

No, on the most sexual libido reduction with Zocor.

/Sex maniac
//Ask my wife
///34 years old
////SLASHIES!!!


I did, and she turned me down.
/Oh, that's not what you meant!

I read that as Satins.

/ knights in white satin, never reaching the end....

"Oh, here's to my sweet Statin
[...]
He will give you, give you, sex sex sex"

/obscure?

We've dicsovered that our flannel pajamas (hey, it gets cold in NH) causes a lot of statin electricity.

So you take the statin for cholesterol, then viagra to up the lowered sex drive, then something for the higher blood pressure, then an anticoagulant, because it thinned the blood, then some xanax to chill out from worrying about all the drugs you're taking...

Is this where we're heading?

I always thought the "I read..." thing was bs and often wondered why in the hell people always felt the need to type rhyming words and say that's what they thought was in the headline.

Then I read this headline and thought it said satin and my brain actually inserted the word sheets and I didn't RTFA and wondered why everybody was spelling satin wrong and thought I'd missed a meme or something but then I finally re-read the headline and went, 'whoa'.
So yeah... fark off, me.

Mr. Potatoass: I experience difficulty keeping it up when boning a pizza faced biatch.

Hmm. Depends on the pizza.

ill_83: But, you know what? You seem to know better than their doctors.

You know what? Doctors appear to get a farkload of their information from drug reps. And drug reps aren't renowned for badmouthing their product, are they? A secondary source of doctor information is their corporate policy and/or malpractice insurance documentation, neither of which is going to be looking at "customer safety and comfort" as a primary concern. If statins are cheaper than a malpractice suit, that's what they'll push. Plenty of other situations where a medical decision is turned into an economic decision because of the current industrial climate.

Aidan: So you take the statin for cholesterol, then viagra to up the lowered sex drive, then something for the higher blood pressure, then an anticoagulant, because it thinned the blood, then some xanax to chill out from worrying about all the drugs you're taking...

Is this where we're heading?

That really does happen, it's called a "prescription cascade", where the doctor writes a prescription that causes a side effect, then misdiagnoses the side effect as a new disease and so writes another prescription to counter the side effect, but that prescription adds side effects of its own, and so on ad infinitum.

geekbikerskum: Aidan: So you take the statin for cholesterol, then viagra to up the lowered sex drive, then something for the higher blood pressure, then an anticoagulant, because it thinned the blood, then some xanax to chill out from worrying about all the drugs you're taking...

Is this where we're heading?

That really does happen, it's called a "prescription cascade", where the doctor writes a prescription that causes a side effect, then misdiagnoses the side effect as a new disease and so writes another prescription to counter the side effect, but that prescription adds side effects of its own, and so on ad infinitum.

I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. I know many illnesses really do need drugs, but it seems like any old pill is getting overprescribed these days.