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What Causes Rise In Creatinine Levels While On Medications For Heart?
My father had a heart attack 4 months ago in Russia and after unsuccessful angeoplasty attempt, his emergency doctor had treated him beside other things with Plaviks, Lipitor, Metoprolol-all of which he continues to take todate. Cardio-care is no longer available to him, and he is under immence muscle weakness and pain. His blood test established high levels of creatine. What is his best plan to balance between his heart medications and other health concerns? Can he stop the cholesterol drug and replace it with something else? Thank you for your help.
Mon, 2 Jul 2018
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Rising levels of creatinine and body aches might be due to effects of lipitor(atorvastatin) as lipitor is notorious for muscular pain and damaging the skeletal muscles of the body and when muscles are damage creatinine is reduced which causes raised levels of creatinine, i would like to know the exact dose of lipitor that your father is using , what we can do is to either lower the dose of lipitor or replace it with rosuvastatin or simvastatin. And lastly , no you should not stop taking antilipid drugs as they are very important for a patient of cardiac failure to minimize the risk factors.
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Rising levels of creatinine and body aches might be due to effects of lipitor(atorvastatin) as lipitor is notorious for muscular pain and damaging the skeletal muscles of the body and when muscles are damage creatinine is reduced which causes raised levels of creatinine, i would like to know the exact dose of lipitor that your father is using , what we can do is to either lower the dose of lipitor or replace it with rosuvastatin or simvastatin. And lastly , no you should not stop taking antilipid drugs as they are very important for a patient of cardiac failure to minimize the risk factors.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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