Statin Alternative

[kengems]

I am currently on 1000mg Niaspan and have been off Zocor for the past year and a half. I had been on Zocor for 13 years. I am 65 years old and have experienced progressively worsening short term and long term memory problems (my main reason to discontinue Zocor) - even though I am not currently on Zocor. I have also and am currently experiencing some foot swelling and pain. Otherwise I am in very good health.

As stated in "Statin alternatives" http://www.spacedoc.net/statin_alternatives.htm - I would like to talk with my physician on an upcoming visit regarding the "alternatives":
Omega 3 - 81mg dose of buffered aspirin - CoQ10 (CoenzymeQ10).
I am also on a daily dose of Cerefolin of 1 M5 tablet daily (my current homocysteine levels are OK).

Bottom line is from what I gather from the above listed page, is that Omega 3 + 81mg dose of buffered aspirin + CoQ10 would be the alternatives. Would it also be recommended that I continue with Cerefolin in place of "80-100mg of B6, 200-250mcg of B12 and 400-800mcg of
folic acid"?

Sorry to be so long-winded........Thanks for your time.

[catamaran]

Please bear in mind that I am not a physician, but I can comprehend what responsible researchers are saying about heart disease and what DOES cause it.

Please extensively research the data at this site; it may help in your quest for answers sadly lacking from practicioners of conventional medicine:

ww.vitamincfoundation.org/

To your health and well being, RAM

[sos_group_owner]

Hi "kengems",

Re: I am also on a daily dose of Cerefolin of 1 M5 tablet daily
(my current homocysteine levels are OK).

What the lab says is OK, and what is really OK, are two
different things. Optimal homocysteine is 6.2 or less.

Above 6.3, there is a steep, progressive risk of heart attack
(the American Heart Association's journal Circulation,
Nov. 15, 1995, 2825-30).

One study found each 3-unit increase in homocysteine equals
a 35% increase in myocardial-infarction (heart-attack) risk
(American Journal of Epidemiology, 1996, 143[9]:845-59).

Source:
ww.y2khealthanddetox.com/truthchol.html

Fran