{"id":112,"date":"2016-08-30T22:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dellin.org\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2022-05-30T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T04:46:10","slug":"stain-damage-treatment-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"Statin Damage Treatment Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much is written about what\u00a0might work to mitigate statin muscle damage. \u00a0I can&#8217;t say anything works effectively, but various Doctors, websites, and articles suggest remedies. \u00a0I am trying the following.<br \/>\n<strong>Coenzyme Q10<\/strong>. \u00a0Everyone agrees about taking CoQ10. \u00a0This essential enzyme is severely reduced by statins. Will taking it now help? &#8211; not sure. \u00a0But I&#8217;m taking 300mg ubiquinol CoQ10 daily (as Cardiologist Dr Peter Langsjoen suggests). Ubiquinol is the more absorbable form of CoQ10 (vs ubiquinone).<br \/>\n<strong>Magnesium<\/strong> malate 250 mg<br \/>\n<strong>Vitamin D<\/strong>. Everyone except perhaps sun worshippers need more vitamin D. I&#8217;m taking about 4000 IU daily.\u00a0 Folks say to also take vitamin K2 to help with vitamin D absorption.<br \/>\n<strong>Cod liver or fish oil<\/strong> &#8211; one tablespoon daily (or eat salmon)<br \/>\n<strong>CBD Oil<\/strong> &#8211; 60mg\/day. \u00a0 \u00a0CBD is Cannibidiol oil from hemp plants. \u00a0It is related to marijuana, with no THC. \u00a0It is thought to help normalize the immune system.<br \/>\n<strong>Diet<\/strong>: Limit sugar and carbs, avoid fruit juices, eat &#8220;good&#8221; fats like olive oil, avocado, etc.\u00a0 A Mediterranean or Keto diet is said to be helpful (anti-inflammatory). \u00a0Drink lots of water, too.<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\nDrug treatment for myositis (muscle inflammation) in the medical journals generally involves four levels: steroids, the methotrexate familiy of drugs, biologic drugs (like those for RA), and IVIG.<br \/>\nHere is a good summary paper by Dr\u00a0Marinos\u00a0Dalakis in 2015 &#8211;&gt; \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Inflam-muscle-Dalakis.pdf\">Inflammatory Muscle Disease &#8211; Dalakis<\/a><br \/>\nA similar treatment article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3458613\/\">Johns Hopkins in 2012<\/a><br \/>\nI tried steroids a couple of times and it didn&#8217;t help (and they can cause high blood sugar). \u00a0My neurologist doesn&#8217;t think the other levels of treatment would help since he says my &#8220;immune-mediated&#8221; condition is not autoimmune. \u00a0But he has me on gabapentin, a nerve pain medicine. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see if it helps. [see 2017 update for <a href=\"\/?page_id=286\">my IVIG treatment]<\/a><br \/>\nBack to <a href=\"\/\">Welcome page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much is written about what\u00a0might work to mitigate statin muscle damage. \u00a0I can&#8217;t say anything works effectively, but various Doctors, websites, and articles suggest remedies. \u00a0I am trying the following. Coenzyme Q10. \u00a0Everyone agrees about taking CoQ10. \u00a0This essential enzyme is severely reduced by statins. Will taking it now help? &#8211; not sure. \u00a0But I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/?page_id=112\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Statin Damage Treatment Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/368"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}