chocoholic
Active member
Hi my mum is worried she may have a urinary tract infection and I think it may be related to the simvastatin she's been prescribed.
I've looked up statins and apparently they are a great idea just before heart surgery (interestingly it is supposed to prevent postoperative delerium), but I can't find information as to how statins help if only a small amount of heart disease was present and the aortic stenosis was caused by rheumatic fever. My mum's been talking to her friend who has had problems with statin side effects and she is now asking whether she herself needs to take them (her friend stopped because she was so fed up).
I was just wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences.
Ps. apart from this my mum is doing very well and is even planning to cook sunday lunch tomorrow. She wanted to sweep the floor today and I told her I am not sure that is a good idea yet. I think she is hinting to me to hoover but i am exhausted after getting my car stuck in the snow this afternoon after shopping and feel like I need to go into hibernation...! (it's subzero temperatures here by the way and a very unusual snowy winter for the UK).
I've looked up statins and apparently they are a great idea just before heart surgery (interestingly it is supposed to prevent postoperative delerium), but I can't find information as to how statins help if only a small amount of heart disease was present and the aortic stenosis was caused by rheumatic fever. My mum's been talking to her friend who has had problems with statin side effects and she is now asking whether she herself needs to take them (her friend stopped because she was so fed up).
I was just wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences.
Ps. apart from this my mum is doing very well and is even planning to cook sunday lunch tomorrow. She wanted to sweep the floor today and I told her I am not sure that is a good idea yet. I think she is hinting to me to hoover but i am exhausted after getting my car stuck in the snow this afternoon after shopping and feel like I need to go into hibernation...! (it's subzero temperatures here by the way and a very unusual snowy winter for the UK).