I would love to see this in Excel format!

Thanks!

I found it very strange that my son’s dermatologist would prescribe him a $823 bottle of Minocycline (solodyn)? Of course not covered by insurance, but they do have a coupon and it only costs me $10. . .really! What a scam.

Brand acne antibiotic Solodyn is $823 a month?  That’s why dermatologists call it Solocrime.  Generic twice a day minocycline is $50 a month. I think rather than criticize doctors who often don’t know the price and don’t want patients to think they are skimping on that individual’s care, one should ask why insurance companies pay for it.

We need this information!

On 4/29/2011 ago, when my total cholesterol level was 183,  my doctor ordered me to stop using Lipitor (10mg/day) and switch to Crestor because he said that Lipitor is causing severe damages to my liver. He then gave me enough Crestor samples to last for several months.When at the end of these months, on 9/18/2011 got a new blood test, my cholesterol level was 173.My doctor pronounced that Crestor works and immediately fired of an email ordering one year worth of Crestor at 5mg/day for me at my local pharmacy.

As an Asian-American, I have read somewhere that the FDA has stated that Crestor is bad for Asian, mainly because of muscle damages. Since I practice kungf /tai chi moves at least one hour/day, the news of Crestor-induced bad muscle pains and liver damages is not good.

So I collated all my lipid panel and complete metabolic panel in blood test results going back to 2006 to an Excel spreadsheet and forwarded to two other doctors: my brother-in-law and a former high school classmate. From the same set of data,  both came down with the same conclusions: my liver is perfectly healthy and my total cholesterol level at 175 has not changed much since 2006 the year I started on Lipitor. The drop from 183 to 175 in 4 months or so isn’t that much a big deal.

I also know that after 4 months using Crestor, I am starting to experience minor muscle pains that don’t seem to go away with a good night sleep. Before Crestor, any muscle pains or soreness I experience after a strenuous kungfu /taichi practice sessions goes away after 20 minutes in the yoga “corpse position”, a good hot shower, and a good night sleep (mostly spent also in the Yoga “corpse” position, i.e.,, with full relaxation of most if not all muscles, I have had 40+ years of training and experience sleeping soundly like that!)

I have on my own stopped using Crestor and will comfront my doctor with the emails from my other doctors as soon as I can get the appointment made.

What would be your advice to me as to the next step?