Bergamet Tablets

[starone]

I have been reading about BergaMet tablets which are apparently made from (basically) Bergamot oranges. They are supposed to reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol. I am on the top dose of statins and so I try to reduce my cholesterol by other means. I use very little fat and when I do it is the spread produced with plant sterols and I drink a little pot of Flora pro-active every day. So far is has proved successful and at the moment my count is 4.4, which to the uninitiated is very good. I don't know if these Bergamet are safe to use and I wondered if anyone in AB knows anything about them. My doctor has changed my statins from 80mgs of Simvastatin to 40 mgs of Atorvastatin and am not too sure of that either, but you have to trust someone, don't you! Hope someone can help.

[Sqad]

Don't waste your money my love.
You are 80+ sensible dieter and on statins with a normal lipid profile.

You have "bucked the system".......what more do you want?

Forget Bergamet tablets.

[Prudie]

Hi star, sorry to butt in but I've been looking for you, did you ever get an answer to this problem you posted, I never answered but did spend ages working on it to no avail
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1226251-1.html

[boxtops]

starone. 4.4 is brilliant, it sounds as if your cholesterol is being controlled with the statin, even though your GP has swapped to a lower dose and a different brand. I couldn't get on with Atorvastatin so see how you go - I'm on Fluvastatin now. If my level was 4.4 I'd be turning cartwheels - anything under 5 is good, you don't need to waste your money buying supplements. Eat lots of fruit and veg, you're doing all the right things.

[sandyRoe]

I agree with whats already been posted. If these tablets were shown to be effective they'd be available on the NHS.

[starone]

Thanks sqad. I was thinking - if sqad answers I shall take his advice. He has never let me down in the past - and so, now that you have answered I shall do as you say. Thanks again.

[starone]

Thanks also to you, boxtops and sandyroe - looks as if all answers lead to the same result, so I shall put my money to better use.

Prudie - there were two questions and for the first one I never, ever found out so sent the quiz with one answer missing. The second one was (apparently) Freddie Flintoff, but I have no idea why, I just took the ABer's answer as correct and hoped for the best (never win anything anyway! just like doing quizzes.) Thanks for the interest.

[Prudie]

Oh dear it was the numbers one that was baffling, guess we'll never know. Thanks anyway

[starone]

Boxtops - my doctor swapped me to Atorvastatin on the suggestion of a hospital doctor when I was in the hospital for a couple of days as I had a mini-stroke. I also now have 35 mgs of a blood thinning medicine (not warfarin but something with clop and dog in it somewhere, can't remember what it's called (clopidogrel?). That was very frightening - I couldn't speak properly - I was trying to say something and a load of rubbish was coming out (my daughter said how did they know the difference - cheeky!) All right now but hope nothing like it happens again! Think I'm getting old!