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Reviewer: 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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HORRIBLE BREAKOUT
I have heart disease and cholesterol of 151 - every statin has horrible side effects on me so cardiologist wanted me on Rapatha but insurance would only over Paluent. I've tried 4x now to go along with cholesterol meds and this did it in for me.
I injected in my right thigh abt 9pm, woke up at midnight with stomach pain so severe I thought about the hospital- it finally su
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Reviewer: Coop, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Only took 1 75 mg shot. Experienced runny nose, diarrhea, nausea, back,stomach and hip pain. Also raised my bp 10 points. I already take 5 bp meds. Not taking another shot. Had high hopes for this drug as cannot tolerate statins.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was hesitant to take this drug because it said it could cause muscle pain. Been there, done that and ended up in the hospital with Rhabdomyolisis twice. My doctor assured me that this drug could not cause Rhabdo. The day after I took this shot, I had bronchitis which turned into Pneumonia. 5 days later, I got severe muscle pain in my right arm. It has been over 6 weeks since I took the shot a
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Reviewer: Goat, 55-64 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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My LDL went from 120 to 37 over the first two months, which would be great by itself, since cardiologists believe plaque regression occurs below 70. BUT I had an adverse reaction. All joints in my body swelled and ached, particularly fingers and knuckles. And I developed symptoms of OCD - intrusive thoughts- that I'd never had before. I stopped taking the stuff 6 weeks ago and the joints a
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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I Took Praluent for about a month, and before this had no heart Problem, but after taking Praluent the first two week I suddenly had bronchitis, and with in a month I had Pneumonia which is one of PRALUENT'S side effects(influenza)
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