Hi All,
I'm Arif facing some medical problems.I m 31 years of age with 90 kg of wt.My height is almost 6 feet.Generally I do have elevated levels of cholestrol in cluding elevated LDL and triglycericides.Till I take medicine the levels are under control but as soon as I leave medicine it again start to increase.well I have the problem of fatty liver as well as Juvenile mayoclonic seizure.when this seizure started first I was 16 yrs of age after that I was on medication and taken the medicine for about 3-4 yrs after that it was OK.But it started again on occasional basis and the doctor prescribed me Dicorate ER 250 once in a day and I'm OK now.My question is up to what time I will have to take this medicine and do this medicine increase the weight of body.Can I quit cholestrol medication or once it is started it can't be quit.The other thing is that I have extreme pain in my hands and below my knees with a kind of weekness.My lever enzymes also seems to be elevated do this is the reason fro pain in my hands,shoulder backbone and leg or it is something else.plz do help me out.

"Dicorate side effects
Mood swing/behavioural changes; thrombocytopenia, pancreatitis. Stomach cramps, diarrhoea, anorexia, dyspepsia, hair loss, sickness and vomiting; hyperammonaemia; extraordinary change in weight."

This is a serious drug and your general health needs to be monitored, although 250 mg is a fairly low dose. Your doctor should monitor your liver, pancreas and gallbladder, because valproic acid (the ingredient in the drug) is associated with pancreatitis, probably from gallstones. But you would have stomach pain and vomiting.

Drugs for lowering cholesterol may or may not be needed for life. Only working with your doctor will determine that. Changing your diet drastically may or may not have an effect. The body can produce cholesterol as well as you eating too much of it.

Liver enzymes can go up from taking statin drugs to lower cholesterol, as well as numerous other reasons including some of the conditions mentioned above, and only your doctor can tell you if it's temporary or not.

There's no way to know all about your history to determine why you have pain in your joints and weakness below your knees. There's too many reasons. Check your blood pressure for starters, since your legs are farthest from your heart. A slight chance of intolerance to gluten (celiac disease) can give joint pain and leg pain, and although probably remote, it wouldn't hurt to eliminate any wheat products from your diet for a while.