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Need ways to reduce ones cholesterol when the pills and niacin give my elderly mother leg cramps. Vegetarian? |
My mother is 81 years old, of Danish and British decent, lives in USA. She has extremely high cholesterol. The pills, from Zorcor to Niacin, give her legs cramps that are very severe. She eats a miminum of meat, but she does eat meat or fish or pultry every day. Taper her meat and fat portions until there are almost none. She need's potassium and maybe a leg massage |
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