Replied by Art from California on 03/09/2024

Hi Jim,

If your doctor won't help you on that front, your pharmacist can check the compatibility of the two together. My doctor always asks me everything I am taking and each visit he asks if I have added any new supplements or stopped taking any and if I have, he adds it to my file or deletes it from my file as the case may be. He is looking for potential interactions and potential negative reactions to the supplements. When I added nattokinase/K2, he ran a liver enzyme test and a kidney function test to make sure it was not impacting those organs negatively since I am looking at longer term use. He also checked because of my long term use of high dose melatonin as well as topical melatonin.

I really like my doctor because he seems very thorough and intent on trying to maintain my health and I feel he is always honest and straightforward with me and also willing to let me try things such as NK instead of a statin drug. He allowed me the time to test NK and was willing to wait for the results to see if I could avoid the statin drug. He did say that if it didn't work, then I would have to go with a statin to get my cholesterol into a more optimal place.

Art

Replied by RichStony from Huntersville NC on 04/29/2025

My heart drs. put me on Crestor, Rotterdam study showed Crestor patients had 50% more calcium in their blood. Crestor is Calcium! Before 10/2019 I got off Crestor and took Liptor, I had no problems with my legs. In 2023 I got black toes. Dr says PAD. I said why after he removed junk (as dr called it) only 1 0f 3 arteries are now working to my foot. I asked to be taken off Crestor and took many efforts before he agreed to go to Lipitor. Since Art's article I have gone up to 10,000 Fu. Drs know nothing about Nattokinase but are convinced Crestor is best.(yes they accumulate in the arteries!! I have no idea if my legs are removing calcium but at least for now I have circulation to my toes in both legs.