NaturesPlus Herbal Actives Red Yeast Rice, Extended Release - 600mg, 60 Vegan Tablets - Herbal Supplement - Cholesterol Support - Vegetarian, Gluten-Free - 60 Servings

My doctor recommended all-natural Red Yeast Rice pills instead of statin drugs for my high cholesterol. I have bad side effects with every statin drug I've ever tried and I've tried many of them over the past 14 years. My body just does not like synthetic drugs and for good reason. All drugs are plant-based, but then they add extra chemicals to them. My body rejects synthetic medicines because it was never meant to ingest those chemicals.Changing my diet and exercising never helped. The only thing that DID help were statin drugs, which I could only take for a short time because I'd get really bad side effects.....nausea, vertigo, sore muscles (which is really bad because your muscles are actually deteriorating!), etc. Since I couldn't stay on a statin drug for very long, my cholesterol levels have always been in the upper 200s range. One time it was actually 296 and that really scared me!There are many different brands of Red Yeast Rice, so I did my research and discovered Nature's Plus Herbal Actives Red Yeast Rice Extended Release gave the best results. I take one tablet every night before going to bed.I just got the results of my latest blood cholesterol test. It had been exactly 3 months since I started these Red Yeast Rice pills.Total cholesterol dropped from 264 to 214. (Should be under 200)LDL (the bad cholesterol) dropped from 177 to 130. (Should be under 130)HDL (the good cholesterol) went from 70 to 67. (Should be over 40)Triglycerides went from 81 to 88. (Should be under 150)So you can see the bad stuff (LDL and Total cholesterol) dropped dramatically and the stuff I was already OK with (HDL and Triglycerides) stayed about the same. I did not change a thing in my diet or exercise because I wanted to see how the Red Yeast Rice did on its own. My doctor says I'm now "on target" and to keep taking the Red Yeast Rice.I just wanted to share these wonderful results and to prove that all-natural supplements can work just as well as synthetic drugs WITHOUT the unnecessary side effects and chemicals.Now these are my results and yours may be different. You can decide what you want to do. I say, give it a try. If it doesn't work, then go back to your statins. The one drawback is that insurance won't pay for this supplement, but at 38 cents a pill and one pill a day this shouldn't break the bank!

Yes I received the bottle! No side effects at this time.

Here is my experience and nonprofessional opinion:I've had my blood tested before and after and my LDL's dropped between 14-15%2 years later my wife did these same thing with the exact same % result. I've read RYR is capable of about this range.Red Yeast Rice has a natural statin in it, that's why so it's not some mystery. Normally you can't patent a natural product, but the pharmaceutical company that does hold the patent sued to drop any cholesterol lowering claims from these natural products and won in court. Money = Power, right? Total bee ess.If your LDL's is your only problem and can be managed by a <15% drop, these work great, one pill daily at night before you go to sleep (when your liver otherwise would make these things which the statin prevents)Am I a doctor? Nope. So convince yourself of the need and efficacy. And prove it by having personal test results before, during and, uh, after or during again?Statins btw can results in a rare muscular degeneration that is life threatening. 2.5% of folks can get muscle soreness as the main side-effect, and the life-threatening aspect is an even smaller subset within that group. Most won't ever notice any symptoms at all. Neither I nor my wife did. Plus such studies come from much higher doses of statins than what Red Yeast Rice contains. But if you do have muscular pains beyond what is normal or temporary due to injury or overuse, see a doctor and consult your options.On the other hand, studies now are indicating clear benefits to pharmaceutical statins. Lower death (12%) less heart incidents (28%) less brain incidents (19%) not only because statins prevent LDL production and boost HDL's to a slight extent but also because they kind of act like a blood thinner and prevent clotting to some extent. At least that's what I've read and had a Heart Surgeon tell me. Sooo, what appeared to be "I Don't Know" for decades now has some multiple studies that conform in their results. Good You Luck!

This works great!