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anyone else have high cholesterol after taking interferon?

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    • March 8, 2011 at 1:20 pm
    Laurie from maine
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      hi,

      hi,

      This is very minor issue, but was curious.  I have been off of interferon for year and a half.  My cholesterol was normal before interferon, but since doing interferon it has been high.  I hoped a year after being done with interferon I would see cholesterol go down, but instead it has gone waaaay up.  I have spent past year eating low fat, no carb, healthy diet, exercise daily blah blah blah haha do all that I am supposed to but it has gone from over 200 to now over 300.  I wondered has anyone else found that the interferon did this? I would like to blame it on that, doctor pushing me to go on medication but I am trying not to, but seems I have going to have to. 

      thanks laurie from maine

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        • March 8, 2011 at 3:19 pm
        akls
        Participant

          Laurie,

          Have they checked your thyroid levels?  I'm dealing with this right now and high cholesterol can be a side effect of underactive thyroid.  Interferon is known to affect thyroid function.  They are testing me for Hashimoto's right now and it's been a year since I've been off interferon.  My thyroid levels are finally testing out of range.   I just know that with the research I've been doing, I've seen high cholesterol as a side effect of thyroid function problems.  Might be worth looking into.

           

          Good Luck

          Amy S. in Michigan

            • March 8, 2011 at 5:06 pm
            Laurie from maine
            Participant

              thank you I believe they checked that but good advice I will double check .

              thanks 

              laurie

              • March 8, 2011 at 5:06 pm
              Laurie from maine
              Participant

                thank you I believe they checked that but good advice I will double check .

                thanks 

                laurie

              • March 8, 2011 at 3:19 pm
              akls
              Participant

                Laurie,

                Have they checked your thyroid levels?  I'm dealing with this right now and high cholesterol can be a side effect of underactive thyroid.  Interferon is known to affect thyroid function.  They are testing me for Hashimoto's right now and it's been a year since I've been off interferon.  My thyroid levels are finally testing out of range.   I just know that with the research I've been doing, I've seen high cholesterol as a side effect of thyroid function problems.  Might be worth looking into.

                 

                Good Luck

                Amy S. in Michigan

                • March 11, 2011 at 11:27 am
                MariaH
                Participant

                  My husband finished his interferon in February of 2010.  He had an annual physical with bloodwork that also identified high cholesterol.  It is common enough at his age (just turned 40) though that we haven't given any thought to a correlation between that and his treatments.

                  • March 11, 2011 at 11:27 am
                  MariaH
                  Participant

                    My husband finished his interferon in February of 2010.  He had an annual physical with bloodwork that also identified high cholesterol.  It is common enough at his age (just turned 40) though that we haven't given any thought to a correlation between that and his treatments.

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