[keith-boyle]

@cynthia-comery-ferguson

 

I have been taking Lipitor 80 mg for many years and have always taken this just before going to bed. It has always left a “statin taste” in my mouth during sleep and upon awaking in the morning and I have never given this a second thought until my recent IPF diagnosis. Like most people with IPF, I underwent a barrage of GI tests to eliminate GERD as being a source of my IPF (proved to be negative) and this got me focused on this statin taste. If I can taste this in my mouth many hours after swallowing the pill then am I also breathing the same “taste” into my lungs? I have since changed my time to take this medication from bedtime to early morning and no longer have this taste. My lung function has been stable and this is most likely due to the OFEV but I am always wondering if the statin aspiration into my lungs was the cause of my IPF?

There are many medical articles out there for further review, this is just one of them:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297101/