So I Found Out I Have High Cholesterol...

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  • Roaringgael
    Roaringgael Posts: 339 Member
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    Talk to your doctor, ask for information.
    There's a lot of semi-information that's correct or partly correct.
    Statins work, statistically they've improved health outcomes for millions.
    Of course they have side-effects, so yes if someones health can be managed without it fine.
    My husband has genetically predisposed high cholesterol.
    His untreated cholesterol was 9.9 - (Australia. Average person under 6). He can not hope to achieve a low number without drugs (all the other numbers still say the same thing).
    He has always taken Zocor (Simvastin) as he has various allergies to other statins.
    There are risks, he has some long term(over 20 years) muscle aches and some wasting (you wouldn't see it) but frankly he'd be dead without his meds.

    A healthy weight range is the best pre-emptive move most people can make.

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