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What up with Statins?
Posted by: Wags
Date: May 26, 2020 08:13PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: May 26, 2020 08:17PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: May 26, 2020 08:28PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Wags
Date: May 26, 2020 08:33PM
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Posted by: bfd
Date: May 26, 2020 08:52PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: rgG
Date: May 26, 2020 09:08PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: bik
Date: May 26, 2020 09:17PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: May 26, 2020 09:27PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: May 26, 2020 10:16PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: anonymouse1
Date: May 26, 2020 10:50PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 26, 2020 11:03PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: testcase
Date: May 26, 2020 11:13PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Don C
Date: May 26, 2020 11:22PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: May 27, 2020 12:23AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: May 27, 2020 12:34AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: May 27, 2020 01:19AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: May 27, 2020 06:10AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: tuqqer
Date: May 27, 2020 07:43AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: stephen
Date: May 27, 2020 08:19AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: stephen
Date: May 27, 2020 08:21AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: rjmacs
Date: May 27, 2020 08:43AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: tuqqer
Date: May 27, 2020 08:48AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: May 27, 2020 09:26AM
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rjmacs
I'm with PeterB. Familial hypercholesterolemia is a real thing, and for some of us no amount of dietary change or exercise regimen will lower our risks to typical levels. Statins are not for everyone, and they still have real risks for folks with FH. Healthcare choices are about calculated risks, which is where tuqqer's libertarian leanings come in handy. Let's keep the informed in informed consent.
Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: dk62
Date: May 27, 2020 10:44AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Lew Zealand
Date: May 27, 2020 11:17AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: May 27, 2020 11:27AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: May 27, 2020 11:30AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Wags
Date: May 27, 2020 11:41AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: May 27, 2020 12:14PM
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freeradical
Cholesterol levels are homeostatically regulated, and except for soluble fiber, diet has no affect on this.
This is where statins come in for those who have high levels, although I believe that the jury is still out as to whether lower cholesterol levels achieved this way truly result in different medical outcomes.
There are however, people with insanely high - quite literally grams per deciliter of blood - cholesterol levels, and perhaps intervention is justified here.
Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: anonymouse1
Date: May 27, 2020 03:46PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: Michael
Date: May 27, 2020 05:39PM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: pdq
Date: May 27, 2020 11:18PM
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Wags
So, my cholesterol levels are fine:
Cholesterol 187 mg/dL <=239 mg/dL
Triglyceride 59 mg/dL <=499 mg/dL
HDL Chol 72 mg/dL >=40 mg/dL
LDL Calc 103 mg/dL <=159 mg/dL
According to his algorithm my risk factor for CV in the next 10 years is 12.5% with no statins, drops to 9% with them.
No thanks, my 70 year old muscles are sore most of the time already.
Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: wowzer
Date: May 28, 2020 07:18AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: rjmacs
Date: May 28, 2020 12:28PM
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Michael
My doc had my wife and I both start using Red Yeast Rice when our cholesterol got a bit over borderline rather than using statins. He said he'd prefer to not use them unless/until we were at substantially higher cholesterol levels. We walk a golf course 5 days a week and kayak for an hour and ride bikes for an hour on the other 2 days of the week, so we're pretty active. Both of our cholesterol levels are right at the borderline level with a pretty crummy diet, quite a bit of exercise and daily Red Yeast Rice. He's happy and so we're happy.
Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: S. Pupp
Date: May 30, 2020 02:04PM
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pdq
The baby-aspirin thing has gotten some unearned bad press lately from the statin-pusher crowd, but it should have fewer side effects and may improve other things, like colon cancer risk and possibly Alzheimer’s risk.
Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: fauch
Date: May 31, 2020 04:48AM
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Re: What up with Statins?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: May 31, 2020 05:27AM
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