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Yes, I am going to have to I guess. One of our GP's is also a Specialist who Practices at The MRI. So I am lucky as I am able to see him within 5 mins walk of our house.
I was just reading your past post of 4.5
TM
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I think they generally recommend behavioural/dietary remedies before they consider prescribing statins. And the guidelines are (I think) for statins to be prescribed only if the calculated 10-year risk of a cardiovascular event is greater than 20%.
Statins are however a good way of bringing things under control if the diet/weight loss regime doesn't fully do the trick.
I reduced mine over the last year while away by losing a stone and walking for at least 30 mins every day. So it can be done if it's diet related and not just the basic make-up of your body. A friend changed her whole diet big time, but never managed to change her levels, despite being already as thin as a rake - so I do think it can sometimes be difficult.
At the same time I changed to butter instead of any marg products, and I use only olive oil for other cooking/dressings. I know the butter is a slightly backwards step, but I just went right off any processed fats after seeing some black sludge dyed yellow and then sold as marg on a foody programme.
Good luck with reducing it. I think for me getting away in the van always makes me healthier - less snacking from boredom, more exercise, more time to shop for lovely, healthy food.
I think they generally recommend behavioural/dietary remedies before they consider prescribing statins. And the guidelines are (I think) for statins to be prescribed only if the calculated 10-year risk of a cardiovascular event is greater than 20%.
Statins are however a good way of bringing things under control if the diet/weight loss regime doesn't fully do the trick.
Have to disagree, have done the lifestyle, weightloss, excercise bit, Statins started at first high reading. Result - zilch. levels remain within .1 no matter what I do.
last time were better after 3 months without statins!
Side effects are grim leg cramps started again, no idea what quack will suggest next. What REALLY annoys me is that about 15 years ago my present levels would be within normal range.
I blame pressure from drug companies.
My good colesterol is very good though. I am led to believe this is my exercise.
It has been suggested I lose 1 1/2 stone and give up drinking for at least 6-8 weeks. 3 months would be better still.
TM
What is really being suggested is that you give up enjoying life
I've just invested in a glucose / cholesterol meter and took my readings yesterday and the first cholesterol came out with the word 'Lo' and reading the instructions this is as bad as too high. Took a second reading later and it was 2.7 (still low!!) The silly thing is that I stopped taking statins a week ago to try and sort out some niggling pains - weird eh! Must see the doc
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The above is only a personal opinion
I ended up scratching the skin off my legs because of the incessant itching
I started doing more walking, stopped the statins without telling the surgery, and at the next annual check my levels were down. The nurse had to check that I had not been ordering the statins for the last nine months before she would believe that I had not been taking them.
I understand that all cases are not the same, and I would not recommend my actions to anyone, but I do beleive that statins are not a cure for every case of high cholesterol - mine was classed as high at 5.9, at the last check, no statins for 12 months it was 3.1
If it helps.
I had a heart attack in 2006, my level was under 5 a few months before, now its 3.5.
I am on Statins at the mo, had a few problems to start with, told the Doctor who changed the prescription and gave me another sort have not had any problems since.
Statins are a very reactive medicine, that is to say that what works for one person does not for another, changing the preval-statin to simil-stating and visa versa does help, as it did in my case.
Now my doctor told me to have as normal a life as possibble, not to get stressed,(The real killer) and eat what I like within a commonsense guidline.
Just a thought for you all to ponder............... try leaving a carton of margarine out side for a period of time and see what happens, or what eats it..................nuffink!
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