29-10-2015, 02:31 PM
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Re: More for some to anguish over re statins !
After taking Benecol and losing weight, my cholesterol level was 5.3.My GP said that ideally cholesterol should be about 4. I asked if it was true that research linked a cholesterol level of 4.5 or lower with an increased mortality rate. She thought for a minute and then said that the advice was for a level of 4. I suggested that she should have been a politician.
29-10-2015, 03:20 PM
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Re: More for some to anguish over re statins !
My cholesterol is just over 6. I have never been asked to take statins and if I was, I would refuse them. I have seen a friend, a fine specimen of a man deteriorate and now hardly able to walk due to statins. My cholesterol may be high but the doctor tells me it is good cholesterol.Doctors push them as they are rewarded for prescribing them.
30-10-2015, 04:19 PM
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There was also something I briefly read about statins making it more likely someone taking them will get nasty chest infections. Not sure whether that was because they were taking statins or whether it was after having a flu injection as well. I did try them once, as I was a bit worried about a family medical problem, but by day three I felt so ill I stopped taking them. That was the lowest dose. I didn't try any other brands. I presume the one I took was the cheapest available. My cholesterol is what was at one time considered normal. The doctor I usually see is not worried about it.
30-10-2015, 10:19 PM
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I've been taking them for years with no side effects whatsoever, if I stopped the meds my levels would go up again as I inherited it from my mum, she went for routine tests many years ago and found it was high, subsequently we all had to get checked out and bingo! we ALL had it!
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