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Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. #6576426
07/18/19 05:53 PM
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Just turned 70 on June 12th, had a routine Dr check up last week. Dr said now that I am 70 and have had somewhat high cholesterol (210-220+-) most of my life, I am now in a higher risk bracket for heart attack or stroke. He wants me to start taking high cholesterol med to reduce chances of heart attack and/or stroke. I am not a pill guy and really don't want to take anything everyday for the rest of my life, but he said I need it to stay healthy. Anybody else on those drugs? What are you taking? Did it help? Any side effects?

Thanks, Dave

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6576541
07/18/19 08:31 PM
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Symvastatin works good for a lot of people. It helps me.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6586896
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There are ways to lower the bad stuff and increase the good stuff thru diet.
Talk to your doc,get him to set you up with a dietician,Work with the dietician to lower your triglycerides and bad cholesterol thru your diet.3 to 4 months after that, you can take another blood test to see how well it is working.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6586901
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I agree Boco.

I struggle the most to raise the good cholestol. There's no good pill for HDL, either.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6630595
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Atorvastatin 10mg tabs are what my Dr put me on and will check my chloresterol levels again in 90 days. Its probably a generic for something else. I have been taking it for two months now and haven't noticed any problems or issues yet.

Anybody else taking this stuff? If so, how is it working for you?

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6632303
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So the doctor sees it a problem that God gave you a gift where if you eat enjoyable things, you will probably stroke out or keel over from a heart attack in a moment, instead of being in a geezer home locked up for years, as you turn into a vegetable. My mother just died last year on a walk. She never was on meds a day in her life. 89 years old and her heart just quit. I was with her and she was gone like that. The coroner told me it was a blessing as his mother in law had just died in a hospice from cancer, and he called it a torture chamber.
Everyone is going to die from something and there are a whole lot of things worse than death.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6661426
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Just recently had a follow up lab test/blood work up to check my cholesterol after having been on the cholesterol lowering drug Atorvastatin for only 90 days. My cholesterol dropped from 200+ to 157.

Its not surprising that a life time of fried foods, rice & gravy, cheese burgers, buffet food, etc doesn't need some help to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, etc. I'll probably never give up the country cooking buffets.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6661542
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Statins work pretty well.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6670193
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Statins work well for me too.
If you develop muscle cramps get some CoQ10. The statins deplete CoQ10 from your body and that causes cramps in a lot of folks.
I take 200 mlg. daily and it keeps the cramps at bay most of the time.

Re: Just Turned 70, Dr Said Its Time For .. [Re: Davexx1] #6700714
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Lipatore for about 30 years with great results. Still ugly though.

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