Dang! Those statins work!

[no_hypocrisy]

Comparing my labs from May 2022 to yesterday.

LDL down from 150 to 108. Not perfect admittedly, but seriously getting there.

Total cholesterol from 222 to 187.

Non HDL from 171 to 127.

My cardiologist will be SO proud of me!

[Effete Snob]

1. At the end of your checkup....

…ask, “Am I gonna live?” with a smile

And when your cardiologist says. “Yes” then immediately drop the smile and ask “How long?”

It’s fun to watch them back off from the previous answer.

[Stargazer99]

2. Statins have destroyed my short term memory

I am one that statins makes short term memory iffy, Does anyone know if there is a sub that doesnot mess with the neuron that transmitts information from one brain cell to another?

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Wrecked my memory also

and caused some hair to fall out. I finally had enough and quit. The Vytorin worked great for my numbers. I actually only took 1/4 of the prescribed daily dosage! Numbers are up now, of course, so I did try going back on the Vytorin generic and also simvastatin generic but they make me nauseous now. My diabetes doc said the Vytorin worked so well because of the Zetia in it. To each his own.

[thatdemguy]

3. They worker great until it killed my aunt

After 2 years they stopped doing her liver chems, 6 months later her liver shut down and she was dead in a month. Day after she died they found a compatible donor. They think the damage to her liver took about 3 months, then it was too late.

Make sure you have them keep checking your liver, and dont stop

[SheltieLover]

5. Congrats, but make sure they keep checking your vital organs for damage.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. The other levels all were within normal limits, inc. the liver.

Thanks!

[SheltieLover]

7. Glad to hear this!

I couldn't take them.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. Congrats!

My dad’s on them and they’ve lowered his from the high 280s to the low 120s. I bet yours will continue to go down.

[womanofthehills]

9. A recent Korean Study from nature.com says 222 might be better than 187

Nothing is black & white anymore but many studies say seniors do better with a higher cholesterol than younger people - this was published in nature one of the worlds most prestigious academic journals.


Open Access
Published: 07 February 2019

Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults

Sang-Wook Yi, Jee-Jeon Yi & Heechoul Ohrr 

Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 1596 (2019) Cite this article

In conclusion, U-curve relationships between TC and mortality were found, regardless of sex and age. TC ranges associated with the

lowest mortality were 210–249?mg/dL

in each sex-age subgroup, except for the youngest groups of men, aged 18–34 years (180–219?mg/dL), and women aged 18–34 years (160–199?mg/dL) and 35–44 years (180–219?mg/dL). Inverse associations in the range