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when they get them in the hospital they start them on Lipitor, no matter how high their HDL is.
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That's scary. My doc put me on iron pills, which my research showed will increase your LDL, then wanted to put me on some (didn't give me a name) cholesterol lowering pill. I flat told him no. Then, the next appt., he's like "We'll see what your cholesterol is and then get on something, yes". I'm like. NO. Those things are killing people. They've taken two off the market and I'm not taking any. Period. Then he's like, "Okay, okay, if you don't want to take it, you don't have to." Well, I knew THAT!
ETA: The thing is though, a LOT of people won't tell their doctor no. My mom won't. But, what she does, is nod a lot and never fill the script..
ETA: my cholesterol
9/14/06 My non fasting numbers were
235..Total cholesterol ( Range 100-199)
..51..Triglycerides (range 0 really? -149)
..75.. HDL (shows up in abnormal column! ) (40-59)
...3.1 CHOL/HDL Risk (acceptable range 0 to 4)
160...NON HDL (acceptable range 0 to 0, guess they want to see it no matter what)
150..Calculated LDL (range 80-130)
10/31/06
230...TC
..64...Triglycerides
..67...HDL
150...LDL