Thu, Feb-02-17, 16:42
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,573
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Plan: Dr. Bernstein
Stats: 188/150/135
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: NE WA
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Originally Posted by Merpig
Around that time I finally found a holistic nurse-practitioner willing to prescribe Armour, and in one month my total cholesterol (290+ for a few years at that point) dropped to 191 within 4 weeks - with HDL, LDL, trigs all good. At that point I stopped the niacin, having developed some vague fears of it - I think now due to reading about the trials of extended release niacin where over 50% of the patients developed liver toxicity.
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So the Armour helped the cholesterol? I was prescribed thyroid for quite a few years back in the 80s & 90s. Moved & new doc said my thyroid was low, but not low enough to need help. I've had it checked several times over the years with the same result. But now I just got the results of the cholesterol test (that I reluctantly agreed to - told the doctor that no matter the result I wouldn't take a statin), & my total cholesterol & calculated LDL are both high (& higher than they were 2 years ago), but everything else is good.
I wonder if she would agree to a trial of Armour to see if it might help.
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