Fish oil, more cardio, and cleaner diet. Cholesterol meds like lipitor would a last resort type of thing as they have some bad sides.
Can you describe me some of this sides?
Ty for the replies..
Been on and off [mostly on] statins for the last 12 years. Indeed the fears of them are overstated. Benefits for me far outweigh the potential negatives none of which have materialized for me save maybe consistently slightly elevated liver values but nothing too far out of whackIMO, the sides of statins is way overblown. I personally know 5 people on it including me and none of us has ever had a single bad side effect. I have been on statins the past 4 yrs after my heart attack. Just get yearly bloodwork done on your cholesterol and liver enzymes. I use Niaspan to raise my HDL, Niacin otc works ok too as long as its the regular kind and not nonflush.
Been on and off [mostly on] statins for the last 12 years. Indeed the fears of them are overstated. Benefits for me far outweigh the potential negatives none of which have materialized for me save maybe consistently slightly elevated liver values but nothing too far out of whack
IMO, the sides of statins is way overblown. I personally know 5 people on it including me and none of us has ever had a single bad side effect. I have been on statins the past 4 yrs after my heart attack. Just get yearly bloodwork done on your cholesterol and liver enzymes. I use Niaspan to raise my HDL, Niacin otc works ok too as long as its the regular kind and not nonflush.
Hey saps and Maldorf, would you feel that possibly by incorporating COQ10 or Ubiquinol
has played a role for you in not forming muscular degeneration that some report from Statins, I frequent a few other health boards, there's a few members that Statins Therapy has debilitated them from simple tasks such as walking the shortest of distances, Neither were taking COQ10 when Statin therapy was started years ago. Sad
I was on a statin many years ago but wasn't on it long enough to know if it would affect me negatively. I agree that blood work needs to be done often to check liver values and HDL/LDL levels. IMO, I think statins should be a last resort option if all else fails. Most people can lower their HDL/LDL by simply doing more cardio, cleaning up diet and taking OTC supps.
you can get your thyroid checked. sometimes low thyroid cause high ldl.