re: How fast can you cholesterol drop in 5 weeks?

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I sell one of the new LDL lowering meds which are so much better than statin

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NP at the cardiologist wanted to put me on a statin due to my carotid artery u/s. I'm almost 47 but it showed I have the carotids of a 60 yo; the bloodwork included genetic testing and it's a hereditary thing. My ldl was like 92 and hdl was mid to upper 60s. Looking just at the panel, I was FINE. Until she got to the hsCRP .. 6.1. Freaked me out when she said normal/acceptable was less than 3.

Anyway, retesting in May ... I think I'm headed to statins but one of the tests showed that I should have the leg issues associated often with statins.

I'm too young for this crap.

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I sell one of the new LDL lowering meds which are so much better than statins.

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Which class? So much better than statins at what? Primary/secondary prevention of ASCVD-related events? Deaths? LDL-lowering potential?

There are currently no medicines available to my knowledge that are "so much better" than statins, specifically high-dose ones, regarding deaths due to ASCVD unless the PCSK-9 data has come out (finally) and is much more groundbreaking than expected. Even then, I think they are statistically significantly better, but only marginally so in the selected population.


There's plenty better than statins at LDL and triglyceride reduction, though.