Who's on cholesterol meds? Which one? How long? What was your level b4 & after?

i thought gheys from college station took care of themselves?

Take suppository pill up the butt. Isn't that what aggies do best?

I've been on Lavalo, it made me feel like shite. Lipitor made my joints and muscles hurt for no reason. I'm on Pravachol now and no wierd side effects. Total cholesterol was 270 in the beginning, much lower now, something like 110.

Stop letting LSU own your head..

Switch to low cholesterol cum jars

My cholesterol was okay but my triglycerides were over 600.

I'm on tricor 145mg

The ratio between your HDL and LDL is probably just as important as your overall cholesterol number. I take a low-dose generic statin (simvastatin) to lower LDL along with extended release niacin (Niaspan) to raise HDL. The combination has kept my numbers near ideal for several years now while allowing me to relax some of the dietary restrictions I had been observing.

BTW, statins have other inflammation fighting properties that make them beneficial but in higher dosages can cause problems.

Ah, the old statin myth. If you're in reasonable health, just eat a ketogenic diet. it does just as good as pills, maybe better. Probably look at quit drinking for 6 months too, that will drop trigs like a rock. Go find a doctor that knows the current findings on cholesterol, which is hard to do.

Most doctors do not know the newest research on cholesterol. As such, they just shove a Rx at you instead of coming at it from a different angle Here's the big secret, you need cholesterol, and having a good amount is healthy. Also, dietary cholesterol has no correlation to serum cholesterol. Cholesterol is like the fire truck that carry firemen in your body putting the fire (inflammation) out.

Look at Dr. Peter Attia and his NuSi and his older eating academy website. The Eating Academy

He is extremely well respected in the medical and fitness world.

:edit: I am not a doctor and don't play one. I've just read a ton on recent research.

How old are you? My total is higher than yours but my good is around 60. I'm 33 and doc told me unless something changed drastically there was no need to go on meds.

I just got diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, 254 Blood gucose and 10.8 A1c, 20 units of insulin a day, HDL was A little Low,trig a little high total cho. was 163, NP, mentioned statins last week.

Joined health club, workout 3 times a week on a LCHF diet, I told her if i can't get the numbers in line by diet and excercise i would consider, I'm not interested in the side effects they cause,