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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2021 10:23:19 GMT -6
So, for most of my adult life I've had cholesterol levels that are higher than "acceptable". I've blown off the recommendations for a statin for a few years.
Anybody get worried about cholesterol? Anybody take Lipitor or something like it?
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 9, 2021 10:29:56 GMT -6
I have for years. My chiropractor has suggested that cholesterol is needed for brain function. He wonders if statins could be the cause of memory loss for many of us. I can’t remember for sure, but think that is what he said. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by buckvelvet on Jul 9, 2021 10:40:58 GMT -6
There is some confusing science out there. Cholesterol is important for the body & brain function.
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Post by Reagan on Jul 9, 2021 10:54:18 GMT -6
Mine is high but not crazy high. I took Lipitor for less than a year about 5 years ago. I was in a sales meeting out of town and was suddenly hit with an all over ache and general felt like crap. It lasted 2 days. Called my doc and they recommended I stop taking it. I did and felt better that day. Never took it again even though my Dr pressures me to do so.
There are a lot of TED talks and YouTube Dr videos about statins and cholesterol. Your body produces cholesterol. I have my doubts about statins after doing a good deal of research the last year.
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Post by terrifictom on Jul 9, 2021 11:42:00 GMT -6
So, for most of my adult life I've had cholesterol levels that are higher than "acceptable". I've blown off the recommendations for a statin for a few years. Anybody get worried about cholesterol? Anybody take Lipitor or something like it? I have been on a low dose of a statin drug since my mid 40's. High cholesterol runs in my family on both sides. Also heart attacks. About 5 years ago I thought I was having heart attack turned out it was acid reflux. Any way they injected nuclear dye into my system and did a stress test. When the test results came back I didn't have any blockage or restrictions at all. They said that my arteries were that of a young adult which the cardiologist attributed to me taking statin drug.My much younger brother chose not to take statin drug but try to control his cholesterol with diet and exercise. He had to have heart surgery at age of 54.
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Post by terrifictom on Jul 9, 2021 11:44:53 GMT -6
Also there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, the statin drugs reduce the bad cholesterol to give you an acceptable ratio of good to bad.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2021 13:37:51 GMT -6
Also there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, the statin drugs reduce the bad cholesterol to give you an acceptable ratio of good to bad. Yep. My good (HDL) cholesterol has always been high. It offsets the bad (LDL) cholesterol for the most part. My ratio still isn't great, but it isn't terrible either. I'll have to spend some time thinking about it before making a decision. My Dr. won't be here next year, maybe the next one will take a few years before he/she recommends a statin...then they'll be gone too
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 9, 2021 14:45:06 GMT -6
Lipitor is awful on me. As said already my entire body hurt. It wasnt awful but just constant aches. I take artarovastin or some shit now. I ise half what the doc prescribed
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jul 9, 2021 14:46:49 GMT -6
Lipitor is awful on me. As said already my entire body hurt. It wasnt awful but just constant aches. I take artarovastin or some shit now. I ise half what the doc prescribed Lipitor mixed with Viox fucked my liver up the counts were off the charts. Nobody should use Lipitor. I think they were sued for it.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2021 18:12:50 GMT -6
I decided to address my high cholesterol levels with a bag of microwave pork rinds. I feel much better now
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 9, 2021 19:22:43 GMT -6
I decided to address my high cholesterol levels with a bag of microwave pork rinds. I feel much better now and I thought pork rinds were only for fishing. Glad to hear of their medicinal value!
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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2021 19:27:33 GMT -6
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 9, 2021 19:35:17 GMT -6
Interesting......
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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2021 19:39:22 GMT -6
If you've never had microwave pork rinds, you've never had pork rinds. The spicy are the best
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 9, 2021 19:56:29 GMT -6
I have only had those half assed ones in a bag and rarely are they even good.....
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