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Statins good or bad?
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Please any information on Statins as soon as poss please. Thank you
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Are they for you?
Has the patient a family history of cardiovascular disease?
Has the patient had a lipid profile work up (Blood cholesterol)?
How old is the patient.
All these factors have to be taken into consideration before any relevant and useful answers can be given.
Are they for you?
Has the patient a family history of cardiovascular disease?
Has the patient had a lipid profile work up (Blood cholesterol)?
How old is the patient.
All these factors have to be taken into consideration before any relevant and useful answers can be given.
Morning Sqad, im asking on behalf of both parents, father 70, mother 67, both high cholestrol, dont know of info on how high, but if you need to know i can always ask, my father had ecg done a few weeks ago, has a follow up app a week Weds as abnormal, mother no cardiovascular disease known, both parents suffering pain in legs, hips, feeling very tired, lumps appearing on legs and hands which feel like there burning, mother has sores on lips appearing, all since taking statins, over last few weeks. Thanks Sqad.
It is my opinion that patients with a cholesterol level of between 5 and 7 they’re healthy. If it’s above 7, it’s probably due to a family history of high cholesterol and if any relatives have early heart disease then it’s worth taking a statin.
I believe statins have substantial side effects which can significantly affect quality of life. Some studies suggest such problems may be much more common than is recognised.
It is more complicated than this regarding HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol)
This is just my opinion, but what suggest that you talk it over with your GP
I believe statins have substantial side effects which can significantly affect quality of life. Some studies suggest such problems may be much more common than is recognised.
It is more complicated than this regarding HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol)
This is just my opinion, but what suggest that you talk it over with your GP
The prob being in my parents parents times, they didnt perform cholestrol tests as your prob aware, my mothers mum has very high blood pressure and was taking about 16 tabs a day and still it wouldnt come down which resulted in her death at 63 due to strokes, and my fathers dad he had clogged arteries in the leg, so we dont know if the leg being blocked was due to cholestrol.
Hi joannie10, thanks for your input, your not butting in at all, my mother is not over weight, but my father could do with losing some, but the doc has told him he is fine with his weight, they have both been on low fat foods for years, so it cant be anything to do with the foods they eat. Thank you anyway. xx
thanks- my parents are in their 70s and although my mum has always carried a little extra weight (my dad always been slim/active) we were surprised to hear their cholestrol was high as felt they always had a good diet but they made some changes, seemed like small things and sure enough cholestrol came down and my mum immediately lost weight which was good. thanks - I hope your parents health improves soon x