Re: Cardiovascular event risk in relation to dietary fat intake in middle-aged individuals: data from The Malmo Diet and Cancer Study.

From: MarilynMann <mannm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:21:28 -0700

On Oct 26, 11:59 am, Ron Peterson <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My wife's sister is being put on a statin because of her cholesterol
levels despite being thin, active, and no history of CVD. I think some
doctors are just overly aggressive with the statin drugs.

Hard to comment without more information, but I agree that some
doctors are too quick to prescribe statins. I'm not on one myself.
However, I recently allowed my 14-year-old daughter to be put on
lovastatin 20 mg. Her LDL was 246. That's off the charts, to put it
mildly.

Marilyn

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