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

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MarilynMann wrote:
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.


Except in Askenazi Jews with little CVD, who are often even higher, but with large, fluffy LDL that does no harm.

Did you have hers directly measured before allowing her to take the drug?

Susan
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