Re: will a LDL > 70 kill me?

From: W4PHM (W4PHM_at_ARRL.NET)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:01:26 GMT

It has not killed me and I have an LDL of 70 after being on
40 mg. QH of lipitor! 

--
Patrick H. Mason M.S. OHST, EMT-I
Certified Safety Engineer
AHA BCLS  Instructor, ACLS Instructor Candidate
"Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@heartmdphd.com> wrote in message
news:418CC65C.42CA@heartmdphd.com...
> Ted Jefferson wrote:
> >
> > The good news is my h1c is 5.4% by taking 500 whatevers of
> > metformin twice a day plus diet and exercise.
> >
> > My lipid profile though has caused my marginally
> > interested doctor to want me to take mevacor.
> >
> > total cholesteral: 203
>
> Not optimal.
>
> > tris: 66
>
> Optimal.
>
> > HDL: 57
>
> Optimal.
>
> > LDL: 133
>
> Not optimal.
>
> > As a diabetic i am supposed to think i will keel
> > over and die of a heart attack at any moment unless
> > my LDL falls to < 70.
>
> Current guidelines are to get high risk folks (includes diabetics) to an
> LDL that is less than 70.
>
> > So i am supposed to take lipitor for the rest of my
> > life even though we endure the cholesteral myth
> > and the mechanism for whatever magic lipitor has
> > is unknown?
>
> There are other means.
>
> > I am to accept a lifetime of fuzzy
> > brain for a pathetically small chance that i may
> > benefit?
>
> Side effect *potential* is not the same as side effect.
>
> > Ugh.
>
> Sorry you don't like the information your doctor has given you.
>
>
> Servant to the humblest person in the universe,
>
> Andrew
>
> --
> Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
> Board-Certified Cardiologist
> http://www.heartmdphd.com/
>
> **
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>
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>
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