[picinaRefadia]

I take 40 mg of simvastatin at bedtime. They say bedtime for a reason, I would imagine.

[geniusxs81]

No, that's excessive. How much do you take? Maybe you should bring it up to the doctor.

[GlarlraTpople]

That may be the one that got my blood pressure down to something absurd like 75/35 and freaked my doctor out, and he cut the dose in half. I cut two pills in half, but I can't remember which one did such a thing, for sure.

[attlawqa]

I found the increase in flatus rather unpleasant. Unfortunately, hypercholesterolaemia et al. are even more unpleasant. Merde, alors.

[downtowndude]

Yup. Obviously I have little experience with the drug myself, but my uncle developed rhabdo as a result, and that can be life-threatening if not identified.

[juspimoubbodo]

Your dosage level is pretty high. Are you sure you can't manage on a lesser dose? I would ask the doctor that.

[Jffxljtw]

I've tried increasing my oily fish intake and the quantity of unprocessed oats and oatbran I eat. I don't eat very much fatty red meat or chicken skin, but every so often the smell of grilled or fried bacon takes hold of my sensory receptors and my willpower fades to nothing.

I still don't eat the rind, though.

[Kinds Of Pain Meds]

Cholesterol was almost 300 at last check, but i was eating a lot of meat to lose weight. Dropped 20 lbs, now cut way back on meat to see if it helps. Doc prescribed Crestor, but I'm not marrying into the drugs for life bit yet. My HDL was 92 and my VLDL was 15, both markers of low risk.

Now no Cholesterol in the diet, very little meat and very low sat fat and no trans fat.

Weight is steady (6'0, 165 lbs). Blood pressure is normal, resting heart rate is 60.

I'm really worried that the docs are tied into the drug pipeline and throw down scripts without trying anything else.

[ForumMasta]

Do you have absolute clinical proof of your statement?

There is too much conflicting information for me to decide.

I admit that VLDL is likely a bad thing, but the standard cholesterol test leaves much to be desired as opposed to a comprehensive lipid profile.

My take is that if VLDL is low (a calculated value based on triglycerides) and HDL is high, then you immune system is enhanced and your HDL is enough to chase VHDL out of your system.

As I understand it, there are 4 categories of LDL and the 2 low density categories are not good whilst the 2 upper (larger particles) are not as bad and may be as beneficial as HDL, however as standard test does not differentiate.

Statins are likely beneficial for High triglycerides, high VLDL, low HDL types.

Or am I fooling myself.

[SAUNDERSAN]

is propanylol a statin?

Do you mean Propanolol? No.

[spamkillerf]

But obviously I'm not in that group, with my high hdl and low vldl what is my group? Where is a reputable place to explore information on that angle?

[StitsVobsaith]

Counterintuitively, I found that decreasing my carb intake and increasing exercise lowered my weight and cholesterol -- cholesterol intake didn't seem to make any difference. It took a long time and I was only borderline on cholesterol, so YMMV. The doc wanted to put me on statins, but I shied away from it.