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To: JSB who wrote (3464)	2/13/2009 11:12:38 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39297

Is it time to come off the Lipitor? You're kidding, right? Why in the world would you be taking Lipitor?

To: JSB who wrote (3464)	2/13/2009 11:31:53 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39297

Triglycerides were 49, HDL 52, VLDL 10 and LDL was 31. Great HDL and Trigs. LDL is too low. If I were you, I would stop the Lipitor. I stopped my statin with a 94 LDL score. I no longer believe in taking them when you are under a 250 score. Supplements, diet and excercise will work better. Since you had an MI, I suspect your LDL is very high in the small dense kind. An advanced Lipid panel, either NMR or VAP, would give you good info. If you are built like a wiry marathoner, I would also get a Lp(a) test.

To: JSB who wrote (3464)	2/13/2009 1:16:04 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39297

JSB, I hope you are not dying or something. Correlation of mortality and cholesterol have the lowest mortality at total cholesterol of about 220, IIRC, and then going up in either direction. You farther from 220 than person with cholesterol of 300. Correlation is not causation, and people who are dying cancer may have an extremely low cholesterol because they are dying of cancer, not dying of cancer because they have low cholesterol. Still, taking Lipitor to lower cholesterol that is already that low seems extremely weird to me. Makes me wonder about the doctor who is prescribing the Lipitor to you. Joe