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To: JSB who wrote (3486)2/13/2009 7:21:19 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39297
 
JSB,

I am sure Lipitor has a lot to do with it. The doctors, not really know what to do, have been hammering the first total, then LDL with statins relentlessly.

BTW, since you mentioned that you have always had low total cholesterol, an interesting question (actually, for more close minded doctors it is only a rhetorical question) would be, if their central hypothesis is that high cholesterol causes heart disease, how come you have it with low cholesterol. Also, how much difference lowering it even further make.

Joe



To: JSB who wrote (3486)2/13/2009 7:33:51 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39297
 
I just went back thru my labs

It should be obvious to you now that a normal lipid panel can be way off. Especially when you have had an MI with these low numbers. Insist on a NMR lipoprotein analysis. That will give you the true numbers.


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