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no_hypocrisy

(49,389 posts) Sun Jan 15, 2023, 08:10 PM Jan 2023

Dang! Those statins work! [View all]

Comparing my labs from May 2022 to yesterday.

LDL down from 150 to 108. Not perfect admittedly, but seriously getting there.

Total cholesterol from 222 to 187.

Non HDL from 171 to 127.

My cardiologist will be SO proud of me!

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Dang! Those statins work! [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 OP

At the end of your checkup.... Effete Snob Jan 2023 #1

Statins have destroyed my short term memory Stargazer99 Jan 2023 #2

Wrecked my memory also MOMFUDSKI Jan 2023 #4

They worker great until it killed my aunt thatdemguy Jan 2023 #3

Congrats, but make sure they keep checking your vital organs for damage. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #5

The other levels all were within normal limits, inc. the liver. no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 #6

Glad to hear this! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #7

Congrats! Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #8

A recent Korean Study from nature.com says 222 might be better than 187 womanofthehills Jan 2023 #9