High Cholesterol Support Group
High cholesterol is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is not a disease but a metabolic derangement that can be secondary to many diseases and can contribute to many forms of disease, most notably cardiovascular disease. If you have high cholesterol, join the community to find support and share your experience.
I noticed your other posting where you show your triglycerides and cholesterol numbers. Sorry for the lack of responses, but this Board is very slow with only random posts or visits.
IMO, your cholesterol is fine, so I would not pay any attention to that number. More enlighten doctors (those that actually read the studies) generally believe that anything less than 280-300 is OK.
Triglycerides is a different animal where there seems to be little disagreement about; not good. However, they are difficult for some to lower, me for example. My triglyceride number varies all over the map every time I get tested. Fibrates are one type of drug series (generic and cheap) that specifically targets triglycerides. I tried this drug (lowest dosage) and it did lower my trig numbers, but still not down to what is recommended. So the doctor then had the bright idea to double the dosage instead of just moving up one step first. Anyway, the double dosage caused severe leg pain so I had to stop it. Later, the doctor represcribed the lower dosage, but that also caused the same painful result. Therefore, for me, once I crossed over the line, I cannot go back. All cholesterol drugs cause me to have muscle pain. So I no longer take any prescription drugs for cholesterol.
There are natural ways to reduce trigs, you can find them by doing a quick search for them. I have never been able to find anything that helped me keep mine down. I think that my trigs have only been within spec, maybe once in the last 20 years. Nothing that I have done either helped, or did not cause undesireable side effects.
thank you again for response
regards
ray
let you try exercise and maybe changing your diet a little.
Good luck
numbers.
Wonder where my friends went to?