Good News from the doctor - High Cholesterol Message Board

MargaritaChic · 06-05-2005, 08:08 AM

My doctor put me on Lipitor because my cholesterol was VERY high.
Cholesterol was 356
Triglicerides 318

After 2 months on Lipito and esting a more balanced diet...
Cholesterol is 195!
Triglicerides 217!

WOOHOO! Getting much better!

HubbleRules · 06-05-2005, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MargaritaChic

My doctor put me on Lipitor because my cholesterol was VERY high.
Cholesterol was 356
Triglicerides 318

After 2 months on Lipito and esting a more balanced diet...
Cholesterol is 195!
Triglicerides 217!

WOOHOO! Getting much better!

Congratulations Margarita!!!

Cut back on carbs, sweets, alcohol, and get plenty of exercise, and I'll bet you can even get that Triglyceride number lower.

HubbleRules

Stumper · 06-05-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MargaritaChic

My doctor put me on Lipitor because my cholesterol was VERY high.
Cholesterol was 356
Triglicerides 318

After 2 months on Lipito and esting a more balanced diet...
Cholesterol is 195!
Triglicerides 217!

WOOHOO! Getting much better!

Margeret,

That is indeed good to hear! My wife takes lipitor and hers went from 260 total down to 178. But she is now seeing my numbers and wanting to go on Vytorin.
Mine started out at 275 Total and is now 119!
Vytorin works 2 ways. It is both a mixture of Zocor and Zetia and blocks the Cholesterol in the small intestine before it ever even has a chance to get in the blood.

Doesn't it feel good though to have your numbers down?

Lenin · 06-05-2005, 06:24 PM

Good work Chic one,
Now lets get the triglycerides down some more...watch the sugars and/or the booze if you need to...two big offenders,

I've taken my cholesterol from 265 to 149 with 10 mg. Lipitor.

Stumper · 06-05-2005, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenin

Good work Chic one,
Now lets get the triglycerides down some more...watch the sugars and/or the booze if you need to...two big offenders,

I've taken my cholesterol from 265 to 149 with 10 mg. Lipitor.

Lenin,

That is really good numbers on 10Mg. of Lipitor. I actuallly split my 10/20Mg. Vytorin in half and I seem to be getting nearly the same numbers on my Cardiocheck but I need to let a little more time pass as well. I need more test strips from Jhewitt. Costs about $10.00 to run the entire HDL, Try's, and total cholesterol tests at once.