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Originally Posted by happybunny If it were not for Lipitor I might well have been dead by now due to my severe blockages and high cholesterol. For me it is fairly easy to do the equation. I can see that for someone with just a slightly high cholesterol the situation is incredibly harder to balance. If in any way I could get away with it I would avoid medication of any kind.
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Happybunny,
It is quite clear that given your history of CHD - you HAVE TO be on a statin to get your cholesterol under control, and, probably more importantly, to benefit from their anti-inflammatory properties.
Keep up the lifestyle and diet improvements also, and consider CoQ10 to help reduce any possibility of statin-induced muscle problems.
I'd also take some other advice from the board to heart, and eat more fish, take Omega-3 Fish Oil supplements, Vitamin-C and L-Lysine, exercise regularly if at all possible.
The risk of statin side effects is a moot point with your CHD history. You don't have a choice...
Hope Lipitor works out well for you.
HubbleRules