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Suggest Medication For Cholesterol Which Is Around 271
My cholesteral came back 271, my EKG came back borderline abnormal, and my height is 5'8" and 154 lbs with clothes, female. I'm taking lipitor now, and have been told I have hypoglycemia in the past. I quit worrying about sugar since my current doctor said I'm fine- and drank red wine 1/2 glass in the evenings. Could this be the cause of my cholestral problems? the wine makes me feel dizzy even 1/2 glass.
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
Hello,
Welcome to Health Care Magic. I read carefully your query and I understand your concern.
From your description I can understand that you have metabolic problem with lipid blood profile and glucose in blood.
High level of lipid blood profile is a risk factor for heart attack, stroke etc, you take Lipitor for this problem; Lipitor (atorvastatin) is a HMG CoA reductase inhibitor that decrease the level of LDL, triglycerides and increase HDL. Lipitor treat high cholesterol level. During the intake of this medication you should monitor the liver enzyme test every 3 months and do the lipid blood profile to monitor the dosage of it.
For the hypoglycemia I recommend you to do a fasting blood glucose test and after meal to determine if you have diabetes or not.
To avoid metabolic disorder you should change your lifestyle, increasing the physical activity minimally doing 30 minutes of brisk walking every day and eat healthy.
The red wine have beneficial effect especially for women, and it is recommendable drink one glass of red wine, to avoid dizziness you should drink it after the meal or change the mark of wine or avoid drinking it for a period of time.
Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions.
Kind regard,
Dr .Marsida Janko
Welcome to Health Care Magic. I read carefully your query and I understand your concern.
From your description I can understand that you have metabolic problem with lipid blood profile and glucose in blood.
High level of lipid blood profile is a risk factor for heart attack, stroke etc, you take Lipitor for this problem; Lipitor (atorvastatin) is a HMG CoA reductase inhibitor that decrease the level of LDL, triglycerides and increase HDL. Lipitor treat high cholesterol level. During the intake of this medication you should monitor the liver enzyme test every 3 months and do the lipid blood profile to monitor the dosage of it.
For the hypoglycemia I recommend you to do a fasting blood glucose test and after meal to determine if you have diabetes or not.
To avoid metabolic disorder you should change your lifestyle, increasing the physical activity minimally doing 30 minutes of brisk walking every day and eat healthy.
The red wine have beneficial effect especially for women, and it is recommendable drink one glass of red wine, to avoid dizziness you should drink it after the meal or change the mark of wine or avoid drinking it for a period of time.
Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions.
Kind regard,
Dr .Marsida Janko
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