Hello. I completely understand your opinion. At 66, why should you add statins to control your lipids. First, what is your lipid profile? Next, your Levothyroxine dosage is very low. A good TSH is around 2.5. T3s are hard to get an accurate one, but they are the active form of the thyroid hormone. The thyroxin you take is T4, or the inactive pro-hormone that we give you. Your body needs, among other things, a healthy amount of both iodine and a tiny bit of selenium both together for the thyroid to work correctly. You say your cholesterol is too high, what was your lipid profile and do you have heart disease in your family? Most importantly, was your LDL below 100? Triglycerides under 150? HDL above 50? Then the doctor and patient are suppose to discuss the pros and cons of taking a statin drug at your age depending on your risk factors and lipid levels. That is also going to give ME better information on whether Therapeutic Lifestyle Diet can guide you to achieve a lower cardiac risk profile. Of course, that all comes after assuring your thyroid is operating at optimal level which is objective 1. don t let him palm a reference range off on you. there are professional guidelines he should be going by. lab reference ranges include all the sick people and then they form a range from that Objective 2, your lipid profile and have the doctor explain it all to you, 3. discuss pros/con of statin meds at your age. Don t forget to take your thyroid med correctly, on an empty stomach one hour before food. Don t eat a lot of soy with it. Perhaps I will hear back from you. Kathryn Shattler, MS,RDN