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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E
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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
MD
Dr. Saisudha Kotla

General & Family Physician

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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
MD
Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

General & Family Physician

Exp 9 years

Dr.Raju
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Dr.Raju

General & Family Physician

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
MD
Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

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Dr. Ravi Bansal MD

Oh,My mother68 years old has suffered brain Stroke in year2010.She is in hypertension medicines along with statins n ecosprin . Recently, she has been diagnosed with Hoshimoto disease n she is on ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ravi Bansal ( Nephrologist)
Dr. Preeti Parakh MD

i have gerd treated by H pump inhibitors and hypercholestronemia treated by statins in blood test i find mild high level of amylase and recently also of lipase can you find any connections between... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Preeti Parakh ( Addiction Medicine Specialist)
Dr.   Rishu Saxena MD

Hello, I am 42 year old male and my weight is 80kgs, height is 6 feet, did blood test today for ... was 85. Please let me know are my cholesterol levels very bad and do i need statins??? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rishu Saxena ( Cardiologist)
Dr.    Bhanu Partap MD

I have recently taken a blood test for an insurance policy and they are alarmed by my total ... spoken to my physician about this issue and he is resistant to place me on statins because I have no risk... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhanu Partap ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD

Red blotches on my legs ,could this due to my diabetes Ihave type 2 diabetes had a blood test result under control ,under active thyroid ,take statins for colestrol , obese weight is reducing through ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilyas Patel ( Dermatologist)

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Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

of 40 but my cholesterol is 9.1. Two weeks ago I started a course of statins 20mg. Almost within 3 ... and he told me that this is not a recognised side affect of the statins. He has changed the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Aditya Bhabhe MD

advised I am at Stage 3 in CKD and that I should take Statins, firstly I was alarmed because I had never been told I was at Stage 1 or 2! and secondly I have heard such adverse reports of people on Statins I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aditya Bhabhe ( Nephrologist)
Dr.   Ashakiran S MD

and exercise or do I need to see a doctor and start statins? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Hiren Hirpara MD

At a recent physical, my hemoglobin registered 9,9. A week later another blood test revealed a reading of 9.0. A year ago, it was 12.8, the year before, 14.2. In May of this year, my cardiologist added ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hiren Hirpara ( General & Family Physician)
Kathy Shattler MD

I have a copy of my June/14 cholesterol blood test. The numbers are: Triglycerides 5.15 Mol ... medicine called Sytrinol. I do not want to take any more statins but I am terrified of a heart attack.... View answer

Answered by : Kathy Shattler ( Dietitian & Nutritionist)