Dear Benny,

There is no need to take medication for high cholesterol in your age unless you have
1.cardiovascular disease such as previous heart attack, coronary heart disease and arterial hypertension,
2. heredity of early cardiovascular deaths and heart attacks in your family
3. diabetes mellitus
If you don't have any of above mentioned conditions you should continue only lifestyle changes and no medication.

Hope I could help you

Wishing you good health

In case of further questions don't hesitate to ask

Regards,
Dr Baghdasaryan

Benny, Medical marijuana is not the answer to lowering your lipids. You can look up the TLC diet or Total Lifestyle Change diet and begin following its guidelines. The doctor will probably want you on a statin and to get your triglycerides down he might even add another medication. However, you will need to work hard as the medications are not the entire answer. Triglycerides will come down by lowering sweets in your diet and especially fructose (read labels for high fructose corn syrup), cardiovascular exercise 150 minutes a week as approved by dr., lower saturated and trans fat while increasing monounsaturated fats (olive oil, olives, avocodos,) and get rid of junk food! Add water soluble fibers from oats, psyllium, to flush lipids out of system. Please go back on your medication. All of this done above will help lower your lipids and there have been cases of plaque reversal. But, you must take your medicine as your lipids are so high diet and exercise will not drop them to safe levels quickly.