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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Do I Need Statins If My Hdl Is Good

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Dr. Harshal Vora MD

I m wondering if I should be on Statins... Total Cholesterol 220, tri 102, HDL 77, LDL 123, VLDL 20, chol/hdl ratio 2.9. Thanks! ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harshal Vora ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Alokkalyani MD

Total cholestetol is 241 Ldl 161 Hdl 65 Trigly.66 Do I Need Statins? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Alokkalyani ( Rheumatologist)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

My cholesterol numbers are mid range for LDL and Triglycerides but my HDL is at 111 which I am told is too high! Why? Are Statins a good choice to lower this? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Sukhvinder Singh MD

put me on lipitor 40mg because my hdl was too low. After 6 weeks of lipitor, hdl 3 points lower and ... stop statins altogether. Reason for pravastatin in first place was high cholesterol . LDL high... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sukhvinder Singh ( Cardiologist)
Dr.    Suresh Heijebu MD

Sir, My question is towards using 'Statins' Recently I have underwent test for Lipid profile . The values are Cholesterol 204, HDL 56, LDL 131, Tryglycerides 86 . Is it necessary to use statins. I am ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suresh Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)

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My total cholesterol is 279 and my HDL is 46. Do I need to take statins? My risk factor is16.? My total cholesterol is 279 and my HDL is 46. Do I need to take statins? My risk... View answer

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Dr. Senduran Narayanasamy MD

hi Dr Rynne my cholesterol level 227 trygli 90 HDL 75.8 Ldl 133.20 Cholest ratio 3 should I consider taking statins ( which I really woulnt like) thank you Grace Chaves ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Senduran Narayanasamy ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

My lipid report is as follows. Unit is mg%. total cholesterol 230 serum triglycerides 133 hdl cholesterol 38 ldl cholesterol 165.4 vldl 26.6 total/hdl 6.1 ldl/hdl 4.3 Please suggest if i need to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Kathy Shattler MD

, Cholestrol 7.18 mol, HDL cholesterol is 1.27 mol and cholesterol/HDL Ratio is 5.7. I stopped taking pravcol ... medicine called Sytrinol. I do not want to take any more statins but I am terrified of... View answer

Answered by : Kathy Shattler ( Dietitian & Nutritionist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

I take Crestor..good results on my blood tests. However my creatinine blood is 0.59. Do statins ... range for women. should I be concerned? My LDL is 78.4, HDL 56. My cholesterol/ HDL is 2.9,... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)