Guest guest Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Tried dieting? Any other risk factors? > 56 year old woman with: > > Tchol 330 > > LDL 244 > > HDL 76 > > TAG 50 > > POS FH CAD > > Stable for years in this range. > > Failed Red Yeast Rice (won't take statins) > Did try Lipitor once with little change in #s > > Umm . . . ideas? > > > > Pamela > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Cholesterol levels are just numbers. Absolute reduction in primary events with the use of statins is 1%. So for every 100 patients you put on statins, only 1 will benefit. Statins are almost worthless and using lipid panels to determine if they are effective even more so. My suggestion. Get a heartscan - calcium score and further stratify her risk. Get a VAP or NMR lipid test. Get an omega-3 index test Switch her to a Paleo diet. Steve stown, NJ > > 56 year old woman with: > > Tchol 330 > > LDL 244 > > HDL 76 > > TAG 50 > > POS FH CAD > > Stable for years in this range. > > Failed Red Yeast Rice (won't take statins) > Did try Lipitor once with little change in #s > > Umm . . . ideas? > > > > Pamela > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Pretty much agree with Steve re: Lipids...disagree with all the other suggestions...Paleo diet ...oh brother....maybe running after the food like our ancestors would help. > > > > 56 year old woman with: > > > > Tchol 330 > > > > LDL 244 > > > > HDL 76 > > > > TAG 50 > > > > POS FH CAD > > > > Stable for years in this range. > > > > Failed Red Yeast Rice (won't take statins) > > Did try Lipitor once with little change in #s > > > > Umm . . . ideas? > > > > > > > > Pamela > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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