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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 9:00pm

 buzz wrote:

that's interesting.
 
you may want to send this info to Jrzy. and maybe my co-workers
 
First I have to drop some papers up off at the insurance company. What's your home address?
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 8:28pm

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Interesting

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:54pm

 dmax wrote:

You might want to discuss this article from 2000 with your doc.

and parts of this from 2008 might be worth reviewing with him/her.

(But otherwise, sounds good! I'd leave things static until you talk to him/her. Assuming you live that long.)

 

 
that's interesting.
 
you may want to send this info to Jrzy. and maybe my co-workers
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:42pm

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congrats on the letters.
 
i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?

 
4-6 weeks for full effect, which is maintained as long as statin is taken... then 4-6 weeks to return to baseline once statin is stopped... the dose you need is based on the cholesterol lowering potential of the particular statin you are using compared to the % cholesterol lowering that you need from your baseline... so the answer to your second question is "it depends."

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:42pm

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Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax. This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped. Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option? I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.
 
You might want to discuss this article from 2000 with your doc.

and parts of this from 2008 might be worth reviewing with him/her.

(But otherwise, sounds good! I'd leave things static until you talk to him/her. Assuming you live that long.)

 


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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:30pm

 OCDHG wrote:


That's great. Good LDL.
Yes I do have letters... FINALLY

 
congrats on the letters.
 
i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:23pm

 buzz wrote:

73. down from 203.
you got letters after your name yet?

 

That's great. Good LDL.
Yes I do have letters... FINALLY


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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 4:19pm

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  bunnies?  deer?  large birds of prey?
  i think you meant flora....
 
fauna = animal
flora = plant

EDIT: silly me, I was thinking gut bacterium. flora would be correct.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:22pm

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Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance.
 
  bunnies?  deer?  large birds of prey?


  i think you meant flora....

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:18pm

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jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation.
hell inna handbasket, I tells ya
 
I PMed some links to you. I guess you'll see them when you get home. unless you want them now.


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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:06pm

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I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down?
 
It's the other way around, man. 
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:05pm

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Cholesterol is a red herring.
 
I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down?

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:00pm

jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation.


hell inna handbasket, I tells ya
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:49pm

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Sounds great.  If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after.  What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me



 


73. down from 203.
you got letters after your name yet?
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:45pm

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Assumes it doesn't help kill the patient first, elderly folk not tending to be as robust as the rest of us.  And two week stays in the hospital generally don't help...

/recent experience
 
Any hospital can be more of a threat to your well being than the reason(s) you are admitted...

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:40pm

 buzz wrote:
Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax. This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped. Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option? I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.

 
Sounds great.  If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after.  What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me


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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:36pm

 romeotuma wrote:

Yeah, that is what I was thinking... or it may be something somebody ate...

 

 
all I know is you should not eat yellow snow...

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:32pm

 buzz wrote:
Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.

This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.

Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?

I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.

 

Cholesterol is a red herring.


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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:31pm

Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.

This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.

Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?

I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.
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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:30pm

 musik_knut wrote:

Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance.
 

simmah down now
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