T4tomo
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I'm on 20mg Atorvastatin, recommended after the company medical as Chol reading of 6.5, with a decent diet. I was recommended them about 25 years ago when my reading was 9.0, but my diet was v poor then, so I only took a months worth and then managed to hold Chol at 5.5 ish from diet and exercise for years, echoing the above.When I went on to Statins I knew there was some controversy about them, but I'd never paid much attention. So I asked the consultant to explain. He said - not in as many words - something like: "The controversy around them is mainly about using them to get an effect that could also be obtained by lifestyle changes. That's not why I'm prescribing them to you. I'm prescribing them as an intervention because you've had a Serious Thing." adding "So shut up and take your medicine. Jeez, everyone's an expert these days. I blame YouTube".
Highly embroidered and not anything like his exact words, but that was the gist.
Now its crept up a bit, family medical history suggest a low dosage is beneficial and I have had no adverse effects. blood test new year to see what the new reading is.
In both cases my good to bad ratio's were very favourable