New Guidelines for Cholesterol Readings

[Al]

This is not a medical recommendation merely an experience FOR ME.

I was taking a 20 mg statin and my last numbers were: Cholesterol-188, LDL-96, HDL-81,
As you get older doses tend to increase. The New Guidelines are now LDL-70. So I now take 40 mg.

Before I started taking statins my LDL hovered around 135 almost twice the today's recommended high for LDL.
My Total used to be 140 with HDL 65. I really should have been taking statins well before the 11 years that I have been taking them.

Some folks may want to do the research or see their docs.

 

[Leo99]

I take 20 mg generic Lipitor, my numbers are Cholesterol-155 LDL-80 HDL-59. I'm curious if my doctors would change my meds. I remember when total cholesterol range was less than 200 and they were happy.

 

[Lubener]

My doc has me on an 80mg generic Lipitor and my last total was 100, LDL 47, my HDL has always been historically low around 40 all my life. My doc pays more attention to my cholesterol/HDLC ratio which is good at 2.6. I don't have any drug side effects and am good with it.