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.

 

[69GTX]

LDL and total cholesterol have been a "boogey man" since the 1960's/1970's.
The cholesterol "guidelines" are about as useful as the blood pressure guides.....mostly meant
to drum up business, but not lead to optimum health and longer life. One can probably toss out
cholesterol and HDL and instead focus on homocysteine, C Reactive Protein, triglyceride/chol. ratios,
and other things for predictive inflammatory markers.

Cholesterol numbers were once convenient....now they're just generally wrong. Only oxidized cholesterol is a problem,
especially when you have the smaller LDL particles Pattern B. If your body is not oxidizing cholesterol and plating it out
in your arteries, organs, and soft tissues, the total chol/LDL numbers are somewhat meaningless. Hearts are unhealthier
today than ever before....following 60 yrs of foolish Cholesterol and dietary guidance.