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Hmm, seems the medical profession has a new calculation for cholesterol and I'm suddenly at risk for a stroke or heart attack :/

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Oct 15 '18, 17:14

Statin dose doubled unless it causes bad muscle pain.

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I am on 40mg lovastatin -- nm - Bacon Oct 15, 17:16 7
- Is this a poll? 10 mg of atrovastin -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 17:56 1
  - 40 mg Atorvastatin ...I had 314 total cholesterol when I started, managed to get it down 199, but now back up 230 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 19:58
- Simvastatin - going from 20 to 40mg. The other option was to lose 20-30 pounds but she didn't recommend that :) - Meg Oct 15, 17:22 4
  - You are the perfect weight! You’d look sickly -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 17:55 2
    - No kidding. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 18:02 1
      - Yeah, that is crazy. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 18:19
  - i'm on 40 mg sim. too -- nm* - peglegpete Oct 15, 17:34

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