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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkMunday" data-source="post: 2277581" data-attributes="member: 525839">The short answer IMHO is, those cholesterol levels look fine and no, drugs are not required. Cholesterol is made in the liver, and I like to think my liver knows how much cholesterol it needs to make. Why doctors think they have to second-guess the liver of patients has always been a mystery to me. I suspect most of them don't understand the underlying processes.I am also offered statins often but I always refuse. Be aware that, while statins reduce cholesterol, they do not improve mortality. There is no real benefit in taking them and there are various adverse effects. According to the studies, the only group of people who benefit from statins are middle aged men who have already had heart attacks. Women don't benefit from them at all.</blockquote>

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