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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 280533" data-attributes="member: 6467">I stopped taking Simvastatin because it turned me into a Zobmie  :twisted: About 24 hours after I stopped the lights came on again.I am now on Pravastatin which seems to suit me and my cholesterol is O.K. at the moment.An alternative (have a friend who uses these) is plant stanols.She had bad responses to statins, has familial hyperlipidaemia, but gets very good cholesterol readings using these.You can buy them in the shops (e.g. ProActiv) but you have to look carefully at the packaging to calculate 'bangs per buck' and avoid high sugar content and make sure you are getting your 2g per day.You can also get pills online.Wikipedia says that it isn't as effective as statins, but then again if you aren't taking statins then this could help.Finally I am slightly confused (as usual).If there are three main components (HDL, LDL, Tri) then arithmetic suggests that the tris are (5.8 - 4.0 - 1.4) 0.4.So it may not be that straightforward.CheersLGC</blockquote>

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