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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SweetHeart" data-source="post: 281917" data-attributes="member: 42237">I feel very stupid, because I'm still struggling to compute the math for MH's levels. Suffice to say that we have to get his LDL and Trigs down , if only to appease the bl**dy quack, whom we are seeing tomorrow.MH plans to say that he doesn't want to go onto Statins (Simvastatin has crippled my 78 yr old father) but rather wants to try reducing the levels with diet. If that fails then he may accept a stanol at a later date. He has enough movement restriction problems as it is. My worry is that the ED will return....My father has taken Simvastatin now for about 7 years. He can hardly walk but will not believe me when I tell him his incredibly painful legs and breathing problems are the Simvastatin. I have even shown him the contraindications leaflet that came with the Simvastatin to no avail. As he has had major heart surgery (valve replacement and double bypass in 2010) he will probably benefit from taking a statin, but he desperately needs to change type before my mother bumps him off through sheer frustration at his pigheadedness.Ju</blockquote>

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