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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sninge" data-source="post: 2702780" data-attributes="member: 468746">I was offered them when I turned 40 and have also declined for 10yrs, turned 50 last year and I also got a message from surgery suggesting them and saying I could reply ' yes' or request to talk to someone, I asked to speak to someone and had a very informative chat with the surgery pharmacist ( probably better than a gp! ) she looked at my overall risk, explained why type 1s are higher risk ( as previously commented, highs and lows on heart ) between us we decided to try 6 months on cholesterol lowering yoghurt and see if they reduced cholesterol (5). I then had appointment with my consultant and talked with him, he felt strongly they would be better as yoghurt would probably only drop by 0.5 and mine has raised +1 in last year. However both agreed I didn't need the 40mg suggested on the text so I am about to start on 20mg.You just have to question the people in the know and make your own decision. Had I not done that would have been started on twice the dose.</blockquote>

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