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Message: <blockquote data-quote="))Denise((" data-source="post: 510746" data-attributes="member: 27532">I took simvastatin for about 18 months, they took my cholesterol down from 5.2 to 3.0.  After reading about them and that they are not proven for women.  I stopped taking them.  My cholesterol has gone back up but I'm not bothered.  I think it is something that I need especially as it is implicated in conversion of sunlight to Vitamin D.  Even if there was a case for me to take statins, I think that I was on too high a dose as I think 3.0 is way too low.I talked to my GP about my views on statins and he said that I should take them but that it was my decision and I said I wasn't taking them.  He then found a box on his computer screen and ticked that I won't take them.  We have the discussion about me taking them on an annual basis, but I decline.I'd like to add that I have taken part in medical research where I had a CT scan of my heart and the cardiologist said I had no calcium deposits and everything is working well.</blockquote>

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