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<blockquote data-quote="SimonCrox" data-source="post: 1963403" data-attributes="member: 388174"><p>Hi, these are impressive improvements in your cholesterol levels, and also great to hear that no upsets from the treatment. Men with <strong>untreated</strong> FH often have heart attacks in their 20s - 30s, so that about 50% have heart attack by age 50; aggressive treatment delays or prevents heart attacks [<a href="https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(02)00330-1/fulltext" target="_blank">https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(02)00330-1/fulltext</a> ]. So, you are avoiding heart attacks with all this treatment. I'd continue since it is not apparently upsetting you; if you stop some and have a heart attack, you cannot replace the damaged heart muscle. How low to go? I do not know of any studies looking at this in FH, but in secondary prevention (treating cholesterol after the heart attack), the standard target was under 4.0 mmol/L at one stage, so this is where you are. </p><p>Best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonCrox, post: 1963403, member: 388174"] Hi, these are impressive improvements in your cholesterol levels, and also great to hear that no upsets from the treatment. Men with [B]untreated[/B] FH often have heart attacks in their 20s - 30s, so that about 50% have heart attack by age 50; aggressive treatment delays or prevents heart attacks [[URL]https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(02)00330-1/fulltext[/URL] ]. So, you are avoiding heart attacks with all this treatment. I'd continue since it is not apparently upsetting you; if you stop some and have a heart attack, you cannot replace the damaged heart muscle. How low to go? I do not know of any studies looking at this in FH, but in secondary prevention (treating cholesterol after the heart attack), the standard target was under 4.0 mmol/L at one stage, so this is where you are. Best wishes [/QUOTE]
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