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I have high blood pressure and my dr wants me to take a statin. HbA1c is 41%.
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<blockquote data-quote="Gardengnome" data-source="post: 1312159" data-attributes="member: 90244"><p>I take Losartan for blood pressure and have done so for 3.5 years, it's just that when I go for the 6 month review they do these risk assessments [Qrisk] and the powers that be [NICE] say anyone over 10% should be on a statin. They reduced the figure from 20% about a year ago. Trouble is the Qrisk rises with every birthday so the same set of figure can give you a low risk at 50 yrs and a high risk at 74. Stands to reason that the older you get the more you are likely to die of all causes.</p><p></p><p>Statins have a bad press and big pharma refuses to acknowledge the muscle damage they can cause yet they refuse to disclose their data which is more to the point -I saw a Prof Collins on TV who is paid by big pharma saying muscle pain was all in the mind - that made me start to look into the question. What I have read - and there is plenty - makes me sceptical. I am of the opinion that we women need our cholesterol.</p><p></p><p>My cholesterol a year ago was: Total C.6.6 mmol; HDL 2.8; non hdl ch 3.8; ratio 2.4. The dr at the time was OK with these figures but I am due another test so expect to be bullied by a different dr. The HbA1c was 41% and I was dismissively told that would rise. I weigh 57 kilos and am 172 cm high. Is the cholesterol too high?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gardengnome, post: 1312159, member: 90244"] I take Losartan for blood pressure and have done so for 3.5 years, it's just that when I go for the 6 month review they do these risk assessments [Qrisk] and the powers that be [NICE] say anyone over 10% should be on a statin. They reduced the figure from 20% about a year ago. Trouble is the Qrisk rises with every birthday so the same set of figure can give you a low risk at 50 yrs and a high risk at 74. Stands to reason that the older you get the more you are likely to die of all causes. Statins have a bad press and big pharma refuses to acknowledge the muscle damage they can cause yet they refuse to disclose their data which is more to the point -I saw a Prof Collins on TV who is paid by big pharma saying muscle pain was all in the mind - that made me start to look into the question. What I have read - and there is plenty - makes me sceptical. I am of the opinion that we women need our cholesterol. My cholesterol a year ago was: Total C.6.6 mmol; HDL 2.8; non hdl ch 3.8; ratio 2.4. The dr at the time was OK with these figures but I am due another test so expect to be bullied by a different dr. The HbA1c was 41% and I was dismissively told that would rise. I weigh 57 kilos and am 172 cm high. Is the cholesterol too high? [/QUOTE]
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