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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zauberflote" data-source="post: 1941994" data-attributes="member: 496650"><p>Here in the US, my brother was dx with Metabolic Syndrome while in his 40's. His blood was so thick (from sugar he says) that they couldn't get a reading for triglycerides <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite69" alt=":wideyed:" title="Wide Eyed    :wideyed:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":wideyed:" />. To the best of my recollection, he went on statins for a period until they could get a triglyceride reading that was more or less satisfactory, and then went off them. He's a pilot for a major international airline, and is not allowed to take many drugs. He manages his now-pre-diabetes very well with diet and exercise (he's a runner). So that is his experience. I myself have a visit with my cardiologist in January, and she'll have learned my last a1c of 6.5 American, which is "diabetic" if you get it again. We shall see what she says! I am terrified of the side-effects of statins, becuase my muscles already hurt!!!! And I already take miltiple rx meds.I'm 67 and may live another 25 years even without statins, so there too!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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