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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 2477861" data-attributes="member: 429870">[USER=46834]@madusmacus[/USER] I do think you are approaching this difficult decision very wisely. John Mandrola (link above) mentions that statins do improve mortality in people who have already had a cardiac event, but speculates that this may not be because they lower cholesterol but because they lower inflammation. I am sometimes tempted to give in to statins myself, but I am already taking 4 different meds, as well as numerous vitamins & minerals, so taking a statin would tip me over into polypharmacy (defined as taking 5 different meds and greatly increasing the chance of interactions and side effects).  ALSO, even with v. low carb and maximum dose Glucophage I can't get my bg as low as I would like, so the idea of taking something that raised my bg even a little is very unwelcome.Btw, when my GP complained about my total cholesterol, I pointed out that my reasonably high HDL (supposedly a good thing) necessarily bumped up my high total score. This seemed to come as a completely new idea to him.Do keep on posting the latest developments.</blockquote>

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