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Being overweight and borderline high cholesterol for 43yr old male with no other heart disease risk tried diet exercise , do i need to start medicatio?
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Hard question: More history is needed as well as the measurements of your cholesterol. Risk factors include male gender, age >50, family history of heart disease, presence of diabetes, smoking. Cholesterol values depend on coronary artery disease risk. Send the values and answer these ?, and then you can be further counseled.
Answered 3/3/2014
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