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I am 65 old female. total cholesterol-229, hdl-50, ldl- 144, ratio 4.6, total cholesterol 229, should i be on a statin?
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Depends : Statin use is determined by your endocrinologist or internal medicine specialist, after history taking and physical checks they will order a bunch of studies apart from that one. Medicine doesn’t really just on número... good medicine evaluates you as s complete individual.
Answered 6/27/2019
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