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Simvastatin

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A 22-year old female asked:

What does high ferritin serum 472 ng/ml f and alt(sgpt) 80 h 0-40 iu/l cholesterol 200 triglycerides92 HDL chole 40 vldl choleste 18 LDL chole142?

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A 39-year old female asked:

My Thyroid was .14. I was told that was normal but I have symptoms of hypothyroid. Palpitations, itchy skin, hair loss, moody, headaches high choleste?

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A 68-year old male asked:

Have you heard of choleslo?

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A 42-year old asked:

What do you suggest if my cholestro is too high.. please suggest?

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A 36-year old male asked:

What are the foods to be eating that can reduce cholestol in the body?

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A 46-year old female asked:

High HDL related to high cholester?

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A 44-year old asked:

Does cholest-off have any side effects?

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A 41-year old asked:

Can taking atrovastatin be combined with nature made cholest off?

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A 44-year old female asked:

If my total cholest is 284 with HDL 100.9 and LDL 177 , trig 79, ratio 2.81. What is more important the levels or the ratio? What the ratio means?

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A 55-year old asked:

Near vegan since 2/11 (less than three oz of animal prdt a week). My cholest. Dropped 100 pts. I'm 55 & take a good multi . Should I have other tests?

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A 38-year old female asked:

Just started taking atorvastatin is it ok to take cholest off also?

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A 32-year old female asked:

When I reached healthy weight, still had high cholest.. Had gallbladder sympt, no stones. Rec. Hida scan for possible "sand." gallbldder sand=hi chol?

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A 20-year old female asked:

Why is it everytime i eat choclete i start sneezing?

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A 45-year old male asked:

My creatinine is .8 and my NON-HDL CHOLESTERO isL 140 while my LDL Cholesterol is 121..concerning? Thank you

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A 44-year old asked:

What's considered the best way to lower you cholesterol level naturally, and is the over-the-counter cholest-off any good?

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A 38-year old female asked:

38F Healthy Mediter no-grain diet. Lipids: Total Cholest 209 LDL 133, Lp(a) 44, ApoA1 165, ApoB 93 ApoB/ApoA1 Ratio .56 Why is LDL and Lp(a) so high?

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A 36-year old asked:

What would have a greater chance at creating an endemic in the U.S.: vibrio cholerae or etec?

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A 41-year old male asked:

Did a general lab checkup. My Triglyceride was 73, Cholest. was 229. Can someone please tell me what i can conclude based on this?

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A 29-year old female asked:

I live in Arizona (Phoenix at the moment) where the coolest is 95 right now. I used to walk 3x (30 mins each) a day and now I can't. Should I just walk in the heat and bring water?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Hida scan shows 17% function @ 20 min. No pain during exam 4.3 m of technetium 99m of choletec. 1.5mcg of cck. Bilirubin is 1.5 enzymes good.

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A 55-year old female asked:

Do all cholesterol lowering drugs raise your risk of diabetes? I have high cholesterol but very concerned over this issue? Would Cholest-off OTC work?

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A 29-year old male asked:

One of the rare things wrong with my PHYSICAL health are LDL cholest. (4.08 mmol/L) and HDL cholest. (1.5 mmol/L). LDL was constantly like this for a few years but my HDL was always good till now. Why is this? (I'm athletic, don't smoke/drink/drugs).

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A 35-year old asked:

To reduce cholesterl level in blood for aged people some people say sex activities is a natural remedy, is it ture?

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A 41-year old female asked:

Ways to lower LDL. Total 242, LDL-132, HDL-97. Will supplement Cholester Off (plant sterols and stanols) help lower LDL? Hurt to try it?

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A 36-year old female asked:

Primary mineralcorticoid deficient(AI not Addison's) & FH causing high ldl treated w repatha. can cholest get too low & neg affect hormones?

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A 37-year old male asked:

Many have mis with normal cholest. Treat chol is important, but what about LDL oxidation as well as calcification? No funding to study, but relevant?

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A 45-year old male asked:

Have yearly regular blood tests to do, been taking valtrex1000 mg daily for last 6 months , will it affect my tests, doing my rbc, wbc, cholestol etc?

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A 17-year old male asked:

Had a lipid panel done. Ttl cholesterol- 159. Triglycerides- 61. Hdl- 38. Ldl- 106. Vlda- 12. Ttl cholest/hdl- 4.1. Non-hdl- 118. Is this good?

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A 37-year old female asked:

37 F wt 210. Cholest.176 no diabetes. Is crp too high 10.5? is this bad for my heart? Nurse said its fine Bp 110/74 heart tests good chronic sinusitis

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A 28-year old female asked:

Hi doctor, i want to know does spinch, cucumber, tomato and indian lentis has full cholesterol because in india a doctor said it is full of cholestero?

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