On 14 Dec 2006, at 11:55, Sue Burchett wrote: > >>> : >Guy - type 2 and just got a gold star for control and >>> Cholesterol at >>> my >>> : >annual review! >>> >>> >>> Lucky you, she doubled my Statin dose when I went >>> >> To be honest that happened to me too. DR (Diabetic specialist GP) >> started by saying that my cholestrerol was 4.6 which was fine as >> far as >> he was concerned so well done and then went on to say that the >> goalposts >> had been moved and that the target was now 4.0 so I might as well >> take >> 20mg statins instead of 10mg to get there. Presumably he gets a cash >> payment if I hit the target :-)} He then said that they don't even >> start people on 10mg these days. >> >> Guy > > Roger started on 40mg with cholestrerol at 5.7. My cholestrerol is > 6.1 and I don't get anything!
And I started on 10mg with cholesterol level at 13.7 (!) and it dropped to 4.2. Everybody's different! -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com
