Glad,you are,Ok but there is,research now,on why you should NOT take,statins. So maybe your new Dr. Is,more,current on research. They can have side effects & are minimally effective at preventing heart disease. Any MD's on the list who can check me on this?
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 9:30 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > I have been on statins for probably 10 years off an on with my old > doctor. My old doctor was a quack so I had not been to see anyone for > about 2 years and have not taken any for at least a year. Finally went > to new doctor yesterday. He went ahead and gave me a script for them > again since it stood to reason if I needed them before I would still > need them. The doctor personally called me this morning saying he got > my labs back. That had me worried since I have never had a doctor call > me. He said not to take the statin because my numbers looked good. > Upon logging in to their website to look at the results my numbers are > not really a whole lot different than they were all along. I just guess > this doctor just does not push these pills on people. For example, my > current LDL is 127. Last time I was tested in 17 it was 140. I think > that I may not have been taking a statin at that time. The 2 tests > before in 14 and 15 were 80 and 67 when I was on one. Before than it ran > around 103 to 140. I guess the new doctor is not getting kickbacks from > the drug reps like my old doctor was. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
