I’ve been taking Lipitor, 80mg, from the day it came out (I was part of the stage 3 clinical trial), and it lowered my total cholesterol from the 400’s to under 200 and LDL from the mid 200’s to around 100. Virtually no meat or fried foods, very little saturated fat in my diet my whole adult life.
Now I learn my CAC score has me in the 75% percentile, meaning worse than 3/4 of the people my age. Lovely. And a bad family history from both my parents.

I’m now on a plant based diet, more meds, and my cardiologist has me taking, in addition to a multivitamin, a plant based Omega 3 supplement. He’s really focused on my Lipoprotein B levels, as that seems to be the carrier for cholesterol that’s gets deposited in blood vessels.

Good luck in your journey