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Anyone else out there with extremely high lipoprotein (a)?
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My Lp(a) is 220 nmol/L since the first time I had it measured in 2007. That’s high risk and is in the 95th percentile of the measured Lp(a) population. It causes me no issues.
I control what I can control. I keep my LDL < /= 70 mg/dL, triglycerides below 50, A1c between 4.8 and 5.2%, BMI at 25, blood pressure < 120/80. My last total coronary artery calcium score was only 135 which is within the 50th percentile of people matched for age, gender, and race/ethnicity. That’s decent for a 70 year old male with high Lp(a).
I was able to reduce my Lp(a) from 220 nmol/L to 44 nmol/L (80% reduction despite dogma that states only a 20-30% reduction can be expected) using 2,000 mg/day of extended release nicotinic acid. While it worked, it caused me an absolute myriad of health issues that fortunately were reversible after stopping Endur-Acin.
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Hello. What did you do to keep all those values so great. Are you taking statins? How about the Mediterranean diet? I have been doing this one for quite awhile. Vit C? I started it today even though I eat oranges every morning for a long time since I was a kid. I am 71 now. I exercise 1 hr daily. My values are normal but my Lipo A came out high 357 It was the first time I had this test. By the way I requested it because my cardiologist has never done it. I was just reading about lipids and the Lipo A popped up. I was reading that cardiologists don’t irder it because there is no drug out there for it only 4 are on trials. Anyway I think I am doing the right thing but unfortunately I got the gene. Stay safe and healthy. Happy 4th of July. Vivian N.