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This article from Mayo Clinic offers information that can help with the decision making

- Statins: Are these cholesterol-lowering drugs right for you? https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/statins/art-20045772

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After decades of various statins reducing my LDL/triglycerides but not sufficiently, and having no improvement on HDL, I was prescribed Repatha. For the first several months it worked! My numbers improved dramatically. Then everything veered southward, horribly so. I read as much medical literature as I could find. I contacted Amgen. One of the nurses answering the help line referenced a study in which a fraction of a percent of people involved in the initial drug trial developed antibodies to Repatha. I'm sadly assuming I must be in this group of unfortunates. Given the $$$ price this med costs, even with insurance, this is very frustrating. I'm at my wit's end. My doctors have no suggestions. Amgen has no suggestions. Btw, when I was first diagnosed with rotten chol/tri, I engaged in a vegan diet for several months. My chol numbers dropped by only six points. So please don't suggest changes to diet - I've already tried that.