Nope, not on statin. I was prescribed one but had a bad reaction in 3 weeks. (muscle pain weakness). The Vescepa (saw you mentioned it) was worthless in my case. Couldn't get my cholesterol to budge from 240!
What DID work was the real deal - upping my intake of fish! Only takes 2-3 months and my very stubborn cholesterol will drop 40 points. I wrote another lengthy post today about my cholesterol with numbers. My dad was on statins for two decades. Although it controlled his cholesterol, it did not stop the plaque build up! He had 3 major bypass surgeries at 58, 72 and 80. Angioplasties and stints in between. Then had TIA's and finally a major stroke! But his cholesterol was 169! Its not your cholesterol but the ratios of LDL to HDL and other indicators.
I noticed a convo about fructose above. I have IBS and I can't digest fructose in fruits because of the oligosaccharides, so I went back to a regular ole white sugar after abstaining for 45 years.
I have familial CAD and that plays a part in my body depositing plague even when denied fats. It still finds a way to make them. That is what science teaches us. (I had nutritional chemistry in college) If you make the mistake of giving your body components of cholesterol, it will make up the plaque much easier than if you just ate the cholesterol outright. Our body has a unique "signature" for cholesterol. So it must break down that egg you ate -- before reconstituting it to your body's unique cholesterol. People don't understand digestive nutritional chemistry and that it's not the 'thing" you eat - it's how the body metabolizes it and which part of the body, at what point in the digestive process, it gets digested. We really must understand how to understand the research articles as well.