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Hi @dcody.
Your summary is helpful, thank you. I am a Mayo MN cardiology patient. My cholesterol has never been well controlled, and I have just felt worse and worse over time. My ears perked to this discussion because Repatha did not work for me. I started feeling worse and worse as I was on it and my LDL did not drop as much as expected. Inclisiran is part of what is working for me now. Mayo Clinic has figured out more of what is unique to me. With that knowledge, I am now taking drugs again that I said “never again” to because of how I felt. Switching from a “spray and pray” approach to treating what our doctors understand is happening seems to be what is working. I appreciate reading your story.
An initial question for you…why a beta blocker?
Thank you SO much. Sometimes cardiologists get stuck and all they can see are numbers and cannot see that a person has no quality of life. I love my life. I am very active. I want to live long and strong. But, after seeing some people die of cancer, I’ll take a heart attack over that. I will work hard against having a heart attack. But, I’m not going back to being disabled by drugs that my myopic cardiologist insisted I take. My internist said my cholesterol ratio was excellent even though my LDL is high, and my LPa has come down 60 points in a year and a half using an OTC supplement. I exercise daily, eat healthy clean organic food, and my weight is normal. Hanging in there. Looking for the balance.