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Replies to "What dosage of Statin are you taking? For many statins will actually increase the CAC score...."
2mg/d of pitavastatin (Livalo). I'd do an angio in a 'heartbeat' but I have a very bad reaction to contrast (delayed systemic hypersensitivity reaction - like systemic poison oak - lobster red skin and unmitigated itching for a month - totally disabling and unresponsive to everything). I must work and cannot be disabled or it'll be economically disastrous. Plus, as chief of my hospitalist service, I have to do all that this entails. Obviously, should I have a coronary event, I'll have to have an angio, and I'll pre-treat with high dose steroids, having to accept the risks inherent with that. Story of my life - lots of rocks and hard places....
Also, I had a high CAC score before I started statins. I know about the statin - calcification effect. So it goes.