My Cardiologist at Mayo explained to me that the Lipoprotein (a) is a sticky type of cholesterol that has like a tail that sticks easily and is genetic. He also said they have found that this is the same type of protein that snails have that form their shell. He did put me on Rosuvastatin and is waiting on FDA to release a new drug they have shown great results of their research on. When it is released it will be a shot twice a year. When I was at my GP office for a check-up I asked him about how they have treated this type prior, and he said with statins. Luckily I have not had any issues taking my statin. I am currently post 4 weeks TAVR heart valve procedure and doing great Thanks to Mayo's great care. Personally if I were you I would give the statin a try. I, too, fought it a long time.