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@tuckerp I just got a helpful comment to my post from 2024, which prompted this conversation to come up. I ended up stopping my blood pressure medication and my statins because both were so incredibly under control and I wanted to see what I could do on my own without them. Well, I spent six months eating nothing I shouldn’t, drinking nothing that I shouldn’t, exercising and losing 30 pounds. I was definitely overweight but not extremely and I now weigh 145 pounds. The doctor thought for sure my numbers were gonna come back great. They did not. They skyrocketed right back to where they were before any medications were started. So back on 50 mg of Losartan and 5 mg of rosuvastatin I went. When I did my next blood panel six months later, all was back under control. I tried and I failed. Genetics clearly plays a big part in these numbers. I will be 75 soon and have resigned myself to these two medications. Now I’m moving on to other issues. Grade C esophagitis was just diagnosed. It just never ends. Good luck to all who read this!🙏🏻❤️

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@carolinlv We are all different. Losartan would make me a little light headed. I switched to lisinopril and for the first 6 months gave me a slight dry cough. That has finally cleared up. I had my LPa checked and mine was 150. That apparently is the genetic test. I cannot take a statin. Within 3 days muscles aches and issues with my gut. I have tried everything that ends in a tin. Most everything else doesnt work. Dr put me on Repatha. A twice monthly injection. My cholesterol went from over 300 to 140. My LDL went from over 200 to 80. Dr wants me to try to get to 70. I have had no reaction to the injections. I just found out I have a hiatal hernia. I am taking 40mg famotadine that works a little. The 40mg are prescription . I take one at bedtime.