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Your Tips on How to Get Off to the Best Start with a New Specialist
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My PCP has advised for me to begin taking a statin. My cholesterol is 210 ( I am 76 yrs old and have been working out my entire adult life). I had a brain tumor removed from my optic nerve 12/18 and then a subdural bilateral bleed requiring a craniotomy and burr hole on 2/22/19. On 3/13/19 had to have another emergency surgery for a bleed requiring another craniotomy and burr hole. This bleed also caused a midline shift. All of the above put me at a higher risk for a stroke therefor the recommendation of a statin. I am not convinced that this is necessary and am very interested in your information. If you have any other information that may help me decide I would be very interested.
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I am 70 and take a statin due to a high plaque burden in my coronary arteries. I've read that 75 is the cut-off age for positive benefits of statins, but since you have been active and fit your whole life, your biological age is likely younger. You don't say what your LDL cholesterol is or if you've had coronary artery disease. This information may weigh on your decision. In your shoes, I'd get a 2nd opinion, especially given your reluctance to start on statins, which do have side effects for a significant number of people.