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Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?
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That's reassuring :-). My PCP has a patient in her mid-90s with extremely high cholesterol that didn't respond to any drugs they tried but she did her own grocery shopping, carried her own groceries home, did all of her own cooking and housekeeping. And had an active social life. Her descendants were doing nowhere near as well as she was and she wasn't at all concerned about her cholesterol. The last I heard, she was 97 and still going strong, lol.
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Cholesterol is a necessary part of our chemistry. Our brains need it to function. I’m no doctor, but I think the emphasis on lowering it in everyone may not be doing them any favors. My mom had a test on her carotid artery that showed extremely low evidence of plaque. We’re all different. “One size fits all” doesn’t work for everyone when it comes to cholesterol. We are what we are. Eat right and lead a clean life.