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How to lower a LPa cholesterol number they say is set by your genes

Posted by travel05 @travel05, May 2 6:55am

How can I lower my LPa cholesterol number which doctor said is set by your genes you are born with. My dad died of hardening of the arteries. He said there is no medicine for it. I diet and exercise everyday.

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rainerhans | @rainerhans | May 2 8:01am

The only thing that worked for us is Repatha as injection.
It reduced LPA lab result after 2 injections to the half.
My husband had to take statins until we started with Repatha, can always be a side effect from statins as well.

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agb | @agb | May 2 8:40am

Same as rainerhans-my Lp(a) had a big reduction after starting with Repatha (I was already on statins and etizimibe (Zetia) since forever which had no effect. Other than that, all I've seen are some new drugs in the experimental stage for Lp(a)

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travel05 | @travel05 | May 2 8:49am
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@rainerhans

The only thing that worked for us is Repatha as injection.
It reduced LPA lab result after 2 injections to the half.
My husband had to take statins until we started with Repatha, can always be a side effect from statins as well.

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Thank you 😊

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celia16 | @celia16 | May 4 6:11am

Do you knowvyour numbers? I was very pleased with my LDL taking Zetia for years. Late last year my doctors still wanted me on a statin though, since I have type 1 diabetes, so went on Crestor.

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writer418 | @writer418 | May 5 6:50am

Some asked and after taking Repatha for almost a year, I don’t notice any side effects but everyone’s body is so different. You won’t know until you try.

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wessen | @wessen | May 7 6:36am

Rapatha has been a game changer for me. A sister of mine also took it. We never found anything else that worked. I couldn’t take statins but she could. She was on both. Our numbers were ridiculously high( in my opinion-hers at 2000 and mine at 1100. Ours both went back to normal. With statins, I could barely exist due to side effects. If rapatha has caused me any side effects, I don’t know what they are.

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dizzyprizzy | @dizzyprizzy | May 7 10:36am

Be careful to monitor your body's reactions to the drugs. Some interesting vitamins to check are Q10, and K2 that have statin like results without the side effects and some cardiologists prescribe them to patients who cannot tolerate the drugs.

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