Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 - I agree your overall cholesterol is probably genetic; what I'm saying is that I didn't think triglycerides had anything to do with raising overall cholesterol and that something to just bring down the triglycerides might be a better route than a statin. I'm not in the slightest worried about my overall cholesterol which has gone down from 418 to 378 since I began eating more saturated fat. But I do think trigs are perhaps a different matter? Also Les: could you explain how diabetes comes into this please? I got lost there. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Also Les: could you explain how diabetes comes into this please? I got lost there.Pam Hi, Pam, I think I was responding to someone who asked how many diabetics were here, because there was a risk mentioned right on the statin warnings , against diabetics using them, but yet the companies are promoting the use of them for all diabetics . Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 I read over and over again, if people have a problem with tri's to cut down or eliminate sugar from their diet..... Re: Re: Results back... - I agree your overall cholesterol is probably genetic; what I'm saying is that I didn't think triglycerides had anything to do with raising overall cholesterol and that something to just bring down the triglycerides might be a better route than a statin. I'm not in the slightest worried about my overall cholesterol which has gone down from 418 to 378 since I began eating more saturated fat. But I do think trigs are perhaps a different matter?Also Les: could you explain how diabetes comes into this please? I got lost there.Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Right, Les. That was me saying about diabetics being high risk for statin use. I found that bit again and copy it below - with some of the other high risk factors too. I think the risk of alcohol consumption (or history of) is already well known so I've left that para out. This is an extract from the Medicines and Healh Regulatory Agency (UK Gov) THE RECLASSIFICATION OF SIMVASTATIN 10MG (ZOCOR HEART-PRO) OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) Questions and Answers for patients Q3. What about the risk of myopathy and the possible need for creatine kinase measurement? The risk of serious myopathy with simvastatin is very low. The pharmacy protocol for dispensing the medicine is designed to further minimise this risk by (a) employing a low dose of simvastatin, ( excluding high-risk patients (such as those with diabetes, renal failure, hypothyroidism, prior history of myopathy) © excluding patients taking other lipid lowering therapies, and (d) excluding patients taking medicines likely to interact and thereby increase systemic exposure to simvastatin (e.g. ‘azole’ antifungal agents and macrolide antibiotics). I did, however, find by accident last night, reference to high levels of insulin being responsible for high cholesterol. So presumably you can translate that into high carbohydrate intake = high cholesterol. Very Interesting. (That came from The Schwarzbein Principle by Schwarzbein BTW) Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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