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Before and after 6 months 5mg rosuvastatin results as follows:

Total: 260 mg/dl > 173

LDL: 183 mg/dl > 103

Tris: 175 mg/dl > 116

HDL: 47 mg/dl > 49

My Apo(b) was INSANE last year at 167mg/dL. Slashed that down to 94.

All this with very modest lifestyle changes.

High LP(a) of 161 so I’m still going to ask my Dr about upping my dose and/or adding Ezetimibe (at r/ cholesterol advice). I was pretty pumped though to see how responsive my body was to such a small dose of the statin. I feel like I have a new body- I kind of spiraled after getting my results last year and was just accepting I’d die in my 50s.

I’m grateful I switched PCPs to someone who keeps up with this shit. If I stayed with my other dr I would have never heard of LPA or APOB nor probably had a conversation about a statin (my last drs advice for lowering cholesterol was grill rather than sauté meats).

Before and after 6 months 5mg rosuvastatin results as follows:

Total: 260 mg/dl > 173

LDL: 183 mg/dl > 103

Tris: 175 mg/dl > 116

HDL: 47 mg/dl > 49

My Apo(b) was INSANE last year at 167mg/dL. Slashed that down to 94.

Anyway, if you’re an overproducer definitely talk to your doctor about getting some pharmaceutical help. All this progress was from the statin alone, I’ve made some lifestyle changes but pretty modest. I was expecting some progress but not this much at such a low dose. I’m still going to ask about upping the dose in light of my high Lp(a) but this shit works.