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Jan 17, 2011 - 9:00pm |
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buzz wrote: that's interesting. you may want to send this info to Jrzy. and maybe my co-workers First I have to drop some papers up off at the insurance company. What's your home address?
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 8:28pm |
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romeotuma wrote: Interesting
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buzz
Location: up the boohai
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Jan 17, 2011 - 7:54pm |
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dmax wrote:You might want to discuss this article from 2000 with your doc. and parts of this from 2008 might be worth reviewing with him/her. (But otherwise, sounds good! I'd leave things static until you talk to him/her. Assuming you live that long.) that's interesting. you may want to send this info to Jrzy. and maybe my co-workers
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DownHomeGirl
Location: American Russia Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 7:42pm |
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buzz wrote: congrats on the letters. i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?
4-6 weeks for full effect, which is maintained as long as statin is taken... then 4-6 weeks to return to baseline once statin is stopped... the dose you need is based on the cholesterol lowering potential of the particular statin you are using compared to the % cholesterol lowering that you need from your baseline... so the answer to your second question is "it depends."
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Jan 17, 2011 - 7:42pm |
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buzz wrote:Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax. This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped. Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option? I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks. You might want to discuss this article from 2000 with your doc. and parts of this from 2008 might be worth reviewing with him/her. (But otherwise, sounds good! I'd leave things static until you talk to him/her. Assuming you live that long.)
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buzz
Location: up the boohai
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Jan 17, 2011 - 7:30pm |
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OCDHG wrote:That's great. Good LDL. Yes I do have letters... FINALLY congrats on the letters. i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?
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DownHomeGirl
Location: American Russia Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 7:23pm |
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buzz wrote: 73. down from 203. you got letters after your name yet?
That's great. Good LDL. Yes I do have letters... FINALLY
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musik_knut
Location: Third Stone From The Sun Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 4:19pm |
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triskele wrote: bunnies? deer? large birds of prey? i think you meant flora.... fauna = animal flora = plant EDIT: silly me, I was thinking gut bacterium. flora would be correct.
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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Jan 17, 2011 - 3:22pm |
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musik_knut wrote: Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance.
bunnies? deer? large birds of prey? i think you meant flora....
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JrzyTmata
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Jan 17, 2011 - 3:18pm |
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buzz wrote:jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation. hell inna handbasket, I tells ya I PMed some links to you. I guess you'll see them when you get home. unless you want them now.
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Manbird
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Jan 17, 2011 - 3:06pm |
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cc_rider wrote: I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down?
It's the other way around, man.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 3:05pm |
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oldslabsides wrote:Cholesterol is a red herring.
I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down?
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buzz
Location: up the boohai
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Jan 17, 2011 - 3:00pm |
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jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation.
hell inna handbasket, I tells ya
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buzz
Location: up the boohai
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:49pm |
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OCDHG wrote: Sounds great. If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after. What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me
73. down from 203.
you got letters after your name yet?
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musik_knut
Location: Third Stone From The Sun Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:45pm |
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Beaker wrote: Assumes it doesn't help kill the patient first, elderly folk not tending to be as robust as the rest of us. And two week stays in the hospital generally don't help...
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Any hospital can be more of a threat to your well being than the reason(s) you are admitted...
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DownHomeGirl
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:40pm |
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buzz wrote:Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax. This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped. Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option? I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.
Sounds great. If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after. What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me
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musik_knut
Location: Third Stone From The Sun Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:36pm |
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romeotuma wrote: Yeah, that is what I was thinking... or it may be something somebody ate...
all I know is you should not eat yellow snow...
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:32pm |
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buzz wrote:Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.
This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.
Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?
I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.
Cholesterol is a red herring.
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buzz
Location: up the boohai
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:31pm |
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Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.
This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.
Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?
I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.
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meower
Location: i believe, i believe, it's silly, but I believe Gender:
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:30pm |
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musik_knut wrote: Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance.
simmah down now
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