Suggest Treatment For High LDL Levels
Life style changes & statin - MUST
Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic
HDL is good cholesterol – higher, the better.
LDL is bad cholesterol – lower, the better.
In the absence of any other risk factor, 100 is ideal for LDL-C. In the presence of ischemia, 70 should be the aim.
Keep your weight to normal / even a little less
Quit smoking, if you are a smoker
Do regular EXERCISE – say walking or jogging - 30 minutes a day / at least 5 days in a week. Isometric exercise (like bull worker) is bad.
Healthy FOOD is a must. Avoid saturated fats – coconut oil, palm oil, butter, ghee, full cream milk...Avoid junk foods in particular – French fries have palm oil / Pizza has cheese / XXXXXXX sweets are made in ghee.../ Change to Poly-un-saturated oil – like sun flower oil. / Include Mono-un-saturated oil – Olive oil.
Cholesterol can still be high, in spite of diet and exercise – you need drugs; because it is also manufactured in the liver – and that is determined by heredity. Statin is the first choice.
You need to START it straight away – because of the high level.
There are several statins (Atorvastatin / Rosuvastatin etc.) and your Primary care provider will prescribe one for you
Repeat the test in 6 weeks.
Take care
Good luck
Loose a few Kgs / Increase the dose of Aztor
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Your BMI is 24.5. /upper normal range…
You can shed a few kilograms!
Aztor is Atorvastatin – OK / but the dose is small… Up to 80 mg is the dose
You may double the dose now and check again up in 6 to 8 weeks
Regards