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Suggest Treatment For High Cholesterol And Triglycerides
Question: My cholesterol is 235, Triglycerides 380, HDL cholesterol 32, vldl cholesterol 76. I stopped lipitor because making me so depress. How bad it is?I do not execise and do not have a specific diet.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
Thank you for posting your query on HCM.
Well looking into your query I will like to tell you that your lipid profile is quite deranged and you will require the medicine for it . You can try a different salt namely Rosuvastatin . If you are able to tolerate it , its very good otherwise then other drugs like fenofibrate etc. will need to be tried.
You should also exercise at least half an hour 5 days a week and avoid saturated fats to the XXXXXXX
Take care.
Dr. Shruti
Follows.
Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
Thank you for posting your query on HCM.
Well looking into your query I will like to tell you that your lipid profile is quite deranged and you will require the medicine for it . You can try a different salt namely Rosuvastatin . If you are able to tolerate it , its very good otherwise then other drugs like fenofibrate etc. will need to be tried.
You should also exercise at least half an hour 5 days a week and avoid saturated fats to the XXXXXXX
Take care.
Dr. Shruti
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