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by Volpe 4610 days ago
Those with higher cholesterol have a higher percentage of heart attacks.

Doctors (in Australia at least) prescribe when your risk (calculated on your cholesterol, smoking, stress, exercise, etc) is lowered by reducing your cholesterol, and dietary restriction hasn't worked (i.e. your liver just isn't as good as it used to be). Is that not how its done in the U.S?
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vixen99 4610 days ago
It's the HDL/Cholesterol and triglyceride/HDL ratios that predict risk. Check it out.
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vonmoltke 4610 days ago
Not usually, no. Here, doctors usually reach for the script pad as soon as an issue with blood pressure, cholesterol, or such is detected, THEN work on the dietary and lifestyle changes to get the patient off the drugs.
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