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Lipitor (piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by HubertManne@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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My doctor prescribed me lipitor (well the generic equivalent) for high cholesterol. It feels that im just at the level where he would prescribe it and I told him Im not sure I want to take it. Im looking over side effects and that even more makes me think forget this. That being said I know that most medicines have side effects and not everyone gets them but heck the ones that are more than 1 in 100 seem annoying enough. Anyway im not looking for advice so much as experiences people have had with it or someone they know you have taken it.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The medical world has a fundamental misunderstanding of cholesterol, it's sources, and effects.

I strongly recommend looking into current research on cholesterol. I first read a paper by a biochemist in the early 90's showing the conventional paradigm of cholesterol was incorrect. There's been a lot of research since then, supporting his work.

Three things I can note from current research: cholesterol levels are largely genetically determined (though can be strongly influenced with diet in some people), cholesterol plaques in the blood stream are starting to seem to be a result of arterial damage and not the cause, and it's starting to become clear that glucose instability is a major cause of this arterial damage.

Sorry I don't have a source at hand, I'll look through my notes and see if I can find some. But there's a lot of research into this in the last 15 years.