> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:54:30 +0100
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> From: Peter Glover <[log in to unmask]>
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>.... I included a lipid screen in her investigations and
> her cholesterol came back as 9.6 and has not improved on dietary
> treatment.She has no history or symptoms of IHD and her parents died of
> old age. One sister had an MI at age 65+. I'm inclined to ignore it.
> What would you do? I'd be most grateful for your opinions.
> Best wishes,
Advise her about diet, check in six months, if no better I would
probably advise she takes a statin to bring it down. Compares, I feel, to hypertension. It may make
no difference, but, like paying for life insurance, it is probably
worth doing - even at her age.
Paul
Dr Paul Miller
Bridgeton Health Centre, Glasgow
http://users.colloquium.co.uk/~p_miller/index.htm
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