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Re: Any nurses out there?

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Originally Posted by boxerdog03 (Post 5172715)

Souv

I really don't think you should get a DR, it would do you more harm than good.;) :rofl: Just seeing one has caused you to have high blood pressure and worries about cholesterol and a prescription :ohmy:.

Sharon

A what? If you mean a gizmo, I've already knocked that idea on the head.

Re: Any nurses out there?

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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 5172724)

A what? If you mean a gizmo, I've already knocked that idea on the head.

Sorry DR, short for Doctor.

Re: Any nurses out there?

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Originally Posted by owen (Post 5172722)

Mmmm should've explained it better, sorry. 3.13mmol is under 5mmol and that's ideal but in it's role within the ratio with the bad cholesterol it's a tad low (ie if it were a bit higher, it would cancel out more bad LDL). I hope I'm making sense!

All your figures are OK, I guess you doc is covering all bases. As I said you may fall under another category of 'at risk' of heart disease therefore prescribe the statin. If I remember the only poss side effect something with the stomach, either gas or constipation, can't remember which. Oh and with all statins, your liver has to work. Maybe a good idea to check your LFTs in a year if your liver is prone to failure!!

The bill is in the post:D

Thanks for the latest, erm, clarification. The report only indicated that it should be >1, so I didn't know what the ideal was. The main side effect to watch for is, I think, muscle ache in the legs. The statin, BTW, was prescribed solely on the basis of the numbers on the test results. The doctor knew nothing else about me and didn't ask. Until I told him, he didn't even know that one of his colleagues had put me on BP meds a week or so earlier.

I'd give my right arm for some of the GPs I had in the UK.

Re: Any nurses out there?

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Originally Posted by boxerdog03 (Post 5172736)

Sorry DR, short for Doctor.

Oh I see. That's not an option anyway. Not here.