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congrats on the letters.

i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?

4-6 weeks for full effect, which is maintained as long as statin is taken... then 4-6 weeks to return to baseline once statin is stopped... the dose you need is based on the cholesterol lowering potential of the particular statin you are using compared to the % cholesterol lowering that you need from your baseline... so the answer to your second question is "it depends."

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:42pm

buzz wrote:

Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax. This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped. Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option? I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.

You might want to discuss this article from 2000 with your doc.

and parts of this from 2008 might be worth reviewing with him/her.

(But otherwise, sounds good! I'd leave things static until you talk to him/her. Assuming you live that long.)

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:30pm
OCDHG wrote: That's great. Good LDL. Yes I do have letters... FINALLY congrats on the letters. i was surprised how fast the numbers came down. will they up as fast if i stop taking the statin? is it possible to reduce the dosage and maintain good numbers?

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 7:23pm
buzz wrote: 73. down from 203. you got letters after your name yet? That's great. Good LDL. Yes I do have letters... FINALLY

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 4:19pm
triskele wrote: bunnies? deer? large birds of prey? i think you meant flora.... fauna = animal flora = plant EDIT: silly me, I was thinking gut bacterium. flora would be correct.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:22pm
musik_knut wrote: Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance. bunnies? deer? large birds of prey? i think you meant flora....

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:18pm
buzz wrote: jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation. hell inna handbasket, I tells ya I PMed some links to you. I guess you'll see them when you get home. unless you want them now.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:06pm
cc_rider wrote: I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down? It's the other way around, man.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:05pm
oldslabsides wrote: Cholesterol is a red herring. I thought if you ate more herring, your cholesterol would go down?

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 3:00pm
jeez. this is looking like rationing. the doc doesn't respond and my pharmacist walked out in the middle of the conversation. hell inna handbasket, I tells ya

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:49pm
OCDHG wrote: Sounds great. If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after. What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me 73. down from 203. you got letters after your name yet?

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:45pm
Beaker wrote: Assumes it doesn't help kill the patient first, elderly folk not tending to be as robust as the rest of us. And two week stays in the hospital generally don't help... /recent experience Any hospital can be more of a threat to your well being than the reason(s) you are admitted...

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:40pm

buzz wrote:

Sounds great. If you stop the statin the cholesterol will go back up. You could try a lower dose and see what happens, but you'd have to go get labs again 4-6 weeks after. What is your LDL? That number is more important than the total cholesterol. I know you weren't asking me

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:36pm
romeotuma wrote: Yeah, that is what I was thinking... or it may be something somebody ate... all I know is you should not eat yellow snow...

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:32pm

buzz wrote:

Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.

This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.

Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?

I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.

Cholesterol is a red herring.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:31pm

Paging Dr Dmax. Paging Dr Dmax.

This time last year my total cholesterol was 279. I started Simvistatin about 4 or 5 weeks before I was tested this year. Total went down to 143. Does that sound right? I'm surprised by how quickly it dropped.

Now that it is in the normal range, do I need to continue the meds? Is the a lower dose option?

I will discuss this with my doctor, butthat may not be for a few weeks.

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:30pm
musik_knut wrote: Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance. simmah down now

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Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:29pm

romeotuma wrote:

Oral bacitracin vs vancomycin therapy for Clostridium difficile-induced diarrhea. A randomized double-blind trial.

The effectiveness of a ten-day course of either oral bacitracin or oral vancomycin hydrochloride for treatment of Clostridium difficile-induced antibiotic-associated diarrhea was compared in a randomized double-blind study. Bacitracin was as effective as vancomycin in resolving diarrhea; most patients responded within five days of therapy with either drug. Three patients receiving bacitracin worsened during therapy; two of these were considered treatment failures. Neither C difficile nor its toxin was detected in stool samples collected on the final day of therapy in 71% of patients (10/14) receiving vancomycin and in 30% (3/10) receiving bacitracin. Five patients receiving bacitracin and three receiving vancomycin had at least one recurrence. Low but nontoxic concentrations of bacitracin were detected in serum samples collected from 11 patients. Oral bacitracin at this dosage level was as effective as vancomycin in resolving the symptoms of C difficile-induced antibiotic-associated diarrhea in most patients but was less effective in eradicating C difficile and its toxin from patients' stools.

Interesting. On the other hand. C. difficile, a member of the notorious Clostridials, induced diarrhea often runs its course and the body regains a natural intestinal fauna balance.

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Beaker wrote: Saaayywhut?

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Posted: Sep 26, 2010 - 10:31pm
Beaker wrote: Saaayywhut? you need this image to go with the voice I hear in my head when I read that:

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