Ben Brewer, a family doctor in rural Illinois, tries to get LDL to 100 or lower. For patients with heart disease or diabetes he tries to get it to 70.He uses generic statins like simvastatin which his patients can afford.
More questions are answered in Dr. Brewer's forum at WSJ.com.
References:
A Family Doc Asks Three Questions About Cholesterol Drugs. Jacob Goldstein, WSJ Health Blog, 07/2007.
Related:
A 33-year-old man has a low HDL level. Should you treat him? Clinical Cases and Images.
Pfizer Discontinues Drug Which Increases HDL Due to Higher Death Rate. CasesBlog, 12/03/2006.
Health: Nothing but a number: Lifestyle changes to control cholesterol. Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, Cleveland Clinic Canada, National Post, 01/2008.
Image source: Cholesterol. Wikipedia (public domain).
Updated: 01/31/2008
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