Is 10mg Of Tonact The Right Medicine For High Cholesterol Levels?

Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2014

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Tue, 23 Dec 2014 Answered on

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Question : Hello Doctor,
2 weeks back i underwent complete blood check and found my total cholesterol is very high. Total Chol 290, LDL 190, triglyceride 300,iam 38 yearls old and work in a sofware company, iam 5.9 inches and 68kg i dont eat junk food or meat often My doctor prescribed me tonact tg 10mg. please advice me is this dose enough for me since i have very high bad cholesterol

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Sharma (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Right medicine and dose.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM.
I am Dr Rakesh Sharma answering your query.
I can understand your concern.
You have been prescribed right drug and dose.
Take plenty of vegetables, and drink lot of water.
But apart from this you have to exercise to your potential and avoid high caloric and fatty diet.
Choose high fiber and high protein diet.
Hope you have answer to your query, if any thing else you are welcome.
Good luck.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Sharma (1 hour later)

Thanks Doctor. This answered my Question

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Sharma (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Keep following your doctors advice

Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Please keep following your doctor's advice.
Hope I have answered your query.
If any thing else you are welcome, or you can close the query by rating the answer.
Good luck.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar