Suggest Lipitor Dosage For High Cholesterol

Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2014

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Question : My husband is 71 and has been on Lipitor for many years. He has now been told by his doctor that in one more year he will come off it entirely. Is this correct? If he has high cholesterol now, why would one year from now be any different

Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Continuing the drug is better option

Detailed Answer:
Hi friend
Welcome to Health Care Magic

Cholesterol levels are influenced by life style changes like diet and exercise / as also drugs as in this situation
It is manufactured in the liver and that is determined by heredity – a risk factor that cannot be modified…
Also statins are said to have benefits beyond cholesterol – like antioxidant and plaque stabilisation… Our approach is to continue the drug …. For a long life, the treatment is life-long!

Good luck
God bless you

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