Suggest Treatment For High Cholesterol Levels

Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2014

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Question : I am a 54 yr old female. My cholesterol total is 217. My Triglycerides are 67 and HDL is 87. is this high

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Your cholesterol levels are high...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

The cholesterol levels are high especially HDL cholesterol levels which are independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and major cardiovascular events (heart attack and stroke).

I recommend a healthy lifestyle without smoking, drinking alcohols.

I suggest contact your doctor to start medication. If you were my patient I would suggest starting Crestor 10mg.

Hope this answers your query!
Dr. Benard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari