Suggest Treatment For High Cholesterol Levels

Posted on Sat, 28 May 2016

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Question : Hello Doctor,

Hope you are doing well.

I was going through the lab reports of my Mother and had found that she has high cholesterol level and widened RBC and platelet cells.

Could you please go through the report and suggest some precautions and diet changes, in order to control the high cholesterol.

Also, I there a need to take any medicine? If so plz suggest the medicine names.

Patient name: XXXX
Age: 52
Sex: Female

Thanks,

XXXX

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I am Dr Mittal.
I have read your message and the reports. I think I can help you.

The symptoms of the query are quite suggestive of following.
1. high cholesterol levels.
2. low Folate and vitamin B 12.
I would suggest the following -

a. statins like atorvastatin. A dose of 10 mg and low fat diet should help.
b. a simple course of multivitamins course once a day should help. Many brands are available like Becosule etc.

I have tried to make it as simple as possible. I hope that the information contained in this message will be able to help you find the best solution for your problem.

Best of luck.
Dr Mittal

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