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Reducing ldl

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Morning All, first time on here. I have familiar hypercholesterolamia, so statins would be good, but body can't tolerate, so to keep my stents healthy I have to reduce fat intake to 10 to 15g fat a day, after 4 weeks my ldl was 5.2 know 4.5 my hdl was 1.1 that stayed the same.

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Yes, I do. Well that's a reduction for starters. Keep up the good work. Have you tried ALL the statins ?

Hi yes they tried me on 4 different ones, and everytime I had a reaction, one even increased my cholesterol from 5.2 to 6.8. There is a trail of inclisiran injection, it's given twice a year it turns cholesterol into protein. My cardiologist said I would be a good candidate as I have FH, BHF said to follow the link on there page, to get on the trail, that didn't work, so i saw lipid doctor who said there is no trail, i told them it's on the bhf site. So know I'm going to see my cardiologist and get him to put me on trial.

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