Cholesterol

[Gettingoldnow]

Someone has suggested cardio K cholesterol pills instead of statins.i am not planning on taking these but wondered if anyone has ever tried these and do they work

[Angel_of_the_North]

High cholesterol is a symptom of hypothyroidism. Suggests you are not optimally medicated. If you post your results for TSH, free t4 and Free T3 people can advise. High cholesterol does not causes illnesses, but is a symptom of something wrong - so you need to fix the thing that is wrong, not artificially suppress the cholesterol. Never heard of cardio K cholesterol pills - they might contain red yeast rice. High cholesterol in the elderly is associated with a longer lifespan - ie high cholesterol means you live longer, so don't fix the wrong thing

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

They do contain red yeast rice.

I posted this a while ago:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Gettingoldnow in reply to helvella]

Thank you for that link just what I was looking for .think it answered my question .

[Gettingoldnow in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Thanks for your reply..have been told T-SH to high and FT4 to low so need to increase my dose thanks again

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Gettingoldnow]

Getting to an optimal dose should also get you to the right cholesterol level for you - stay well.

[Gettingoldnow in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Do hope so .cholesteral good at moment so hopefully will stay that way and thank you .

[Blueskyyy]

I read that T3 helps reducing cholesterol.

Since I take T3 my blood pressure is improved, in the past it was 140/88, after starting on T3 it’s 120/84

Btw, I had high cholesterol, I think T3 has reduced it and that resulted in better blood pressure

[Gettingoldnow in reply to Blueskyyy]

Wow that’s good news.something for me to work on now.i have had some lovely replies which has helped me understand about thyroid and statins so now I am better informed .thank god for sites like these.i wonder why we have doctors sometimes .lol

[Coachgeorge in reply to Blueskyyy]

Do you take meds for your blood pressure and cholesterol? How long were you on T3 before your blood pressure stabilized? Thank you

[Blueskyyy in reply to Coachgeorge]

I take only T4+T3

[Coachgeorge in reply to Blueskyyy]

How long before your blood pressure went down?

[Blueskyyy in reply to Coachgeorge]

2 weeks