No. I should but statins are nasty drugs IMO.Originally Posted by gearbox
I recently started taking a very low dose beta blocker for hypertension. My bp always elevates on cycle and sits around 167/92 which is too high. Since I'm asymptomatic I used to ignore it (Bonaparte's gonna read that and give me hell) but since hypertension can be one of those "silent killers" in cardiology, I finally decided to take something to manage it. My bp is down to 140/78. Systolic is trending a little high still so I might bump my Bystolic to a full dose (5mg).
I'm having a lipid panel drawn on Friday this week to see where my lipid values are at and then decide if I should add another compound to improve LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol.
Diet and cardio are ideal ways to manage cholesterol but for me it doesn't help as the gear throws it out of wack no matter how I eat or train.
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