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JohnP · 05-27-2005, 08:30 AM

DW has family tendency to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. *Facts: Age 64, non-smoker, wt 135# *ht 5' 9" exercizes 3 times/wk and still had high bp and cho. *Dr put her on Zocor 40mg and cho went from 300 to under 200 and bp from over 155/? to 125/?. *

Zocor works for her.

BTW - Plant sterols suggestion from gratefuled sound interesting; I am already taking beta sitosterol (a plant sterol, 750 mg/day) that fixed my 'slow urine' problem but havent seen a reduction in cholesterol from it in two years use.

JohnP

05-27-2005, 08:30 AM	#6
JohnP Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 267	DW has family tendency to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Facts: Age 64, non-smoker, wt 135# ht 5' 9" exercizes 3 times/wk and still had high bp and cho. Dr put her on Zocor 40mg and cho went from 300 to under 200 and bp from over 155/? to 125/?. Zocor works for her. BTW - Plant sterols suggestion from gratefuled sound interesting; I am already taking beta sitosterol (a plant sterol, 750 mg/day) that fixed my 'slow urine' problem but havent seen a reduction in cholesterol from it in two years use. JohnP __________________ Dad's Dream; to have enough money someday to live the kind of life my wife and kids do... Life is what happens while you are making other plans... John Lennon... the more you look, the more you see...