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Originally Posted by jayeff
1. High cholesterol may be caused by poor diet, but often it is genetic (as in my case). Either way his doctor should recommend changes in diet, but a) it is important to get cholesterol down quickly and b) it takes time for a change in diet to indicate whether diet is the culprit. That is why his doctor is recommending Lipitor immediately. The vastatin drugs work on the liver and there is a small risk that the liver may not be able to handle them. Patients are routinely tested to check that.
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saying "high cholesterol is genetic" and questioning whether "diet is the culprit" implies that there is little you can do about it or that its beyond the individuals control. i am not trying to diagnose you and i am not a doctor. i have already stated that i think drugs have their place in medicine. of course there are individual, genetic factors (often liver issues) that might put one person more at risk than others but you sound like you have no willingness to even attempt live a healthy lifestyle either and you again suggest that it might not help.
your tone and message is not that great diet and exercise is extremely important to good health and drugs are a last resort or SOMETIMES neccessary, but rather "hey man, its probably not the individuals fault, we don't have time to eat right, we don't have time to exercise, diet might not help anyway and a healthy lifestyle might not help". that is the part of the conversation that i think is unfortuneate.
you are very bright person. far brighter than myself. you are certainly one of the most articulate people to ever post on this board, yet you seem to be oddly one sided and defensive about this issue.