New Posts For Thread: Are you a druggy?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggyIf so, can you beat my daily dosage......Thiamine x 2Bendroflumethiazide x 1Amlodipine x 1Amitriptyline x 3Atorvastatin x 1Your call.....Should be; lowering LDL in itself doesn't prevent heart disease.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553561659#553561659Should be; lowering LDL in itself doesn't prevent heart disease.Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:09:47 -0600Agree completely with Denzel's second sentence about people relying on drugs to compensate for a poor lifestyle. They're deluded if they think that might work.Such as the situation with heart disease. Does high LDL cholesterol causes heart disease -https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553561655#553561655Agree completely with Denzel's second sentence about people relying on drugs to compensate for a poor lifestyle. They're deluded if they think that might work.Such as the situation with heart disease. Does high LDL cholesterol causes heart disease -Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:07:18 -0600The point I was trying to make about the blood cholesterol tests are that your blood cholesterol in naturally higher when fasted so the readings will be abnormally high in some healthy people.Agree with statins for those who've gone too far but therehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553560681#553560681The point I was trying to make about the blood cholesterol tests are that your blood cholesterol in naturally higher when fasted so the readings will be abnormally high in some healthy people.Agree with statins for those who've gone too far but thereSun, 18 Feb 2018 15:36:23 -0600I'm no supporter of prescribed poisons, but some of them do have their purpose.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553559311#553559311I'm no supporter of prescribed poisons, but some of them do have their purpose.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:41:07 -0600Cholesterol blood tests should always be fasting tests, Denzil, otherwise they would, you're right, be inaccurate.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553559303#553559303Cholesterol blood tests should always be fasting tests, Denzil, otherwise they would, you're right, be inaccurate.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:40:25 -0600A tiny 75mg Aspirin twice a week will bring about 1 in 50.Statins are quite effective preventative drugs. Particularly with high-risk groups.The biggest side effect issue is usually muscular pain - particularly legs.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553559271#553559271A tiny 75mg Aspirin twice a week will bring about 1 in 50.Statins are quite effective preventative drugs. Particularly with high-risk groups.The biggest side effect issue is usually muscular pain - particularly legs.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:36:36 -0600Statins are effective in decreasing mortality in people with pre-existing CVD.[25] They are also advocated for use in people at high risk of developing coronary heart disease.[26] On average, statins can lower LDL cholesterol by 1.8 mmol/l (70 mg/dl)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553559239#553559239Statins are effective in decreasing mortality in people with pre-existing CVD.[25] They are also advocated for use in people at high risk of developing coronary heart disease.[26] On average, statins can lower LDL cholesterol by 1.8 mmol/l (70 mg/dl)Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:33:53 -0600A review of scientific studies into the effectiveness of statins found that around one in every 50 people who take the medication for five years will avoid a serious event, such as a heart attack or stroke, as a result.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553559089#553559089A review of scientific studies into the effectiveness of statins found that around one in every 50 people who take the medication for five years will avoid a serious event, such as a heart attack or stroke, as a result.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sSun, 18 Feb 2018 12:15:25 -0600This high cholesterol lark is bolox in many cases from what I've learnedYour cholesterol fluctuates all day and night and readings can be a bit of a lottery especially when in a fasted state as your liver produces cholesterol to feed youHaving higherhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553558749#553558749This high cholesterol lark is bolox in many cases from what I've learnedYour cholesterol fluctuates all day and night and readings can be a bit of a lottery especially when in a fasted state as your liver produces cholesterol to feed youHaving higherSun, 18 Feb 2018 11:34:25 -0600Health is big business both sides of the Atlantic.The criterion for prescribing statins was lowered from 6 to 5 not too many years ago.There was no reason given.Now the threshold for diagnosing high blood pressure has been lowered, certainly in Amerihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30990097/are-you-a-druggy?post_id=553558685#553558685Health is big business both sides of the Atlantic.The criterion for prescribing statins was lowered from 6 to 5 not too many years ago.There was no reason given.Now the threshold for diagnosing high blood pressure has been lowered, certainly in AmeriSun, 18 Feb 2018 11:22:38 -0600