Yes. One pill. Brillo EZ by Sun Pharma. It’s a combo pill.
Have read recently that some statins can affect bone density for older women. Low dose pravastatin was less of a problem here. Also some statins affect blood sugar. My own GP when I had slightly elevated cholesterol put me on bergamot. He said berberine also might help.
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sudiki
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@anuser: according to harvard health, statins are the first line defence, PCKS9 are for those that need additional lowering/prevention. My numbers are perfectly fine on my low statin dose and getting injections every week or so isn’t up my alley…
my recent CAC score was 40 and although I would like it to be lower, there’s not much you can do with plaque already deposited.
thx for the info though.
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I think that your Triglyceride levels are much more important if on a low carb diet. Watch some of the videos from Nick Norwitz or Dave Feldmon on Youtube about Lean Mass Hyper Responders. I think that probably includes you. There are studies going on at the moment that seem to suggest that this group of people (Lean/Low Carbs/High LDL and Total Cholesterol and LOW Triglycerides) have lower overall plaque than the standard group with lower Cholesterol, etc.
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AnUser
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Reminds me of the “LMHR” that celebrated his CAC going from 1500 to 4100 5 yrs.
There are plenty of examples of these people getting heart attacks and strokes. You can find them in the carnivore thread here.
And even examples of these people developing xanthamas all over their body (hands, face… etc), but of course in the looney tunes world none of that cholesterol was going into their arterial wall. Be aware that levels much lower than xanthamas level is developing plaque into the arterial wall.
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Uhm bro you don’t understand! A high CAC score is actually good thing and Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know that! I will wait for what Putin has to say regarding that topic since he’s the saviour of the white race.
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AnUser
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The high or suboptimal LDL people… believe nothing will happen to them. And they continue to be all in.
Well they will know whether what they saw was a nuke or not.
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Is the combo pill a special order? Can you please share exactly how you order it? And what quantity do you (did you) buy?
There is a combination pill called Brillo EZ which is a combination of Bempedoic Acid and Ezetemibe. I usually buy this combination but there are other combination pills that should be just as good. Both Jagdish and Maulik sell Brillo EZ. I order 400 pills each time - which is about a one year supply.
Are these two drugs part of the longevity protocols? Any reason I should switch over from atorvastatin to the Brillo combination drug?
No - they are not part of any standard longevity protocol. Atorvastatin is fine, these other medications just reduce LDL-C / APOB much lower. Many of us are following the work of the lipidologist Thomas Dayspring, and medical doctor Peter Attia, that recommend getting your LDL-C to the 50 to 70 range.
See this thread: Cardiovascular Health - #1436 by adssx
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I think they should be the part of every longevity protocol. You’re not going to improve your lifespan if you die early from a coronary!
It can be paired with Atorvastatin. I take Brillo EZ daily and 5 mg Atorvastatin on Mon-Wed-Fri
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This is what I was asking, thank you so much!
I recently lost a ton of weight and now I’m focused on the longevity protocols. My LDL is at 137.
Prior to my significant weight loss it hover around 90 for many years. My HDL is 103 and my ratio is 1.3.
The LDL has gone up 10 points in three months. I’ve had only several doses of Rapamycin in that time. So I’m not quite sure why it would elevate so much in such a short time. In any event, my MD started me on a atorvastatin to bring it down.
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Rapamycin can elevate your LDL by that much. It raised mine 30-40 pts. Bempedoic Acid and Ezetemibe brought it back down.
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Rapan
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Did you check uric acid levels?
Bempedoic acid could increase UA levels which is a concern for me for various reasons.
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Beth
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Congratulations on your significant weight loss!!!
I don’t take statins as I am intolerant, so I take repatha instead. But, as you’ve heard from the others above, in order to get my ApoB even lower than a statin/repatha can do alone, I’ve also added on ezetimibe and bempedoic acid.
Thanks! More than 100 lbs, total will be about 120. The GLP1s are a remarkable asset, some real Harry Potter stuff!
I was always healthy but heavy, and not sick enough or fat enough, so after starting with telehealth went rogue with a few underground groups to keep buying them affordable.(Happy to share that info via DM.)
I have wondered if the weight loss (fat breakdown) has caused any of the lipid elevation, but that is an academic musing.
I am now able to focus on getting the lipids under the numbers and increasing the other actions that are necessary!
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I also take Empagliflozin which reduces uric acid. So it hasn’t been a problem.
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