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Can statins be too effective?

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  1. Hey all - Have been on Lovastatin for upwards of 6 months and would
    really like to go off it. Have a stress echo in August and will see how
    convincing the doc is then.

    Had a thought tho - Can statin drugs be so effective as to cause the
    liver to go into overtime production just to keep cholesterol levels up
    to a certain minimum? The end result being that the body is fighting the
    drug and stressing the liver?

  2. Owen Lowe said:

    Hey all - Have been on Lovastatin for upwards of 6 months and would
    really like to go off it. Have a stress echo in August and will see how
    convincing the doc is then.

    Had a thought tho - Can statin drugs be so effective as to cause the
    liver to go into overtime production just to keep cholesterol levels up
    to a certain minimum? The end result being that the body is fighting the
    drug and stressing the liver?

    No.

    --
    Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Board-Certified Cardiologist
    http://www.heartmdphd.com/

  3. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Dr. Andrew B. Chung said:

    No.

    Hey doc - don't mince words there.

    Thank you for the prompt reply.

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