Had a visit with Dr. PCP the other day for my bi-annual check up. My cholestrol numbers were basically very good except for the triglyceride anomaly, but we are shaking up the medications because the FDA says so. Apparently the simvastatin I’m taking in combination with another drug might cause myopathy (med speak for frakked up muscles), so he his changing me to pravastatin and rechecking in 6 months. At that time we can either up the dosage of the new drug or maybe try the generic version of Lipitor which is supposed to become available next month.
| Chol | HDL | LDL | Trig | |
| Goal | <200 | >31 | <100 | 30-150 |
| 10/10/11 | 162 | 43 | 88 | 155 |
| 04/04/11 | 155 | 38 | 96 | 107 |
| 12/06/10 | 176 | 41 | 114 | 105 |
| 05/18/10 | 151 | 38 | 91 | 109 |
| 12/15/08 | 167 | 41 | 92 | 171 |
| 03/21/08 | 164 | 37 | 104 | 115 |
| 12/12/07 | 175 | 38 | 104 | 165 |
| 07/17/07 | 185 | 36 | 117 | 162 |
| 03/05/07 | 195 | 39 | 123 | 167 |
| 09/19/06 | 167 | 37 | 103 | 135 |
| 04/06/06 | 168 | 37 | 106 | 126 |
| 12/08/05 | 182 | 35 | 120 | 137 |
| 07/28/05 | 177 | 30 | 113 | 169 |
| 06/17/05 | 164 | 31 | 85 | 238 |
| 05/06/05 | 174 | 27 | 108 | 194 |
| 01/10/05 | 176 | 33 | 110 | 167 |
| 09/21/04 | 209 | 24 | 131 | 271 |