Clinical BIOCHEMISTRY

2018-02-09 11:10:52
My Lipid Profie:      as on 07/02/18      in Nov, 2015 Total cholesterol 59          87 HDL - 37                              37 LDL - 12                                35 .VLDL - 10                             15 TRIGLYCERIDES - 52           73 CHOL/HDL - C RATIO 2       2.35 I am diabetic and I have HTN. I did not have any chest pain previously and I did not use any medicine for chest pain. I am using medicines only for diabetes and HTN. Pl inform me the probable cause for my above decrease in cholesterol and what is the suggestion. .
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You may be on Statins because of HTN. They causes decrease in cholesterol level. Mentioning Name of medicines you are taking will help me to suggest you better.

Answered2018-02-09 15:11:53

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