Oddbean new post about login | logout GM again. Fully masked and no handshake only fist bump cardiology doctor told me my cholesterol was still high so I should start a drug. No calcium score test until 40.
I was pretty relieved when I got mine. Now I tell the docs https://youtu.be/UxxajLWwzqY?si=fidRH4AiMug5qFvl
Very skeptical of the cholesterol drugs. Seems lile a pharmaceutical treadmill without a sound scientific backing. Maybe check out what nostr:nprofile1qqs0w2xeumnsfq6cuuynpaw2vjcfwacdnzwvmp59flnp3mdfez3czpspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhspu30gj is doing.
nostr:nprofile1qqs0w2xeumnsfq6cuuynpaw2vjcfwacdnzwvmp59flnp3mdfez3czpspzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj79rhhwt what are you up to? Inger labs for "free" but outside of that, doc doesn't seem open to much.
Fun fact: tesamorelin dropped my cholesterol like a rock. That's not why I take it, but it's a neat expected side effect.
You subscribe to the cholesterol is bad narrative then?
I subscribe to the "cholesterol is more nuanced than most doctors care to admit" perspective. https://blog.lopp.net/the-myth-of-bad-cholesterol/
Completely agree. Doc just phrased it as "your bad cholesterol is high, here's some medicine" so I'll have to get smart before lab reviews next month. Thank you.