Originally Posted by
wgscott
Like pretty much everything in medicine, it comes down to a cost/benefit analysis. If you don't have significant plaque, then the risk is low. If you are in borderline coronary bypass territory, then it probably it is much higher.
Cost is not a problem ($4 for 90 days). As I said my cholesterol is usually around 160. Was lower when I was younger. I'm now 73. I do have significant plaque. My wife and I had the cardiac CT scan in 2009. My wife got a perfect score. My scan looked like a roadmap of the US.
And I got a stent in 2014 when I told the doc that I was having a hard time breathing when climbing hills.
As I said in my first post, I'm not taking it any more since my cholesterol has never been high. I'll be having a long talk with the doc next week.
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Last edited by RonH; 08-17-18 at 02:56 PM.