Hi I have statin for high cholesterol do we have a blood test for that or is there something we can buy to keep it checked thankyou
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Blood test for Statin?
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trophywench
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Usually when I have my bloods taken for either a hospital D clinic appt or once a year for the GP surgery, lipids is one of the tests automatically done along with HbA1c, U&E, TFT, LFT, eGFR, TSH and whatever else they decide to test for. If they want to do a full lipids (ie Total Chol, Trigs, HDL and estimated LDL) test, they should tell us it needs to be a fasting test. If they don't tell us it's fasting, then it won't be a full test, only total chol and HDL.
(Note - they hardly, if ever? actually measure the LDL but instead calculate it using the things they have measured, then use the Friedwald formula to calculate it.)
(Note - they hardly, if ever? actually measure the LDL but instead calculate it using the things they have measured, then use the Friedwald formula to calculate it.)
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Things have got a bit delayed during the pandemic, but hopefully they should begin returning to normal.
These were the ‘healthcare essentials’ that people with diabetes would have expected to have access to each year.
Might be worth asking your GP for an appointment if you’ve not had several of these things checked recently?
These were the ‘healthcare essentials’ that people with diabetes would have expected to have access to each year.
Might be worth asking your GP for an appointment if you’ve not had several of these things checked recently?
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