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cholesterol
Aug 11, 1997
My cholesterol shot up to 286 just recently.Ive never had this problem.I
am on crixivan ,3tc,azt,famvir.Are any other
pwas having this trouble out of the blue
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Response from Dr. Cohen
In standard chemistry panels, a high cholesterol may actually be due to
high triglycerides , which is a much more common side effect of protease
inhibitors than high cholesterol, and less dangerous. By just checking
the cholesterol, however, you can't really tell which is elevated. When
you're faced with a high cholesterol, the way to sort this out is to
check a fasting lipid profile (blood is drawn in the morning after an
overnight fast). That will tell you what the triglycerides are, and
will break down the cholesterol into the HDL ("good") and LDL ("bad")
forms of cholesterol.
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