Oh, well the 2nd way to find out is very invasive...go to the cath lab which is what happens when you get a stent!!

Regarding earlier questions about CAC scores going up on statins. Yes, this is likely per Drs. radio on XM and numerous podcasts I've listened to on this subject.

Statins tend to reduce the amount of soft, vulnerable plaque that is prone to rupture and cause heart attacks. The hardening effect of statins can lead to more stable, calcified plaques, even if the overall calcium score increases.

The only way to measure soft plaque that can not be found on a CAC scan is to get a CT scan called a CTA. I had it...fast, easy test that sees everything (soft plaque and hard calcified plaque).

Anonymous wrote:Cardiac calcium score is still a questionable metric. Statins are dangerous. Dementia dangerous.

Calcium score is a verifiable metric.
Statins are not at all dangerous, in fact they are extremely effective- and has saved millions of lives.
Statins do not cause dementia. That is TIK TOK nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:Statins save lives.

Not according to X

Well, it's X.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if taking fish oil and calcium supplements sped up the build up in my arteries. I just read that fish oil isn’t as good as we thought it was and calcium without other nutrients goes straight to your arteries. Is this nonsense or did I do more damage by trying to prevent it?

It’s possible. I’m 58 and my doctor just told me to stop taking calcium supplements and get calcium from food. He said too much calcium can result in calcification in arteries.

And yet all medical literature instructs otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:I went through Menopause. Nothing about my diet changed. I am at lower end of weight range. I had a test in 2020 and he routinely repeats every five years. I’m a bit freaked out to be honest.

Covid vaccine

So you think the covid vaccine caused arterial calcification, huh? How on earth would that happen? Do you understand how this makes absolutely zero sense?

Calcium supplements do not go straight to arteries.
I have taken them (Citracal Max with D) for decades and had low Ca scores.

I have a family member with Calcium score of 7. This was the push to get him on statins. Needs to be zero to avoid statins. They know from autopsy studies that plaques have been seen as early as age 17.

So what if blood pressure is 110/60 in your 50s- but your total cholesterol is high (a lot of good hdl- but ldl still above normal).

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if taking fish oil and calcium supplements sped up the build up in my arteries. I just read that fish oil isn’t as good as we thought it was and calcium without other nutrients goes straight to your arteries. Is this nonsense or did I do more damage by trying to prevent it?

It’s possible. I’m 58 and my doctor just told me to stop taking calcium supplements and get calcium from food. He said too much calcium can result in calcification in arteries.

I’m here to tell you. I have very low triglycerides and normal HDL and LDL. I still have a calcium score of 50. Which is quite high for my age. Go figure.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went through Menopause. Nothing about my diet changed. I am at lower end of weight range. I had a test in 2020 and he routinely repeats every five years. I’m a bit freaked out to be honest.

Covid vaccine

Everything can’t be about the Covid vaccine. Sheesh

Anonymous wrote:I went through Menopause. Nothing about my diet changed. I am at lower end of weight range. I had a test in 2020 and he routinely repeats every five years. I’m a bit freaked out to be honest.

Covid vaccine

A calcium score goes up after starting statins because it is stabilizing soft plaque. So you can’t just look at the number.

I wonder if taking fish oil and calcium supplements sped up the build up in my arteries. I just read that fish oil isn’t as good as we thought it was and calcium without other nutrients goes straight to your arteries. Is this nonsense or did I do more damage by trying to prevent it?