Treatment process with medication after diagnosis of dyslipidemia

I was diagnosed with dyslipidemia through a health checkup, visited an internal medicine department for consultation, and was prescribed medication to treat dyslipidemia.

At first, I was shocked, but now that it has come to this, I feel like I can't let it get any worse, so I visited a local hospital, got a prescription for dyslipidemia medication, and am taking it regularly to treat my dyslipidemia.

In order to treat dyslipidemia, among the neutral fat level, HDL cholesterol level, and LDL cholesterol level, neutral fat and LDL are important. The neutral fat level can be improved a lot by improving the diet, but the LDL level must be controlled with medication, so I am taking medication.

 

It's been two years since I was diagnosed with dyslipidemia during my first health checkup.

At that time, I thought that dyslipidemia could be treated simply by improving my diet.

In fact, this disease, also called hyperlipidemia, has no outward symptoms, so people keep putting off going to the hospital.

However, during my regular health checkup in May, my LDL cholesterol level was still high.

During my health checkup, I had a consultation with a family medicine doctor. In the past, life expectancy was not long, so they wouldn't have recommended taking medication. However, in this day and age where people live to be 100, it's important to live the remaining years healthily, so they recommended that I go to an internal medicine doctor and get a prescription.

Now that I think about it, it seems like living healthily for the rest of my life would make me happier than living a miserable life.

I made up my mind and went to the hospital.

All I need to do is go to the hospital, but why is it so hard to get there?

Fortunately, the doctor explained it kindly

 

In my case, my neutral fat level has gone down a lot compared to two years ago, and they said that this is purely due to my eating habits.

I really tried hard to manage my diet.

 

Diet management for treating dyslipidemia requires at least one meal a day, a salad with vegetables and protein.

One meal is yogurt, nuts and fruit

The remaining meal is a meal consisting mainly of vegetable side dishes, soybean paste soup, mackerel and tofu, etc.

After two years of diet management to reduce problematic carbohydrates, including cutting out my favorite foods like rice cakes, cookies, and bread, my triglyceride level dropped from 107 to 57.

Also, I exercise really hard and consistently to treat my dyslipidemia.

On weekends, I hike for two hours, and on weekdays, I walk 10,000 steps, climb stairs, and do planks every day...

 

However, the biggest problem with dyslipidemia is said to be LDL cholesterol levels.

This LDL cholesterol cannot be solved by improving diet alone.

Therefore, there is no choice but to lower the level with medication.

 

Additionally, medications for treating dyslipidemia are divided into therapeutic and preventive medications.

If there are no abnormalities in the blood vessel wall examination, they said that I can take preventive medicine without using treatment.

It took about 20 to 30 minutes and cost about 50,000 won for a blood vessel examination.

Fortunately, there was no abnormality in the blood vessel walls, so they prescribed medication to treat dyslipidemia for prevention.

 

Statin drugs used to treat dyslipidemia have side effects. In particular, those used for treatment have stronger side effects, while those used for prevention have less severe side effects, but many people complain of muscle pain.

To find out about the side effects of the drug, I first prescribed only a month's supply and checked the side effects of the drug.

Fortunately, there are no major problems, so I am taking the prescribed medication every three months.

Since the medication for treating dyslipidemia only needs to be taken once a day and the effect lasts for one day, it is said that taking it at a set time is effective in maintaining the effect, so I take it right after breakfast.

I keep telling myself to eat it later, but I end up forgetting.

 

They say there is no cure for dyslipidemia.

So, in the end, treating dyslipidemia is a lifelong process.

Taking medication to lower LDL cholesterol levels, and when you stop taking the medication, the levels go back up.

So I have to take this medicine for the rest of my life.

They say that once the number drops to the desired level, the dosage of statin is adjusted.

 

Actually, it doesn't cost that much

The medicine is also covered by medical insurance.

 

There are many people who complain of side effects such as muscle pain from the statin drugs used to treat dyslipidemia. Fortunately, I am taking the medication without any side effects, so I feel at ease.

Actually, I was so scared of the side effects of the dyslipidemia medication that I kept putting off going to the hospital.

 

 

At first, I couldn't understand that I had dyslipidemia.

I have a thin body type.

The doctor's answer to the question about the cause of my dyslipidemia was that it was due to my constitution.

And that includes those with a family history.

Seeing that my mother and younger sibling also have dyslipidemia, it seems like there is a strong family history.

 

For the treatment of dyslipidemia discovered during a health checkup

By visiting an internal medicine clinic and consulting with a doctor, you can lower your neutral fat levels by improving your diet.

Lowering LDL cholesterol levels with statin-based dyslipidemia treatment drugs

Although it requires lifelong management, the fear before going to the hospital and the anxiety about what to do if arteriosclerosis or other diseases develop in the meantime have been alleviated.