Is Aspirin necessary for patients with high cholesterol levels?

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Please share your cholesterol report. Even if cholesterol is high, there is no need for Ecosprin Gold 10 mg (Aspirin). Instead, statin may be needed depending upon your lipid profile. Do you have diabetes or hypertension (high blood pressure)?

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Your test reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity) show that you are diabetic and your triglyceride levels are slightly raised. According to the latest American Heart Association guidelines, all diabetic patients should take cholesterol-lowering medicine Statin. The following measures should be adopted such as weight reduction, daily exercise, DASH (Dietary approaches to stop hypertension) or Mediterranean diet, take daily Tablet Rosuvastatin 10 mg at evening time, stop taking Aspirin, control blood sugar levels and have HbA1c (glycated hemoglobin) levels done to see sugar control over the last three months.

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There is no need for any gastric tablet with Statin. Just to be on the safer side, have a liver function test done before starting Statin because cholesterol-lowering tablets may sometimes cause deranged liver function. Another rare side effect being muscular pain, especially in the thighs and shoulders. HbA1c is a blood test that tells the three-month average blood sugar level. If it is less than 7% in diabetic patients, it means sugar is under good control.