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Lipid improvements on retatrutide versus tirzepatide and statin alternatives

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IronBramble31archiveJun 7
↳ replying to @KeenHarbour58

Hearing about those successful effects is really nice. This looks to be the strategy in use currently. There's no way to know the extent of benefits ahead when dealing with the recent organizer as intended πŸ˜‰

WarmAnchor46archiveJun 7

I would think any peptide that raises testosterone or HGH would inversely affect cholesterol. It is not possible to have high testosterone and HGH along with high cholesterol. They work opposite each other.

CopperMarble29archiveJun 7
↳ replying to @WarmAnchor46

Testosterone improves cholesterol? Do a search. Testosterone is well known for significantly damaging cholesterol and lipid markers. Plenty of medical literature shows this. That's why people who inject it get regular lipid panels and why they develop atherosclerosis. Heart disease from cholesterol is the top cause of early death in testosterone users. This is a well-documented fact.

WarmAnchor46archiveJun 7
↳ replying to @CopperMarble29

I go by Bill instead of that other word. Levels of that lipid drop when the male hormone runs high. My own tests during stretches without eating confirmed the link through direct experience. Folks already know these two markers cannot both sit at peak amounts together. Making more of the hormone means cutting back on the fatty substance.

ClearHarbour45archiveJun 7
↳ replying to @CopperMarble29

I share that view. It could be pointing to serious instances of insufficient testosterone production in which the therapy improved cholesterol readings to some degree, probably thanks to daily habit adjustments. At one hundred twenty milligrams each week my numbers are fine. Right now with three hundred milligrams of testosterone plus three hundred of mast the situation is different. Adding trenbolone will make it worse, bringing HDL down to nothing and LDL up to three hundred.

CopperMarble29archiveJun 7
↳ replying to @WarmAnchor46

You're right when you say this drops ldl which some call the good kind of cholesterol and really harms the overall blood fat readings while also raising the chance of cardiac trouble. But if anyone tries to say it makes those readings better and cuts the risk of heart trouble then I've got around six doctor papers I could share immediately for anyone curious and those would prove the claim false.

CopperSignal27archiveJun 8
↳ replying to @ClearHarbour45

That heart specialist's reply came across to me as odd. Moldova isn't somewhere I know anything about, but the results show clear vessel trouble, likely from plaque and possibly an earlier event, yet nothing followed. What is everyday medical care like in that country? Are public options held back by funding shortages or does it run more on private payments? Either way, doing nothing for someone covering their own costs looks off. Sometimes holding off on extra scans fits if there is no chest pain during activity and results would not shift anything, though that only works if cholesterol meds and the like are already underway. Does a nearby physician handle regular visits? Sorting out sugar readings, blood fats, kidney performance, and pressure readings when they are off forms the biggest step in dealing with vessel trouble and keeping it from advancing further. Those checks can happen through a local physician. The pulse climbing at night suggests possible pauses in breathing during rest, so looking into sleep patterns plus wearing a monitor around the clock might clarify things. The hardened areas noted on the image, depending whether it was a targeted artery measurement or a broader scan, would confirm plaque in the heart arteries if it was the first type and call for action. Trying activity on a treadmill or ultrasound during effort could be a reasonable next step. Without details on age or other history or body size the lack of follow-up still does not fit. Handling what a local physician can cover first, like those blood checks plus pressure and fat treatment while confirming no diabetes, would cut most dangers substantially even when specialist access is limited by costs. Those injections for weight seem useful too when extra pounds are a factor.

ClearKettle64archiveJun 8

From my own results Tirz left cholesterol levels unchanged while Reta brought the numbers lower. The overall total fell by fifty points and the remaining readings followed the same pattern. A1c also improved. Since I barely lost any weight on Reta the improvement clearly had nothing to do with that.

SlowBramble67archiveJun 8
↳ replying to @SharpCompass10 (opening post)

Tirzepatide has helped my cholesterol indirectly by changing my appetite. I used to eat sweets, carbohydrates, and fatty meat every day. Now almost no sugar, very little carbohydrates, and no fatty meat. I know 224 cholesterol does not mean anything in the US but it is high in the EU. Doctors suggest medication above 195. My level has decreased from 224 to 166 after eight and a half months of tirzepatide use. Blood test result is five days old.

RustPebble66archiveJun 12
↳ replying to @ClearKettle64

I'm hoping for similar results. I'm not really overweight, just want to lose some body fat percentage, but high LDL is a problem, maybe genetic. How long did it take for you to see improvements in LDL?

ClearKettle64archiveJun 12
↳ replying to @RustPebble66

Got my labs done during the spring then repeated the process half a year afterward when the reading showed a decline. The exact period for that change stays unclear since my checks only happen twice each year.

QuietFenwick11archiveJun 12
↳ replying to @SlowBramble67

It's the same situation over here in America. When LDL goes past 100 and there aren't extra health problems involved, that means eligibility for meds meant to cut cholesterol. Official advice points out no minimum threshold exists for those numbers, since smaller amounts work out better.

SlowBramble67archiveJun 12
↳ replying to @QuietFenwick11

A few months ago there were three guest paramotor pilots from the USA at our club in Belgium. One was a doctor. During a speech about cholesterol he said 300 LDL is almost standard in the USA and I did not have to worry much about 195. Maybe he was joking or meant it is generally too high there. Now it is clear. Thanks.

SlowSparrow78archiveJun 12

My cholesterol has always tested high due to it running in the family. Starting this at about seventy two kilos with a target of sixty, I wasn't particularly heavy. All my prior tests showed elevated numbers, yet physicians skipped treatment because of my age being in the early thirties. Following a month using it, I completed various blood checks related to fatigue and other matters including hormone and autoimmune indicators. All values were fine aside from iron being low once more. Cholesterol registered normally for the first occasion ever. Nothing but this substance explains it given my food intake remained identical. Using a comparable product for ten weeks the previous year left my readings still elevated. This one truly seems different in effect.

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