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@ericmacson The first was a Pfizer study on Lipitor 80 vs 10 to see if the higher dose was significantly better. That came along just as my insurance ran out that had been paying for my Lipitor after the CABG. That lasted 3 years and I had to switch to the VA for what they used which wasn't as good. The doctor moved to another hospital along with her nurse and the nurse called me about a new Pfizer study with Torcetrapib and Lipitor. I took that for almost a year when they quickly cancelled it because more people were dying in the group that was taking it than the group that wasn't. The doctor wasn't getting the results of the blood tests while I was taking it but I was getting copies of mine from the VA and I knew I was getting the drug and it was really working. My LDL and HDL numbers nearly swapped. HDL doubled and LDL halved.

Most recently I was in a Repatha study that ended last summer, haven't heard anything about that yet. I got in that because my wife can't take statins and this was supposed to be a substitute.

@roscoe,

Thanks. I’m glad you had some benefit from those studies, even if they ended them too early for you.

Eric