I don't know what "low dose colchicine" is, but I've never had a patient who voluntarily took colchicine! Not a first-line anti-inflammatory... last resort for severe, excruciating gout attacks..
WRT "low-dose colchicine" what sort of dose are we talking about? Are there non-prescription alternatives? Should this be recommended for everybody until the CHIP test becomes cheaper?
Thanks for highlighting this marker. I have been monitoring mine for a while but did not know until now that there are interventions.
I don't know what "low dose colchicine" is, but I've never had a patient who voluntarily took colchicine! Not a first-line anti-inflammatory... last resort for severe, excruciating gout attacks..
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WRT "low-dose colchicine" what sort of dose are we talking about? Are there non-prescription alternatives? Should this be recommended for everybody until the CHIP test becomes cheaper?
There is a certain oversimplification of just looking at LDL AND HDL. As a stroke survivor there s extra importance to subtle findings in cholesterol
subtypes: even with excellent standard cholesterol markers (like LDL and non-HDL
cholesterol), advanced markers such as LDL Pattern B, low LDL peak size, and
reduced HDL Large suggest lingering artery risk, especially when combined with
personal cardiovascular history