Marilyn > It stops the repair handled by the cholesterol by lowering its
production in the liver. Short-term use of statins until a natural means
of lowering sdLDL to normal levels can be achieved is probably a good
thing.

I don't understand why that would be the case. It seems to me that
small-dense LDL isn't bad in itself -- any more than bandages are bad.
Both are indicative of a problem -- and help lessen that problem.
Right?

Jim Swayze