Replies to post #79161 on Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[Whalatane]

BC Agree with the following
your statement
"Statin and EPA seem very effective together, more so than independently. Statin combined with EPA seem to have an unknown MO seperate from lowering LDL-C "

I'm max'd out on both ( Statins and EPA )
Kiwi

[sts66]

Define "LDL-C" - do you mean sdLDL-C, calculated LDL-C, or maybe LDL-P? From everything Kiwi has written and what we've read on our own, statins have kept him alive, due to his inherited genetic lipid problem - I don't recall whether statins lower sdLDL-C, but they are a risk factor:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999643/

Good article on types of cholesterol:

http://www.docsopinion.com/2012/11/21/the-difference-between-ldl-c-and-ldl-p/