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Hallo, maybe I should not be writing here but I need more opinions on prescribing statins to a child at age 5. We have a family heredity of high cholesterol level (my mother, both my sisters an myself and now my son). My son was firts tested at age three when I told the pediatrician that we have a family hypercholesterolemia. At the age of 5 we went to endocrinologist where they took some ekstra tests. He had LDL=7,7mmol/L, HDL=1,2 mmol/l, S-triglicerid= 0,8 mmol/L I will not write all others even some are probably important. Diets were no option because we already eat very healthy because I live with this disease for more then 20 years and the boy is tiny and skiny. He was prescribed Questran. We are taking it for 5 months and the test after 3-4 months of taking Questran are LDL=4,1 mmol/L, HDL=1,2 mmol/L, S-triglicerid=0,4 mmol/L. I know that results are fantastic because my mother with taking the best medicine ever for 20 years never get LDL under 7 mmol/L but I'm still warried. Because I think that he still needs fat, vitamins, Q10... for growth and development of body and brain. And a question if he has to take medicine is Questran really the best drug?
thanks, pp123
thanks, pp123