Dr Amir Khan

So we will talk to you about that.

We do have to check your liver function every so often, at least every year, if not more frequently, because it's working via your liver.

We just have to make sure your liver is happy with it.

So as part of your annual or six-monthly review, we will check your liver blood tests.

Because if your risk is low of having a heart attack or stroke, then you don't need to be on it.

You don't need to be on it.

Then the risks of the side effects outweigh the benefits.

So you don't need to be on it.

I'll be honest with you.

If I had high cholesterol, I would take a statin.

I wouldn't wait until I'm older.

I would take it.

Yes, that's how it's prescribed.

Yes, yeah, yeah.

So when you're on it, you're on it.

The other thing I would say is now we also have a whole suite of medication that can help lower cholesterol.

So if you can't tolerate a statin or don't want a statin for whatever reason...

There are other drugs.

There's another one called ezetimibe.

There's fibrates.