cholesterol tablets....do they start taking effect immediately or....

[chinadoll]

Have recently been put on cholestorol lowering tablets... do they make a lot of difference from the first tablet or is it a slow build up over weeks and months for them to start working?

[Thunderchild]

well just some advice from firsthand exerience(my grandmother) don't think that now ur on them u can go food crazy nothing personal but some people like my gran do and i think the pills r jut keeping her alive as they can't work miracles

[AB Editor]

For all medical questions, we strongly advise you to seek professional advice from your doctor or a healthcare professional.  Please do not rely on, or wait for, advice from Answerbank users.

[MORELLO]

They are slow working. I take 20mg of Simvastatin each night and have done for about a year. My cholesterol level is slowly coming down, but you do have to watch you diet also. I have a blood test and see my GP with the results ever y 3-4 months...

[landie]

You would normally expect to be retested after a month and then three-monthly if the numbers are going in the right direction. I guess thet don't work instantly.