Have been on cardio see for almost a year twice daily dosage and my LPa went down a small bit. My doctor is telling me it is hereditary and almost impossible to change what are your thoughts. And being hereditary does that mean it is still dangerous since it's in my DNA?
Thanks
Yes, if your Lp(a) is really high, then the Pauling/Rath invention of Lp(a) binding inhibitors (vitamin C, lysine and now proline) are even more important to neutralize the sticky Lp(a) in the blood, rendering it inert, ie, unable to attach to the growing plaques inside the artery.
What is the Lp(a) number, what lab (was it measured?). Some time ago the FDA allowed labs to "calculate" rather than measure Lp(a), since "there was nothing that could be done about it anyway." And these calculations make little sense, because Lp(a) is a subset of LDL cholesterol. I have been told that Atherotech may have gone out of business, they had the highly accurate VAP test, so I am not sure what lab to recommend, just not a large national lab.
You may still be able to order the VAP / Lp(a) test from Life Extension (LEF.ORG) and you can also speak with their advisors. I was impressed because they had knowledge of research that the (amino acid-like) nutrient carnitine lowers Lp(a). Let us know what else they recommend to lower your Lp(a).
There is another little-known fact, at least to doctors in the USA, that statin-cholesterol drugs raise Lp(a). A warning to this effect can be found in Canadian versions of the US medical journals, See: http://naturesperfectstatin.com/canada.htm