lyudmila, i live in the ramensky urban district, in last year i had it done by zd ven, i was diagnosedarteries, they probably did the carotid arteries, they saw cholesterol plaques there, it’s probably combined with high cholesterol, and the doctor correctly prescribed you statins, for life, as long as you take statins, everything is fine, you do everything , you accept honestly, as the doctor prescribed, through the floor.' take statins, i took it for 3 months, passed it tests, cholesterol returned to normal, and then about three months later, when i had already stopped taking statins, i checked again, took tests and it turned out that i had high cholesterol again, that is, you need to take statins all your life, but they are very there were a lot of side effects, i felt lethargic, as if the energy had gone out of me, in general i didn’t feel very good, i was recommended medications to soften it. blood and so that there are no clots, but i wanted to ask you, doctor, there are still some medications, analogues of statins, but so that there is much more fewer side effects, thank you, bu