After my father died of a heart attack in 1987, I had a complete physical. While we could find no record of what my cholesterol was at the time, my wife and I independantly remember that it was north of 300. If I stopped taking statins at this time for say, one month, I suspect that my cholesterol would return to an even higher level due to my age. I'm just guessing. In any case going cold turkey is out of the question. So what would you, or if I could find someone more knowledgeable, recommend my maximum should be?Is there some kind of expert but unbiased physician that could recommend a more or less safe but reduced level? I don't of course want to get rid of the neuropathy just to have a heart attack a year after I reduce my Lipitor intake,for example, to 20mg.

I am having the same problem with finding a doctor that specializes in intergrative medicine that I had in looking for one that specializes in physiatry. So I'm back to looking for one with some decent credentials that specializes in pain manageament. As I said before, it's a field that is ripe for exploitation.