Nurse- low HDL is as bad as high LDL. Glad you got your ldl under control, but now go buy “SLO-Niacin” (you can even get a coupon online). I took it every day for a couple of months and it raised my HDL about 20%!!! I’m still taking it and (per my Dr.) have increased from 500mg to 750mg to get my HDL even higher.
Note: regular niacin tablets can often cause flushing (your face and skin feel red and hot) and/or itching. The SLO-niacin, as the name suggests, enters your system slowly, and I have had not had these problems. These tablets also have a score line on them, so IF you do have these reactions, you can easily break them in half, and take one half in the morning and the other later in the day.