title: I am 72, had a heart attack 16 years ago, and had angioplasty at Cleveland Clinic.  My LDL was over 100 and HDL was in the low 30s.  I take rosuvastatin and now my LDL is below 70, but my HDL has been driven down also, to 22.  I am unable to raise HDL independent of LDL.  Is it more important to control LDL below 70 and let HDL find its own level?
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012307:Risk Factors; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium