"slight increases in total cholesterol have been observed in clinical trials with Arimidex*."
This statement really doesn't say much about arimidex fucking up lipid levels in males. However....there is a direct and proven coorelation between low estrogen levels and low HDL. Be it speculative or not, I just had some blood work done after a test, deca, winstrol cycle (where I was running arimidex at 1mg ed) and my Total HDL (good cholesterol) was 2. The figures were probably not too accurate because I was about two weeks off cycle...so I still had stuff in my system...According to my MD, healthy males should have at least a count of 60-80. He said I was a heart attack waiting to happen...the point where it becomes low is at around 35 or below. He actually stated that he has never seen an HDL count as low as mine is his entire career. He attributed the low levels to my use of arimidex... He also said that the winstrol and deca definately had something to do with it. So it wasn't just the arimidex, but it does do some damage.