<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Following a visit to my GP yesterday following a high cholesterol reading from blood tests, he has advised I am at Stage 3 in CKD and that I should take Statins, firstly I was alarmed because I had never been told I was at Stage 1 or 2! and secondly I have heard such adverse reports of people on Statins I am very scared to take them. How can I have reached Stager 3 without prior knowledge of stages 1 and 2?  <response>: HiT hanks for the query. Do you have diabetes or hypertension?CKD is often is asymptomatic in the initial stages and diagnosis can be reached only by bloodurine tests. Statins are given to control blood cholesterol levels. Like any other medication they can cause adverse effects in a small percent of people taking them. Thus, it has to be taken under the supervision of your physician. Hope this helps Good luck. 