[steve86]

My former cardiologist tried to prescribe cholesterol lowering drugs for me even though he’d never tested my cholesterol level.

If that actually happened he should be reported to your state's Medical Board. It is incumbent on you to do that.

[shorty_harris]

It actually happened, but the whole story is that he found what he called other “risk factors”, even though I’m not overweight, exercise daily, and have no family history of heart problems.