What is the most effective alternative to reduce cardiovascular outcomes in patients intolerant of statins?doi:10.1097/EBP.0000000000000712Tamura, KrystalBrown, CoryEvidence-Based Practice
even if it is just 5 to 10 minutes at a time,” Dr. Wei says. “Try parking further away. Then try walking up inclines or doing brisk walking or walking with weights. If you have joint pain and have access to a pool, walking in the pool is a great low-impact exercise.” ...
“The connection of statins with diabetes is a bit stronger," Tracy said. “But for those patients that we have on statins, we have to do the risk versus benefit for the very low chance of developing diabetes and the high positive benefit on their coronary or cerebral circulation.” People...
Patrick is a 70-year-old diabetic man with a 2-year history of stable chest pain when he exerts himself. He is awoken from sleep with the acute onset of crushing central chest pain which radiates to his neck and left arm. His normal medications include normally aspirin, a diuretic, a ch...
have14 his anti﹣seizure(防止发作)medicine.Other cases documented patients on statins appearing to suffer complications linked to flaxseed,St.John's wort and green tea."If you are taking herbal remedies,you should15 it to your clinician," said one of the report's authors,Dr Charles Awortwe....
Stress echocardiography is an alternative to the nuclear stress test. Many people prefer this test because it does not use a radioactive agent. Echocardiography is a type of sonar that uses sound waves to bounce off walls and valves, creating an image of the heart as it beats. The movements...
Impact of statins and ACE inhibitors on mortality after COPD exacerbations p pBackground/p pThe purpose of our study was to examine the association of prior outpatient use of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibit... EM Mortensen,LA Copeland,MJV Pugh,... - 《Respiratory Resea...
What this adds to what was known? What is the implication and what should change now? Instrumental variable (IV) estimators have been recognized as useful tools to assess the effectiveness of alternative treatments in health care using observational data [1], [2]. The “instruments” required ...
5 Other patients present with the primary-progressive pattern in which progressive deterioration occurs from the time of initial diagnosis.3 A course of neurological deterioration that is progressive from the outset and also is superimposed with random acute attacks is now said to be progressive-...
Substance abuse (alcohol, opiates, sedatives, amphetamines, cocaine, hallucinogens, etc.) or taking some medications, like corticosteroids or statins, can trigger the symptoms of depression. If substance use (or withdrawal from using) is causing your symptoms, you may have this version of depressio...