If you have high cholesterol, chances are it has been recommended that you take a statin to help lower your numbers with medication. Statins are also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors because the enzyme, HMG-Co A reductase, is required by the liver to make cholesterol. If you block ...
Editorial. The underused miracle drugs:the statin drugs are to atherosclerosis what penicillin was to infections disease W Roberts - 《American Journal of Cardiology》 被引量: 40发表: 1996年 The underused miracle drugs: The statin drugs are to atherosclerosis what penicillin was to... The ...
It’s completely understandable if you’re still unsure if your prescription medicine is safe to take with CBD. After all, not many of us know exactly which one of our many enzymes is responsible for breaking down the medicines we take routinely, and scientists are still studying the possible...
Women and Statin Drugs: What Are the Side-Effects?Byline: VICTORIA LAMBERTDaily Mail (London)
In fact, most of the patients we see who believe they are statin intolerant are not. You can get the majority of patients to take a statin. SUGGESTED for you Dr. Black:Do you switch statins if they have had trouble with one?
You take other medications.Somemedicationscan interfere with a statin’s ability to do its job. Make sure your doctor has a complete list of everything you take, including over-the-counter medicines,vitamins, and supplements. One of these drugs could be getting in the way of your statin. ...
While there is no question that elevated LDL cholesterol levels contribute strongly to cardiac risk, in recent years, experts have begun to question whether reducing LDL cholesterol levels itself necessarily reduces the risk. In particular, while lowering LDL cholesterol levels withstatin drugssignificantl...
Memory loss is now required to be listed as a side effect on the label of cholesterol-lowering drugs, like Lipitor and Crestor, known asstatins. When researchers examined the medical records of nearly a million people, they found thatstatin use increased the risk of memory loss four-fold. ...
Average risk: 1.0 to 3.0 mg/L High risk: above 3.0 mg/L Above 10 mg/mL usually indicates acute inflammation advertisement Can hs-CRP Be Used to Target Therapy? It has been suggested that hs-CRP may be used to select patients who may benefit from treatment with statin drugs or to tailor...
Without wanting to, have you lost or gained more than 10 pounds in the last 6 months? (Unexpected weight gain or loss is often related to poor food choices.) Do you take 3 or more prescription or OTC medicines a day? (If one of those drugs is an anticoagulant, interactions are a con...