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The Drugs Plan

By CutYourCholesterol August 14, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

Some people on the Plan will need cholesterol-lowering medication if they don’t respond to lifestyle changes after 12 weeks. Some people will need to start on cholesterol-lowering drugs even as they start the Plan. Refer back to the quiz begin see...

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Which Stains to Take?

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

As of early 2003 the FDA had approved five statin drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol. Although the drugs are similar, there are some differences in their mechanisms and effectiveness. So talk to your doctor about which statin is best...

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Combination Drug Therapy

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

If medication combined with the Live, It Down Plan doesn’t enable you to reach your LDL goal within three months, your doctor may consider starting you on a second drug to boost results. Combination therapy can help reverse or slow the...

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Two Pills in One

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

If you’re taking niacin and Mevacor, now you can get them both in one pill. The drug is called Advisor, the timed-release niacin drug Niaspan with 20 milligrams of the statin Mevacor. Its risks and benefits mimic those of taking both...

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Antioxidants and Statins: A Flawed Partnership?

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

In 2001 the media filled with headlines warning that taking antioxidant vitamins E and C could reduce statins’ effectiveness. They were referring toa study published that year in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. In that study 153 heart patients with especially...

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Do Statins Cause Cancer?

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

For years rumors have circulated on the Internet that statins might cause cancer. The rumors trace their start to a 1996 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that suggested a link between cancer, statins, and fibrates, another...

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Dangerous Combinations

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

Taking certain drugs while you’re also taking statins might increase your risk of muscle damage. These drugs include: fibrates; nicotinic acid; the antifungals Sporonox (itraconazole), Nizoral (ketoconazole), and anything in the azole class of drug; antibiotics such as erythromycin and clarithromycin;...

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Remembering to Take Your Medicine

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

So you’re brushing your teeth before sliding into bed when it suddenly hits you: You forgot to take your cholesterol drug today. Forgetfulness is one of the most common reasons people say they don’t take their medications. To avoid forgetting, use...

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Treating High Cholesterol in the Elderly

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

The next 30 years will see the graying of America as the Te boomers move into their senior years. The number of people 65 and older will double, growing — to 70 million, And, since coronary heart disease (CHD) accounts for...

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If You’re Given a Prescription.

By CutYourCholesterol August 11, 2023 Drugs Sub Topic 0 Comments

Ask your doctor the following questions: What is this medicine for? What are the potential side effects, and what should | do about them? Are there any potential interactions with office with a prescription, All of the advice and warnings went...

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The Drugs Plan

Which Stains to Take?

Combination Drug Therapy

Two Pills in One

Antioxidants and Statins: A Flawed Partnership?

Do Statins Cause Cancer?

Dangerous Combinations

Remembering to Take Your Medicine

Treating High Cholesterol in the Elderly

If You’re Given a Prescription.

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