Sentences with phrase «taking cholesterol drugs»

People who stop taking cholesterol drugs may be at an increased risk for developing Parkinson's disease, according to research that appears in the July 24, 2013, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Take cholesterol drugs when animal meat blows that number up... Etc etc..

Research published in November 2009 showed that patients taking the cholesterol drug Zetia were more likely to suffer serious and possibly life - threatening side effects compared with patients who were prescribed another drug to lower cholesterol.

Research published in November 2009 showed that patients taking the cholesterol drug Zetia were more likely...

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The ongoing American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in New Orleans is producing a deluge of data — including some promising prospects for a class of next - generation cholesterol drugs that have been slow to take off so far in the U.S. So - called PCSK9 inhibitors have shown tremendous efficacy in lowering LDL - C, or «bad» cholesterol.

Strikingly, the drug - taking mice's blood cholesterol levels also returned to normal.

When Jimmy was obese he took a slew of medications including cholesterol lowering drugs with some very negative consequences such as joint pain.

An estimated 20 million Americans take statins, making these cholesterol - lowering drugs the most widely prescribed class in the world.

«Patients with higher LDL cholesterol levels are likely to experience even greater health benefits from taking statins and some of the newer cholesterol drugs.»

Although a meta - analysis of statins suggests that healthy people over 50 take cholesterol - lowering drugs as a preventative measure, some researchers argue the benefits may not outweigh the risks

And «side effects become a big issue» for otherwise healthy people who may take cholesterol - lowering drugs for decades, says Vincent Giguère, a molecular biologist at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal.

Dr. Criner cautioned, however, that the finding that the statin drug has no benefit for prevention of COPD exacerbations does not mean that COPD patients should stop taking statins prescribed for cholesterol lowering or other cardiovascular indications.

At the start of the study, none of the participants was taking antihypertensive drugs or insulin, none had a prior diagnosis of or current heart disease, renal insufficiency, poorly controlled cholesterol levels or diabetes.

If the trend is driven by midlife factors such as building «brain reserve» and maintaining heart health, as some experts suspect, this could lend credence to staying mentally engaged and taking cholesterol - lowering drugs as preventive measures.

Your doctor may advise you to take a statin if your cholesterol is slightly elevated, but he or she probably will not tell you that out of 35 people taking the drug for four years, only one person will actually benefit from it in terms of avoiding a coronary event or another bad outcome.

He now takes statins, cholesterol - lowering drugs that are the top - selling medications in the United States, because he has heard from friends in the pharmaceutical industry that statins could prevent the onset of Alzheimer's.

I wonder how many people with slightly elevated cholesterol would feel this rather minimal risk reduction to be worth the cost and the potentially bad side effects of taking this type of drug for the rest of their lives.

Patients» medication reviews that include numerical information, such as cholesterol levels before and after taking an anticholesterol drug, represent what Ioannidis calls «evidence - based hearsay.»

The Progeria Research Foundation's lonafarnib trial ended in 2010, but the foundation is now monitoring 45 children from 24 countries who are taking the drug, as well as the cholesterol drug pravastatin and zoledronate, which prevents fractures.

Keeping blood sugar close to normal and taking drugs to hold down blood levels of cholesterol and other fats can help people with diabetes avoid the potentially blinding eye disease retinopathy, researchers report.

Taking that observation one step further, the researchers then asked whether cholesterol - lowering statin drugs, which other reports had shown could dramatically reduce the risk of a heart attack in middle - aged people, benefit the very old (see «Greasing Aging's Downward Slide»).

Suddenly Abramson, who had taken many hits for his critiques of cholesterol - lowering drugs, was joined by physicians calling for more openness in research and more careful examination of the evidence before drugs are put on the market.

In a database study of nearly 26,000 beneficiaries of Tricare, the military health system, those taking statin drugs to control their cholesterol were 87 percent more likely to develop diabetes.

«Far fewer women than men were taking these effective cholesterol - lowering drugs.»

To help doctors decide who should take cholesterol - lowering drugs that cost thousands of dollars a year, the focus of discussion could fall on risk models, such as the Framingham score and its successors, or other biomarkers besides various forms of cholesterol.

In March 2008, a 15,000 - person study comparing Crestor (rosuvastatin) against placebo in two groups of outwardly healthy people with low levels of LDL cholesterol and high levels of CRP was stopped early — a «stunning» outcome, the lead researcher said at the time — because the reduction in cardiac events was so marked among the participants taking the drug that to continue the trial and deprive the placebo group of the drugs benefits would have been unethical.

Blood pressure guidelines have been updated, the risks of smoking and diabetes have been emphasized, and dramatically more people have taken the cholesterol - lowering drugs called statins.

Low cholesterol is also correlated with mental problems like dementia and several types of cancers so the idea of taking drugs specifically to lower serum levels warrants further scrutiny, especially in segments of the population (like children, women, and men over age 50) when there is no correlation to heart disease to begin with!

A new review confirms the benefits of cholesterol - lowering drugs in lowering heart disease risk, and finds that side effects and risks of the medications are exaggerated, discouraging many who might need the drugs from taking them.

«My weight hit 274 pounds on my 5» 7» frame, my joints were aching from the statin drugs used to lower my cholesterol, I was winded walking up stairs, and I was taking blood pressure medicine that wasn't working all that well.

«Based on currently available data, patients should not stop taking Vytorin or other cholesterol - lowering drugs and should talk to their doctor or other health - care professional if they have any questions about Vytorin, Zetia, or the ENHANCE trial.»

A: People should keep their blood pressure and cholesterol levels under control and take antihypertensive medications if necessary, as well as cholesterol - lowering drugs if needed.

By Theresa Tamkins THURSDAY, Jan. 8, 2009 (Health.com)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it's OK for patients to continue taking the cholesterol - lowering drug VytoDrug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it's OK for patients to continue taking the cholesterol - lowering drug Vytodrug Vytorin.

Many atherosclerosis patients also take statins to lower their cholesterol and beta - blockers or other drugs to lower their blood pressure.

By Ray Hainer MONDAY, June 15, 2009 (Health.com)-- A statin can be a lifesaver if you're at risk of heart disease, but some people who take the cholesterol - lowering drugs — up to 20 %, by some estimates — have to stop because of muscle pain, the most common side effect.

You can't take Zocor at all with the cholesterol - lowering fibrate drug gemfibrozil or protease inhibitors for HIV.

No one really likes having to take medications, but millions of people in the United States (and around the world) are on cholesterol - lowering drugs to reduce their heart disease risk.

Once you start taking a statin or another cholesterol - lowering drug, you must continue taking them forever, or switch drugs if one isn't working or is causing side effects.

A statin can be a lifesaver if you're at risk of heart disease, but some people who take the cholesterol - lowering drugs — up to 20 %, by some estimates — have to stop because of muscle pain, the most common side effect.

In fact, when the cholesterol - lowering ability of steamed Brussels sprouts was compared with the cholesterol - lowering ability of the prescription drug cholestyramine (a medication that is taken for the purpose of lowering cholesterol), Brussels sprouts bound 27 % as many bile acids (on a total dietary fiber basis).

And not only that, a lot of the men that come into my office that are on statin drugs or cholesterol - lowering drug, they're also taking Viagra because, what I've said before, cholesterol drives healthy hormones.

You don't want to be sacrificing cholesterol or taking — of course this depends on your health history — but there's a risk of depression in people who are taking statin drugs, cholesterol - lowering drugs that are lowing our cholesterol in the body because how are we making our hormones if we don't have enough cholesterol.

If it's inflammation from the food you're eating, you could take a cholesterol - lowering drug and still eat the inflammatory foods and it's not going to help your heart disease at all.

Right now, millions of people all around the world are taking cholesterol lowering drugs without needing them, unnecessarily suffering the risk of serious side effects.

Keep in mind, though, that if you have insulin resistance (i.e. if you are taking drugs for high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, or if you're overweight) you'd be better off avoiding all sweeteners, including honey, since any sweetener can decrease your insulin sensitivity and worsen your insulin resistance.

(21 percent of the patients were taking a statin cholesterol - lowering drug.)

You may get more cholesterol lowering one day than another when you take red yeast rice, but that is also the case with a statin drug.

This article focuses on the «believers» vs the «non-believers» of lowering cholesterol, factors affecting LDL, the «bad» cholesterol, the development of cholesterol lowering drugs and why the urgent «desperate» need to take drugs to lower the «bad» cholesterol.

The efficacy and necessity of these drugs has long been debated in the natural health world — mainly questioning whether the absolute benefit of the drug justifies the lifetime prescription or whether the approach of «blocking» cholesterol makes sense given that cholesterol is vital for so many other areas of human health — but for those that do decide to take Lipitor, Crestor or other statins, it's important to consider the drug's other effects on the body.

If you are, or if you love someone who is, taking a statin drug to lower your cholesterol, then heed this warning.