Cholesterol Medicine on Presciption

The way many of us eat today leads to health problems resulting from a high fat diet which could result in you needing to take a cholesterol medicine. High cholesterol contributes to problems with heart disease which can lead to heart attacks. All the cholesterol your body needs is manufactured in your liver and this cholesterol helps to produce and maintain cells, insulate nerves and create hormones. It also helps your body to digest fat. The cholesterol you don’t need comes from your food.

Lifestyle Effects Cholesterol Levels

Meat and dairy products contain cholesterol and any other foods that contain saturated or trans fats will likely increase your cholesterol levels. Exercise helps lower bad cholesterol whilst increasing good cholesterol and smoking will make cholesterol problems worse. So some simple lifestyle choices can help lower your cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, however, not all cholesterol improvements are within your control.

Certain medical conditions like diabetes will make cholesterol problems worse. Some medicines will do the same and there isn’t much you can do to change your inherited disposition. If your cholesterol levels are high and it is not within your control to reduce them, your doctor will probably prescribe a cholesterol medicine.

Cholesterol Medicines

Different types of cholesterol medicine can be very effective combined with diet and exercise to lower cholesterol levels. These are mostly statins, niacin, bile-acid resins or fibric acid derivatives. Statins work by blocking the production of cholesterol in your liver so that bad cholesterol and triglycerides are lowered and good cholesterol can be increased.

If you need cholesterol medicine your doctor is most likely to prescribe a statin. However, you will need to watch for side effects such as intestinal problems and muscle tenderness. A small number of people can also suffer liver damage.

Niacin or nicotinic acid is a vitamin from the B group. This cholesterol medicine is a natural ingredient found in some food and is occasionally added to manufactured foods. Higher doses can be prescribed. Niacin lowers bad cholesterol and raises good cholesterol. Side effects can include flushing, itching, tingling and headache.

Bile-acid resins work within the intestine. Cholesterol and bile are both made in the liver and bile is largely composed of cholesterol. Ideally, your body should make good cholesterol, incorporate it into the bile which travels into the intestine and is reabsorbed for distribution throughout the bloodstream. Bile-acid resins bind to bile to prevent its reabsorption. Side effects are constipation, gas and stomach upset. Fibrates limit production of triglycerides and can help increase good cholesterol.

Side effects of all cholesterol medicine include digestive problems, allergic reactions and muscle aches. The most dangerous side effects are often indicated by muscle aches. See your doctor about them immediately. You shouldn’t take more than one kind of cholesterol medicine at any time or take them if you are taking anticoagulants. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can also interfere with the metabolization of cholesterol medicine. Over the long term effective cholesterol medicine can help you maintain a healthy life but should only be taken under supervision and with a prescription from your doctor.

There are many treatments for cholesterol ranging from cholesterol lowering diets to cholesterol drugs to exercise and lifestyle changes. As often as I can I will be reviewing what the health care market has to offer in order to help you achieve and maintain normal cholesterol levels.

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