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What Can Cholesterol Medications Do For You?If an unhealthy cholesterol level is one of your major health concerns, then the first two things you should notice are your lifestyle and diet. It is very essential to keep an eye on these two, even if your doctor prescribes a course of cholesterol drugs. Changing their lifestyle and following a strict diet may not alone help for some people to get their cholesterol levels under control. In such cases, the doctor may often prescribe some cholesterol-lowering drugs also along with these two. Your doctor may decide to start drug therapy if in spite of your strict diet and lifestyle changes you have a fairly high level of cholesterol in blood and all other circumstances that can lead to heart disease. Cholesterol level in the blood can be decreased by various drugs that are often taken alone or in combination with other such drugs. Nicotinic acid, Clofibrate, Gemfibrozil and a few of the various resins are commonly used cholesterol-lowering drugs. Nicotinic acid increases the levels of HDL cholesterol which is known as good cholesterol. It also works to decrease the levels of triglyceride and thus helps to maintain the level of cholesterol in the blood. Gemfibrozil is a drug that simply boosts the levels of HDL cholesterol in the blood resulting in flushing of the "bad" or LDL cholesterol. Clofibrate is a cholesterol drug that has the effect of lowering the level of triglycerides in the body. It also increases the HDL cholesterol level in the process. Resins or bile acid binding drugs used as cholesterol medications work in the intestines and helps to excrete cholesterol from the bloodstream. In this group of drugs, there are three main drugs, which are: cholestyramine (Questran, Lo cholest, Prevalite), colesevelam (WelChol) and colestipol (Colestid). Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs that can be very efficient in lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood, but this group of drugs has some short term side effects. These include liver damage, impotence and some muscle pain. Prescribed Statins are usually in the form of Fluvastatin (Lescol), Atorvastatin (Lipitor), Pravastatin (Pravachol) and Simvastatin (Zocor). The drugs can also treat the negative symptoms of high cholesterol levels; they offer no long-term cure because they do not hit the source of the high cholesterol problem. Many of the above drugs and medications have different side effects. So they are best avoided, unless no other option is available.
To lower the cholesterol level, it is first essential to look for ways to improve your diet before looking for medications because diet is the main cause of high cholesterol in blood. The first step is to avoid foods that have high levels of saturated fats as they are the main reason for a high cholesterol level in blood. Before You Start Taking, Or If You Are Taking Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, Mevacor, Provachol, Altocor, Lesacol... or any other statin medication - STOP!! Click Here for the "Cholesterol Lie" as seen on CNN, ABC, NBC... Related Articles: |
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