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Health Encyclopedia: Peripheral Artery Disease And Intermittent Claudication Reducing Heart Risk Factors

Reducing Heart Risks

If a patient cannot control heart risk factors with lifestyle measures, treatment may be needed.

Drug Treatment for Unhealthy Cholesterol and Lipid Levels

Aggressive control of cholesterol levels is known to reduce death rates in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Unhealthy cholesterol levels are major contributors to atherosclerosis, the common factor in PAD and heart disease. Many experts now recommend that patients with PAD receive drugs to lower cholesterol.

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Expert & Community Posts

Weight loss or niacin: Which is better?

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

As I discussed in my last blog post, niacin can be a useful vitamin and nutritional supplement to... Read more »

Niacin: Myths and Facts

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...Though it may look and sound like niacin, also called nicotinic acid, nicotinamide possesses... Read more »

Hypertriglyceridemia: Drug Treatment

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...medicines that specifically target high TGs are fish oil, nicotinic acid and fibric acid... Read more »

Cholesterol-Lowering Medications Cause Pain

By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...drug is available over-the-counter and is called Niacin. "SLO Niacin" is tolerated best... Read more »

What Does a High HDL Mean for Me?

By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...interesting indeed that HDL-building nutrients like niacin and pantethine also help lower... Read more »

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Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs

...triglyceride levels. A multiple vitamin with folic acid and iron supplements may be needed in such cases.Nicotinic acid (niacin) may be an option for young people with high... Read more »

Depression Diet, Exercise

...Supplements. Certain B vitamins have been associated with some protection against depression.Vitamin B-3 (niacin) is important in the production of tryptophan and is produced from processing... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Resources

www.sleepapnea.org -- American Sleep Apnea Associationwww.nhlbi.nih.gov -- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutewww.aasmnet.org -- American Academy of Sleep... Read more »

Insomnia: Resources

www.aasmnet.org -- American Academy of Sleep Medicinewww.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr -- National Center for Sleep Disorders Researchwww.sleepfoundation.org -- National Sleep... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Highlights

Sleep Apnea and Heart DiseaseSleep apnea can increase the risk of stroke, even if patients do not have high blood pressure. A 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... Read more »

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