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Health Encyclopedia: Peripheral Artery Disease And Intermittent Claudication Reducing Heart Risk Factors
- Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication - Reducing Heart Risk Factors
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms of Peripheral Artery Disease
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Complications
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 ExpertAs I discussed in my last blog post, niacin can be a useful vitamin and nutritional supplement to... 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 »
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 »
Raise HDL Naturally
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...HDL to our desired target (but be patient!), then niacin is worth considering. For raising HDL,... 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 »
Health Guide
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 »Images
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