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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Treatment For High Cholesterol Medications Side Effects

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

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Could High Cholesterol Be at the Bottom of Your Strained Sex Life?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...some of this erectile dysfunction.  On the flip side, erectile dysfunction may be an early... Read more »

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Your Doctor Visit - What Happens After the Exam?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...goals of treatment, and review the potential side effects of treatment.When should I see the... Read more »

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Hypertriglyceridemia: Is it all genetic?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...and steroids may cause elevated TG levels. These effects are generally reversible.   If no... Read more »

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Cholesterol Education Month: A Year in Review and What’s to Come
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...attack, stroke and death. Whether these negative effects apply to all man made CTEP inhibitors... Read more »

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Make New Meds, But keep the Old
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert

...more effective, safer and cause less serious side effects than the older ones.  The older,... Read more »

Health Guide

Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...Rosuvastatin lowers LDL more than other statins, but it also carries greater risks for more serious side effects (see Adverse Effects section.) Many experts believe that the more that LDL is... Read more »
Schizophrenia: Treatment
...(in 1989), and paliperodine the most recent approved (in 2007). Clozapine appears to have more side effects than the other atypical antipsychotics. Most of these drugs come in pill form, but some... Read more »
Coronary Artery Disease: Other Medications
...use of high blood pressure drugs known as ACE inhibitors may help prevent tolerance to nitrates.Side Effects. Nitrates have many side effects, some of which can be serious.Common side effects of... Read more »
Endometriosis: Medications
...fertility rates and in some cases may delay conception. Specific hormonal drugs may have different effects for women with endometriosis.Inducing Pseudopregnancy: Oral contraceptives that contain... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications
...damaged kidneys. However, all diuretics are generally more beneficial than harmful.Common Diuretic Side Effects:FatigueDepression and irritabilityUrinary incontinenceReduced sexual... Read more »

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