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Crestor
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Crestor (Rosuvastatin) is a cholesterol-lowering medication that blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body.
It works by reducing levels of "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, while increasing
levels of "good" cholesterol.
Crestor is used to treat high cholesterol.
Lowering your cholesterol can help prevent heart disease and hardening of the arteries, conditions that can lead to heart attack,
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Lipitor
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Lipitor (Atorvastatin) is a prescription drug. It is used in patient with multiple risk factors for heart disease such as family history,
high blood pressure, age, low HDL or smoking to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
When diet and exercise alone are not enough, Lipitor is used along with a low-fat diet and
exercise to lower cholesterol.
Lipitor is also used in a patients with type 2 diabetes and at least one other risk factor for
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Mevacor
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Price: $0.81 |
Mevacor (Lovastatin) is a cholesterol-lowering medicine.
It inhibits the production of cholesterol by the liver.
Mevacor lowers overall blood cholesterol as well as blood LDL cholesterol levels. LDL cholesterol is believed to be the "bad"
cholesterol that is primarily responsible for the development of coronary artery disease.
Lowering LDL cholesterol levels retards progression and may even reverse coronary artery disease.
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Pravachol
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Price: $1.68 |
Pravachol (Pravastatin) is an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor. Pravachol blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body.
Pravachol is used to reduce the amounts of LDL (bad) cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides (another type of fat),
and apolipoprotein B (a protein needed to make cholesterol) in your blood.
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Zocor
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Zocor (Simvastatin) is a prescription drug that is indicated as an addition to diet for many patients
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diabetes, vascular disease, or history of stroke, Zocor is indicated along with diet to reduce the risk of death by reducing coronary
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Cholesterol: what is it?
A complex molecule that has a core structure similar to that of a steroid molecule; it is attached to a fatty acid to form cholesterol ester. Cholesterol is vital to life, being an essential component of all animal cell membranes (plants do not contain cholesterol),
and is required to make bile acids (needed for fat absorption), adrenal hormones corticosteroids, sex hormones (androgens, oestrogens), and vitamin D.
Cholesterol forms part of the diet and is also synthesized in the body, mainly in the liver. It is carried in the blood by lipoproteins.
Too much cholesterol in the bloodstream (hypercholesterolaemia) can lead to deposits (plaques) on the inner wall of the arteries, giving rise to atherosclerosis. In the advanced stage, usually when a vessel is more than 50% blocked, atherosclerosis can result in thrombosis,
causing a stroke or heart attack.
A high circulating concentration of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is one of the most important risk factors for developing coronary heart disease. It enhances the adverse effects of other risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.
Reducing circulating cholesterol lowers the incidence of heart attacks and other events related to coronary artery disease. Cholesterol reduction is achieved by dietary modification (reducing the intake of saturated fats and increasing
consumption of fibre, oats, and pulses), which is the usual first-line treatment, or by lipid-lowering drugs. It is important that other cardiovascular risk factors are also addressed.
Lipid-lowering drugs (hypolipidaemic drugs)
Drugs that lower the concentrations of lipoproteins, the agents that transport cholesterol and triglycerides, in blood.
It is advised that these drugs are given when other risk factors for coronary heart disease have been controlled or eliminated.
The most important risk factors are smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and inactivity. Dietary intervention is the first-line treatment of raised lipid concentrations, and adherence to a low-fat/high-fibre
diet should accompany the use of lipid-lowering drugs, along with maintenance of near-ideal body weight,
reduction of blood pressure, and cessation of smoking.
The lipid-lowering drugs include statins (Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Simvastatin), fibrates, bile-acid sequestrants, nicotinic acid and acipimox, omega-3 marine triglycerides, and ispaghula.
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