Rosuvastatin or Atorvastatin , Which is good and safe ?
Statins belong to a group of drugs, stolen and reengineered from the blueprint of natural Chinese red yeast rice (Monocoline K) in the late 1980s. The rest is the remarkable history in the pharma industry.
Statins directly interrupt the cholesterol synthesis by blocking HMG-CoA within the hepatocytes. It significantly lowers the LDL, fights human vascular atherosclerosis. It makes the plaque either regress, prevent progress, make it harder and in the process make them less vulnerable . There are innumerable studies that document the evidence. Statin has become a must-prescribe drug in any one with clinically establishe...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 10, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized acc aha atorvastatin vs rosuvastatin avert study bmj esc jamanetwork lancet lipid association lodestar study lodestar trial bmj nejm saturn trial simvastatin statins which statin superior Source Type: blogs
Should you eat cholesterol lowering foods?
The short answer: No, absolutely not.
You’ll find no lack of conversations, however, that tell you to consume more oatmeal, nuts, garlic or soy to reduce total and LDL cholesterol, perhaps thereby avoiding statin drugs. Or add more fiber to your diet or take red yeast rice.
These foods and supplements do indeed reduce total and LDL cholesterol . . . but who cares? Don’t waste your time and energy on this useless exercise, especially efforts to reduce the absurd, outdated, imprecise calculated LDL cholesterol.
But doesn’t reducing LDL cholesterol, the “bad,” in particular reduce risk for cardio...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 28, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Cholesterol wheat belly Source Type: blogs
If you think fake news is bad for politics, you should try being a physician
Much of the discussion surrounding the presidential election this year focused on fake news. There were countless stories in newspapers and on television news shows about these obviously biased and fictitious posts that might have affected the outcome of the election. I could not help thinking during this campaign season that if you think fake news is bad for politics, you should try being a physician.
As physicians, we are on the front line in the fight against fake news and deal with the fall out on a regular basis. This is nothing new, especially for primary care doctors like family physicians, internists, and pedi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 15, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/matthew-anderson" rel="tag" > Matthew Anderson, MD, MBA < /a > Tags: Physician Medications Primary care Source Type: blogs
Intellectual Suicide
Physician suicide is an enormous problem. We lose approximately 400 doctors and trainees annually to suicide. This is a tragedy, pure and simple. Not limited to the human carnage of the equivalent of an entire medical school class or more, but, to quote Dr. Pamela Wible, “Each year more than one million Americans lose their doctors to suicide.”
What does it mean, then, when physicians who are trained in medicine — defined as the application of scientific principles to the diagnosis and treatment of human ills — turn away from reality to accept the magical thinking of pseudoscience? I submit that it...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - June 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
Statins
By David Spero
According to new guidelines, everyone with diabetes should take a statin drug to lower cholesterol. It doesn't matter how low his cholesterol already is. This makes little sense to me. See what you think.
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association just released these new guidelines. In one way they look like an improvement. According to Harlan Krumholz MD, the guidelines say doctors should be treating people, not just cholesterol numbers. Only those at "high risk" of heart disease and stroke should be treated.
"The question is not whether a drug makes your lab tests better," says ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 20, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Self-Managing Cholesterol
By David Spero
As a recent study indicates, reducing LDL (“bad" cholesterol) can help prevent complications in most people with diabetes. Why is LDL cholesterol a bad thing, and how do you get to a healthy level?
First, what is cholesterol? Discovered in 1769 by analyzing gallstones, cholesterol is a fat-like organic chemical that is an essential part of animal cell membranes. Without it, cells won't function properly.
Cholesterol is made into bile, which is needed for digesting fats. It is also helps produce the body's natural steroids, including our sex hormones and the vital stress hormone cortisol. Cholesterol ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 15, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
