HAVING high cholesterol is a potentially dangerous condition. It means you have too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol in your blood. If untreated this can cause serious health problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
Tag: Statins
Doctor warns against ‘suddenly’ stopping statins – the ‘shock’ can be ‘life-threatening’
STATINS provide a buffer against heart disease by stymieing the production of cholesterol inside the liver. Most people need to stay on statins for life. According to Doctor Paula Oliveira of Loxa Beauty, “suddenly” stopping statins can have grave health consequences.
Higher dose of statins could ‘saves lives’
HIGHER doses of statins could prevent 12,000 heart attacks and strokes a year, a study has found.
Statins use ‘of doubtful benefit’
The authors of the review said the cholesterol-lowering drugs, taken by six million Britons, may not help when used as the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. They also concluded that statin treatment has many serious side effects and claim these have been “minimised” by certain trials. The results of the study of almost 1.3 million […]
Reduce high cholesterol and beat the tiredness from statins with this supplement
HIGH cholesterol is when you have too much of a fatty substance in your blood. Statins are often prescribed to treat the condition, but if they cause you tiredness, there’s a supplement you can take instead.
Heart drugs: Statins could increase form of motor neurone disease risk
A study published in the journal Drug Safety examined side effects linked with individual statin brands reported to the American drug watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration. It found two of the most commonly used statins – simvastatin and atorvastatin – increased the risk of suffering from ALS, a form of motor neurone disease, 17 […]
Heart drugs: Statins could increase form of motor neurone disease risk
CONTROVERSIAL heart drugs statins increase the risk of developing a form of motor neurone disease, new research shows.
Statins health alert: Nine common side effects – including nosebleeds and headaches
STATINS are a group of medicines used to lower blood cholesterol levels, but a review out this week says the drugs see next to no benefit. There are also a number of side effects, as outlined by the NHS.
Statins may 'do more harm than good': Experts say MILLIONS should not be taking them
They claim the advantages of taking statins for already healthy people are “vanishingly small” and insist diet and exercise deliver far more impressive results in maintaining a healthy heart. It has also been claimed that “raw data” on the side-effects of the drugs is being withheld. Statins are taken by six million Britons but remain […]
Statins may ‘do more harm than good’: Experts say MILLIONS should not be taking them
MILLIONS of healthy Britons are needlessly taking statins every day, a major review suggests. Experts last night raised concerns that those using the cholesterol-busting drugs see next to no benefit.
