Common Treatments for High LDL Cholesterol and Low HDL Cholesterol
Has your doctor told you that your Cholesterol numbers indicate that you are at high risk for heart disease? Is your LDL cholesterol level too high or your HDL cholesterol level too low? There are several common treatments for cholesterol issues that doctors use to help their patients. The most common cholesterol treatments are: Crestor, Diet, Exercise, Lescol XL, Lipitor, Lopid, Mevacor, Niaspan, Pravachol, Vytorin, Zetia and also Zocor.
Crestor Oral is an enzyme blocker that is also called, a “statin”. Doctors will usually prescribe this drug after the patient has unsuccessfully used diet changes, exercise improvement, and weight loss to achieve the reduction in cholesterol to reach their goal. Crestor Oral is to be taken either with or without food by mouth. Crestor needs to be taken at the same time each day. It may take up to 4 weeks before the full benefit is realized from use of this drug.
Lescol XL Oral is also an enzyme blocker and a “statin”. It can help to reduce your triglycerides and cholesterol. This medication is a tablet that must not be crushed, chewed or broken in any way as it will destroy the long action of the drug and may increase the occurrence of side effects.
Lipitor Oral is also a statin used to lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol levels. You should not eat grapefruits or drink grapefruit while taking this medication.
Lopid Oral is a fibrate medication that is taken twice a day, 30 minutes before breakfast and 30 minutes before supper. This drug can take up to 3 months before the full benefit can be achieved.
Mevacor oral is a statin that is taken once daily with supper. Individuals taking this drug should not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice.
Niaspan Oral should not be taken on an empty stomach as this can increase the possibility of side effects. Switching strengths, brands, or forms of this drug can increase the risk for liver problems. Taking this medication along with drinking alcohol or hot drinks can increase the occurrence of facial flushing.
Pravachol oral is also a statin drug. This drug can be used by adults or children that are at least 8 year of age or older. The dosage is once daily with or without food.
Vytorin is a combination of two drugs (ezetimibe and simvastatin). Simvastatin is a statin drug. Vytorin 10-10 should only be used by girls who have been menstruating for at least one year.
Zetia Oral is a drug called, “ezetimibe”. This medication is taken once daily.
Zocor Oral is an enzyme blocker known as a statin, specifically simvastatin.
Every individual being treated for high LDL cholesterol or low HDL cholesterol will here the word, “diet” many times in regards to treatment. Changes in diet are the first step in trying to get cholesterol levels to heart healthy levels. There are five basic dietary strategies that most doctors will recommend to their cholesterol patients including eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes as the number one recommendation, to choose fat grams such as those found in butter, salad dressing, sweets and desserts, olive and peanut oils sparingly and with an eye on fat intake levels and thirdly to eat a variety of food including protein as your body needs to have a variety of nutrients to function properly including protein. The fourth is to limit your cholesterol, saturated fat, and simple carbohydrates intake. Lastly to feed your body instead of overeating or starving and then feasting. Many mini meals throughout the day can help control blood sugar and regulate metabolism. Regarding diet, doctors also advice their patients to try to reduce salt intake in order to control blood pressure, to improve active exercise to an appropriate level, to hydrate by drinking at least one to two liters of water each day unless the doctor has reason to restrict your fluid intake and also to enjoy what you eat so that you will have a positive outlook on life, eating is one of life’s simple pleasure’s or so the saying goes.
Regular active exercise can strengthen your heart and your cardiovascular system, can improve your circulatory system, increases your HDL and lowers your LDL, charges your energy level, and helps to increase your endurance, reduces body fat, reduces stress, can boost self-image, improve your sleep, make you more relaxed and looking fit and healthy looking. As you can see regular exercise does much more than lend a hand at controlling your cholesterol.
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