Medical Blog 1000s of medical and tech videos articles links

Visit Purple Medical Blog

POWERFUL CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS STATINS LIKE LIPITOR CRESTOR HELP PROTECT HEART BUT CHOLESTEROL MEDS SIDE EFFECTS SOME PEOPLE DON'T TOLERATE

Posted on January 15, 2008

POWERFUL CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS STATINS LIKE LIPITOR CRESTOR HELP PROTECT HEART BUT CHOLESTEROL MEDS SIDE EFFECTS SOME PEOPLE DON'T TOLERATERight now the most popular class of cholesterol medications are the statins. Doctors love statins. Why are statins like Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor so important and why is cholesterol so important? What is good vs bad cholesterol? What is LDL and HDL and the relationship to trans fats? High LDL is associated with increased risk of heart disease, artery blockage atherosclerosis. Conversely, high HDL, good cholesterol is associated with less problems....

Original article link


atherosclerosis , cholesterol , fats , hdl , heart attack , heart disease , ldl , liver , protein , proteins