which type of medication is administrered to reduce cholesterol?
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lipitor by prescription\n\nyou can also lower cholesterol by just eating oatmeal, or taking niacin supplements.\n\nniacin has been found to help lower cholesterol, the only things is- it causes some flushing, gives you a warm feeling.
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Plendil is in a class of drugs called calcium channel blockers.\nhttp://www.drugs.com/plendil.html\n\nEnalapril is in a group of drugs called ACE inhibitors.\nhttp://www.drugs.com/enalapril.html\n\nLovastatin Tablets is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor\nhttp://www.drugs.com/cdi/Lovastatin_Tablets.html\n\nThese sites contain all the info you need including side effect & drug interactions.
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The correct word is: cholesterol.\n\nTwo ways:  1) Low fat diet.\n\n           2) Exercise
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It's called caduet.  It's a combination of:\n\nAmlopidine:  calcium channel blocker for hypertension.\n-look out for dizzyness, heart palpitation-generally, a very well tolerated blood pressure med\n\nAtorvastatin: To lower high cholesterol.\n-report immediately any muscle soreness, or cramping\n\n\nhttp://www.caduet.com/
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There are many ways to get there and of course no one pill fits all are appropriate.\n\nOne of the most effective cholesterol natural remedy is: Linen seeds... You crush them and just add some to you current meals..\n\nThe other is food combination ( you should find proper guidelines on the internet)\n\nAnd the main thing is CHANGE YOU LIFESTYLE... and that one is usually the less attractive one for the majority!!!
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"National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines suggest at least a six-month program of reduced dietary saturated fat and cholesterol, together with physical activity and weight control, as the primary treatment before resorting to drug therapy."
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Statins like simvastatin, atorvastatin or resuvastatin are medications used to lower the level of lipids, or cholesterol, in your blood.\n\nHaving high cholesterol puts you at higher risk of things like strokes and heart problems such as angina or heart attacks. If you have high cholesterol you can do a little yourself to lower it by cutting out high fat foods and dairy products, but ultimately, genetics plays a large part in determining cholesterol level, so a lot of people end up needing to go on drugs to lower the levels.\n\nYou'll be on the drug for life, it has very few side effects though, so nothing to worry about there. In the UK, the latest aim, set by the government health officials, is to try to get peoples' total cholesterol levels less than 4mmol/L.
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You are now taking Diltiazem, Atorvastatin and muli-vitamin preparations. \nFor more information about the drugs, please see the webpges noted below.\nYou have to continue the medicines with the periodic supervison of the doctor unless and until the side effects are shown.
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Lipitor is the brand name for Atorvastatin. It is also marketed as Sortis, Torvast, Totalip, or Xarator in some countries.\n\nLipitor will remain under patent protection until 2009 in the United States.
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Your doctors just telling you have high cholesterol, you need to cut out the hamburgers and the red meat, switch to eating some salads and some fish.  Also you might wanna have a few bowls of oatmeal during the week.  This really helps to lower your cholesterol.
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Garlic is probably the best natural way of lowering your cholesterol, you can swallow a whole tooth of garlic every day in the morning, theres no taste, since you are taking it as a pill, but if that doesnt move you, then half of a grapefruit before breakfast will help you break down some of the fast you may intake during the day.
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The generic name is atorvastatin. It's one of a class of drugs (the statins) that inhibit an enzyme in the liver that makes cholesterol. Others include pravastatin and simvastatin.\n\nIn North America and the UK, atorvastatin is sold under the brand name Lipitor.
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American Heart Association\n\nhttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3031539
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You will find a really complete guide to doing this at AHA.org, which is the American Heart Association's website.\n\nI advise my patients to follow a low fat, high fiber diet and to exercise regularly.  Stop smoking as this does affect cholesterol levels.\n\nLean red meat is okay a couple of times per week.  When eating chicken, get rid of the skin.  Low fat dairy is okay in moderation.  Avoid fried foods and bake as much as possible.  Avoid trans fats, which are very common in fried and store bought bakery items.  Lots of fruits and veggies are great.  High fiber breakfast cereals will help, including oatmeal, raisin bran, fiber one, all bran.
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They will be helping to lower the cholesterol content.
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Having only a total cholesterol # in your case is just the tip of the iceberg. What you really need is a full fasting (before eating) lipid panel. This will give your health care provider (I hope you have one!) information on the different sub-types of cholesterol. These numbers are used (along with your past medical history) to decide the best way to treat your elevated cholesterol. Diet & exercise are important to all patients, but some also add drug therapy right off.
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There are different ways to lower your cholesterol. You should always talk with your family doctor because he/she will know best which changes in your overall life might help the most.\n\nThe following life style changes often help regulate cholesterol:\n* regular physical activity\n* reduce over all stress\n* get regular and enough sleep\n* avoid transfats, instead use fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids (salmon and other fish) or monounsaturated fatty acids (olive oil as example)\n* increase the amount of dietary fibre