Natural and medicinal statins from cholesterol, their benefits and harm

Cholesterol is known as a substance found in the cells of most living organisms. It is absent only in fungi and in non-nucleated unicellular organisms. The liver produces this substance, but cholesterol can also enter the human body together with food that contains a lot of fat. Specialists distinguish two types of cholesterol: "good" and "bad."The first group protects the body from cardiovascular diseases, the second group creates vascular plaques and leads to a multitude of ailments.

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• drugs How to choose the right drug
• method effects of statins
• Benefits
• harm
• Can not take drugs statins
• Natural statins
• Popular drugs-statins
• Lovastatin
• Cardiostatin
• Holetar
• Fluvastatin
• Lescol Forte
• simvastatin
• Vasilip
• Simvaghexal
• Rosuvastatin
• Mortenil
• Rosulip
• Acorta
• Atorvastatin
• Atomax
• Tulip
• Atoris

ToAna drugs

specialists prescribe statin therapy for the following diseases:

• Acute Coronary Syndrome.
• Hypertension.
• Metabolic Syndrome.
• Elevated cholesterol.
• Condition after a stroke.
• Postinfarction status.
• Ischemic disease. Aortocoronary bypass.

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How to choose the right drug

It is necessary to approach the choice of statins very seriously, because if you make a mistake, get the drug wrong, the effectiveness will be quite low, you will not be able to reduce cholesterol. Consider these patient characteristics:

• Chronic diseases.
• Weight category.
• Age.
• Sex.
• Bad habits.

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Method of exposure to statins

Statins are a group of drugs intended to reduce the concentration of "bad" cholesterol in the body and increase the proportion of "good".To achieve this effect, these medications should be taken regularly.

All statin drugs have the same mode of action on the body:

• Suppression of cholesterol synthesis in the liver.
• Increase "good" cholesterol to 10%.
• Reduction of "bad" cholesterol by 50%.
• Control of cholesterol, formed as a result of genetic hypercholesterolemia.
• Reduces the development of cardiovascular disease by 15%.

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The benefits of

Statins have beneficial effects:

• Help in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
• Restoration of health after a heart attack, stroke.
• Prolonged human life in the presence of serious diseases.
• Reduction in the level of "bad" cholesterol.
• Prevention of heart and vascular disease.

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Harm

Despite the beneficial effects, these drugs can cause harm:

• Negative effect onMuscle system, which weakens with prolonged use of statins.
• Acute renal failure may occur.
• Drugs adversely affect the liver.
• High potential for side effects. They are manifested in the form of rashes on the skin, headache, insomnia. There may be intestinal disorders.

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Is it possible to not take drug statins

Before starting treatment, the patient carefully examines the effects of drugs. Some people do not want to take them because of the high risk of side effects. The decision to take or not take medicinal statins should be considered.

Some facts about the drugs may affect the patient's decision:

• The intake of such medications can become life-long, as the abandonment of statins leads to a sharp deterioration in health.
• With other drugs, statins practically do not interact. This means that with the simultaneous administration of several drugs at once, complications and side effects are possible.
• Statins are prescribed only by specialists, with self-selection there is a high risk of harm, and there will be no benefit from using drugs.
• If you initially refuse to take medicinal statins, do not use them to fight cholesterol, the patient's condition will not change much. It will remain the same, but it will be very difficult to improve, it will be necessary to look for an equally effective tool that does not cause harm.
• Medicinal statins are recommended to be used only as a last resort, when the stage of the disease is one of the last and other drugs do not bring benefits, there is no recovery.
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Natural statins

If the patient's condition is not critical, you can take non-medicinal, but natural statins.

They are found in the following food:

• Fruits( apples, lemons, oranges, grapefruit).
• Berries( blueberries, cranberries).
• Vegetables.
• Mushrooms.
• Green parsley.
• Cereals.
• Bean products.
• Healing herbs( yarrow, sage, mountain ash, rose hips).

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Popular statin drugs

Specialists managed to create five groups of statins of the latest generation. They effectively reduce cholesterol. The preparations differ from each other by the main active substance, otherwise they have many similar characteristics.

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Lovastatin

This is the only group of drugs that is created from a naturally occurring fungus. Cholesterol is reduced by only 25%.This is a low figure. Almost no harm to the medicine will not bring, side effects are rare. The agent is prescribed only in extreme cases. Doctors give preference to other groups of statins that are more effective, bring more results.

There are only two names in the list of products of this group:

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Cardiostatin

Product form - white tablets.

The active ingredient is lovastatin.

Assigned to primary hypercholesterolemia, with coronary atherosclerosis to slow it down.

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Холетар

Form release - tablets.

The active ingredient is lovastatin.

The drug is prescribed for primary, hereditary and mixed hyperlipidemia, to slow the development of coronary atherosclerosis.

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Fluvastatin

One of the weakest preparations. The decrease in cholesterol is 29%.This is a synthetic medicine that will not bring significant results.

In this group one representative:

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Leskol Forte

Form - tablets in a shell of yellow color, round in shape.

The active ingredient is fluvastatin sodium salt.

The drug is prescribed for primary, hereditary and mixed hyperlipidemia and for hypercholesterolemia of all types.

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Simvastatin

This is the most balanced remedy, which reduces cholesterol by 38%.Harm does not bring much. In this group there are a large number of drugs, in all there are eleven of them.

The most popular, often used medicines of this group are:

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Vasilip

Form release - film coated tablets.

The active ingredient is simvastatin.

Assigned to primary hypercholesterolemia, with hereditary and mixed hyperlipidemia and as a dietary supplement to diabetics.

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Simvaghexal

The form of the release is oval-shaped tablets, light yellow in a film shell.

The active ingredient is simvastatin.

It is prescribed for primary hypercholesterolemia, combined hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia, for the prevention of myocardial infarction.

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Rosuvastatin

This is the most effective group of drugs, which has an efficacy of 55%.The main substance has a long half-life. The medicine will be in the body for a long time.

The group includes nine drugs, the most popular of which are:

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Mortenil

The release form is round tablets of white color coated with a film shell.

The active ingredient is rosuvastatin calcium.

Assigned to reduce all cholesterol and as a dietary supplement.

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Rosulip

Form - round white tablets coated with a film sheath.

The active ingredient is rosuvastatin zinc.

Assigned to reduce all cholesterol and as a dietary supplement in the treatment of liver and heart disease.

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Acorta

Form release - round tablets coated with a film cover pink or light pink.

The active ingredient is rosuvastatin calcium.

Assigned to primary hypercholesterolemia by Fredrickson, with primary hypercholesterolemia, with hereditary and mixed hyperlipidemia, as a dietary supplement, in the prevention of ischemic diseases.

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Atorvastatin

Has an average performance of 47%.Its peculiarity is an obstacle to the appearance of cholesterol in their adipose tissue. The cholesterol levels will be lowered. There are seven drugs in this group.

Specialists usually prescribe the following drugs:

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Atomax

Form - round white tablets coated with a film sheath.

The active ingredient is atorvastatin in the form of atorvastatin calcium trihydrate.

Assigned to reduce all cholesterol indicators, it is used in the treatment of the liver as a dietary supplement to general therapy.

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Tulip

Form release - round tablets of white color film-coated.

The active ingredient is atorvastatin in the form of calcium salt.

It is prescribed for primary hypercholesterolemia, with hereditary and mixed hyperlipidemia and as a dietary supplement for diabetics, with primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

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Atoris

Form of release - white film coated tablets.

The active ingredient is atorvastatin in the form of atorvastatin calcium.

A hypolipidemic agent prescribed for primary hypercholesterolemia, mixed type hyperlipidemia and as a dietary supplement to diabetics.