Posted by admin on February 10, 2009
Before going to a drugstore, consult with the doctor. Very often, similar symptoms belong to absolutely different diseases, and you can start treating something that you do not actually need. Besides, only a doctor can recommend the most suitable dosage for you, and also effective combinations of various medicines just for your case.
Remember: there are no absolutely harmless medicines. Side effects can be observed at usage of almost any medicine. When starting a course of treatment, it is necessary to estimate not only positive, but also possible negative consequences of taking this or that medical product - and to do that one should also consult with a doctor.
Pay attention to your condition after taking the medicine. If your condition became worse - immediately stop taking the medicine and consult with a doctor. If there are no visible changes of your state, it can either mean an inefficiency of this drug for you, or that you swallow placebo. Do not hurry with conclusions though - at many diseases, especially chronic, the effect can become evident only after a complete course of treatment.
Keep the medicines at home according to recommendations given on packages or in the instructions and far away from children. And good luck!
Posted by admin on January 24, 2009
CHOLESTEROL – is a lipoid which on 2/3 is produced by liver, and on the remained third is received from food. It serves as one of the basic building materials of an organism, being a part of cell walls, neural tissue, and also hormones and vitamin D. Once you slightly exceed the normal level the formed surpluses of cholesterol start damaging vascular walls —aorta and arteries feeding heart and brain, abdominal cavity’s organs, kidneys and feet. Fatty stripes gradually thicken; turn to plaques, narrowing arteries. Over time cholesteric plaque calcifies, inflames, sometimes breaks apart, and forms a clot. When condensing and expanding, this clot corks a vessel off. Thrombosis’s results are — heart attack, stroke, partial heart’s or brain’s necrosis.
Cholesterol lowering medicines:
- Altocor ($1.07 per pill) is a cholesterol-lowering medication that blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body
- Lipitor - $1.17 per pill. Lipitor reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and total cholesterol in the blood.
- Mevacor - $0.65 per pill. Mevacor is used, along with diet, to lower cholesterol levels in people with primary hypercholesterolemia (too much cholesterol in the bloodstream).
- Vytorin - $2.08 per pill. Vytorin reduces the amount of cholesterol (a type of fat) absorbed by the body and block the production of cholesterol in the body.
- more medicaments…
