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...Statins, the cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs, are getting a lot of press these days. And, to be sure, they can save lives by dramatically lowering blood levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. But statin drugs are expensive and work only as long as you keep taking them. Also, they can have side effects and should not be taken by people with liver problems...
...despair. They can be lowered. In fact, the lifestyle changes and medications that doctors recommend to lower cholesterol do double duty and also reduce CRP. Avoiding fatty red meat, eating more fruits and vegetables and exercising should be the first response--if making those changes is not enough, statin drugs may help...
Among the best-selling prescription drugs in the U.S. today are the statins--powerful medications that can lower cholesterol levels by as much as 30 points. A fix that quick comes at a price, however, as Baycol users learned this fall. The popular statin was pulled off the market after health officials discovered that a disturbing number of users were suffering from muscle disorders. Other statins, including atorvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin, remain safe, according...
...study suggests that loading up on E--and other so-called antioxidants, including vitamin C--does little or nothing to prevent future heart attacks or strokes in patients with coronary disease. In fact, there's evidence that the vitamins may actually blunt the effects of widely used cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and niacin. Can you still hope that vitamin E will prevent heart disease in the first place? Until research proves otherwise...
...STATINS WORK Already 25 million people worldwide take so-called statin drugs to lower their cholesterol. The largest statin study ever conducted shows that one of them--a drug called Zocor--lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke one-third in high-risk patients (for example, people with diabetes). The big surprise: the drugs worked even when cholesterol levels were normal. The same study looked at whether the antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta-carotene have a similarly beneficial effect. The answer...