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Leading US doctors are saying that children as young as 8 should receive statins as a course of treatment for high cholesterol. Currently in many places such as the UK kids with a rare gene fault are being prescribed statins but US pediatricians are taking it one step further.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, however, believes […]
This should really come of no surprise. Amphetamines may place young adults at a higher risk of suffering a heart attack. We all know that methamphetamines and amphetamines are bad for your health. These type of drugs are also legally used to treat ADD in some young persons.
“Most people aren’t surprised that methamphetamines and amphetamines […]
A study based at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston provides added justification that a thiazide-type diuretic is the best first-choice drug for hypertensive patients.
This is quite interesting as I was just debating this earlier in the day with a physician I work with. I think there are definite indications that prove […]
For the first time, the American Heart Association has set guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment of resistant high blood pressure. Resistant hypertension is if a person’s blood pressure remains above the goal despite taking three medications to lower as well as high blood pressure that is under control using four or more medications […]
As many as 1000 deaths each year are associated with long QT syndrome. This very scary cardiac arrhythmia puts teen and young persons at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, usually ending in death. These same young ladies and gents have healthy hearts otherwise.
Researchers have found that a drug that is used in cases of angina […]
Beta blockers prove to treat heart failure at the brain level- not just directly in the heart. Very cool when you think about the implications.
Heart failure patients are routinely given beta-blockers, although doctors do not know exactly how these drugs boost cardiac performance and reduce the risk of death. The UCL study, based on the […]
A new group of aspirin type substances have been developed in Italy. Physicians know that a low daily dose of aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid, reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some, but we also know that aspirin causes an upset belly as well. A safer form of aspirin is needed and that […]
Big trouble again for the magic blood thinner Heparin. Health officials identified a contaminant in batches of the medication associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug. The lots of heparin were recalled on the 28th of February and there has been no new deaths. The key […]
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There are so many new studies each and every day and at times it seems that the second totally discredits the first. So that is why I am posing this question to you…
How long did you take Plavix as part of your treatment?
30 days/1 month
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6 months
I am still and always will take it […]
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