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A Hearty Life

June 22nd, 2008

Caduet- combination medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol? Is it being prescribed?

I saw a commercial for a new combination medicine. Caduet. It is a mix of Norvasc and Lipitor and I wrote about it last year when it first came on the scene. It lowers your blood pressure while lowering your cholesterol. I still have yet to really see this medication prescribed. Here are […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

March 19th, 2008

Heparin in the middle of controversy again…from China

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 […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

May 31st, 2007

Chantix Can Help You Live A Heartier Life By Stopping The Craving For Cigarettes

How many of you out there smoke cigarettes? And how many of you out there has had a cardiac episode, or procedure in the last few years? You know where I am going with this. Do I even have to say it out loud? Smoking is just no good for your […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

October 2nd, 2006

Heart Attack Patients Need Their Medication

If your doctor has prescribed aspirin, beta blockers, or statins to treat your heart disease, have you been good about taking them? If not, be forewarned.
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has shown that heart patients who stopped taking these three drugs are three times more likely to […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments