June 22nd, 2008
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
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
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
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
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