Controlling blood lipids part 2: when and how to use medication
| Autor: | Tedd L. Mitchell, Larry W. Gibbons |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Bile acid medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Blood lipids Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) medicine.disease Coronary artery disease Endocrinology Internal medicine medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Risk factor business National Cholesterol Education Program Niacin Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | The Physician and sportsmedicine. 26(11) |
| ISSN: | 0091-3847 |
| Popis: | Drug treatment for abnormal blood lipids includes bile acid sequestrants, fibric acid derivatives, statins, and niacin. Statins generally offer the best combination of safety and effectiveness. Hormone replacement therapy reduces the risk of coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women. The National Cholesterol Education Program offers clear guidelines as to what levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) should trigger consideration of drug treatment, and the authors suggest what levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol should prompt treatment. Measurements of small dense LDL-C and lipoprotein(a) may also be helpful in decisions about drug treatment for selected patients. |
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