Posted on 09/10/2023 8:21:27 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Patients who have suffered a heart attack should immediately be offered a combination of cholesterol lowering drugs with statins and ezetimibe, according to research.
The study showed that people with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which includes those who have experienced a heart attack or unstable angina, are 47% less likely to die within three years if they start taking a high dose statin and ezetimibe straight away, compared to those only taking a high dose statin.
Researchers say that if treatment guidelines are changed to reflect these findings, it could prevent many thousands of deaths each year.
The study included data on 1,536 patients with ACS who were part of the national Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS). Half had been treated with a high dose statin only. The other half were treated with a combination of a high dose statin and ezetimibe.
It revealed that those who started taking a statin and ezetimibe straight away were less likely to die of any cause in following the three years. However, the risk of death was already lower after only 52 days of treatment. The results suggest that out of every 21 patients taking the double treatment for three years, one death was prevented.
Both statins and ezetimibe are widely available drugs that have been shown to effectively lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood. When people have high levels of cholesterol it can block their blood vessels increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke or peripheral artery disease.
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There are other ways to lower cholesterol and reduce plaque, but they take time or are less studied and unlikely to be recommended by doctors.
Took my daily statin and ezemtibe while reading this.
CM do you have any experience and or knowledge of Hesperidin? I ran across it the other night when looking at resistant starches.
Pectasol had some studies in which it reduced cholesterol by a reasonable amount.
Currently, my wife and I are trying to get various forms of soluble fiber in each day. Different bacteria create different beneficial substances for us, but the variety is what helps assure each bacterial family is boosted.
Cholesterol in itself is not bad, although that is probably what most people think. Cholesterol is the mother of all hormones, so it is essential for healthy living. Damaged cholesterol is what causes problems. Sugar and inflammation are the culprits behind damaged cholesterol. And statins do not reduce the risk of heart attacks regardless of what is commonly believed. They are beneficial for those who have had a heart attack, however.
Because they cost less and require more than “Here, take these pills.” I’m on only a low-dose statin (at my own insistence I cut it in half) and Zetia, combined with a high-alkaline diet (which 2 doc friends told me would work), and my total cholesterol dropped from 180 to 102, LDL from 80 to 35. High dose stations are a racket.
Correction: told me it WOULDN’T work.
Thanks, hadn’t heard of Pectasol. Looks like Eco Nugenics has Heaperidin in their Multi Vitamins for Men and Women.
https://econugenics.com/search?type=product%2Carticle&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=Hesperidin
I just had a test that showed about 50% blockage of my left carotid artery. The right carotid is clear and no other peripheral or arteries of the heart suffer from any blockages.
Will high dose—say 400 mcg— vitamin k2 mk7 help to lower the blockage in my left carotid artery?
Beyond that (eat all salmon sardines, nuts and whey protein powder) plus knock out meats and dairies.
I take both niacin and crestor but for different reason. I take the niacin to increase my nad+ and the crestor to lower inflammation.
Some thoughts:
Arterosil has research showing it reduced artery plaque quote a bit, over a year, with a fair amount early on.
https://usermanual.wiki/m/c6d745cf51a1e5095ea9aa95d045bd94820b34ae1db6add8cfed68322512f77b.pdf
The vitamin K study didn’t use MK7. It used K and K2-MK4 in near the amounts in Koncentrated K in adults, in under two months, in mice. It got rid of half the calcium plaque in that time.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3803950/posts
There are other therapies.
A few options are here:
Stay away from saturated fats and high cholesterol items. If having high cholesterol foods, space them out through the day. Our bodies have to have, or make, 1 - 1.5 grams a day of cholesterol.
These are all therapies I would consider. I’ve done the Arterosil and Vitamin K for quite a while, but only use Koncentrated K, occasionally.
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