When should lipid-lowering drugs be taken?⌚⌚⌚

Dyslipidemia generally refers to elevated levels of cholesterol and/or triglycerides (TG) in the blood. It is also called hyperlipidemia. At the same time, it also includes various dyslipidemias including low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). The main clinical lipid-lowering drugs currently include cholesterol absorption inhibitors, HMG-CoA inhibitors (statins),...

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Basic knowledge about febuxostat.📃📃📃

Febuxostat is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor. It inhibits the production of uric acid. While allopurinol can only inhibit the reduced form of xanthine oxidase, febuxostat can inhibit both the reduced and oxidized forms of xanthine oxidase. Therefore, febuxostat's ability to lower uric acid is faster and stronger. 80% of blood uric acid is synthesized in the body, and only...

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What is the difference between allopurinol, benzbromarone and febuxostat?💫💫💫

Hyperuricemia is a very common metabolic disease today. It not only causes kidney stones, chronic kidney disease and gout in patients, but may also cause diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Allopurinol, benzbromarone and febuxostat are the most commonly used urate-lowering drugs in clinical practice. What is the difference between the three of them?How...

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What is methotrexate?😵😵😵

Methotrexate is a drug that can be used to treat both cancer and non-cancer. It prevents cell division and the production of new cells. It can be used to prevent rejection in patients following bone marrow or stem cell transplants. It is also used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.What are the indications and doses of methotrexate?Methotrexate is a metabolic inhibitor...

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What are the differences in the usage of different lipid-lowering drugs?🔠🔠🔠

Among people who die from diseases in the world, deaths caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease rank at the forefront. One of the important pathogenic risk factors in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is dyslipidemia. Therefore, lipid-lowering drugs play an important role in preventing and controlling atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.What...

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What are the differences between calcium channel blockers?📋📋📋

Calcium channel blockers are one of the commonly used antihypertensive drugs in clinical practice. The effect of their antihypertensive drugs is relatively stable, so they are currently a type of antihypertensive drug widely used among patients with hypertension. Commonly used calcium channel blockers include amlodipine, felodipine, nifedipine, nifedipine sustained-release...

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What is the difference between apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban and rivaroxaban?❓❓❓

For a long period of time in the past, warfarin was the only oral anticoagulant drug until the emergence of novel oral anticoagulant drugs. Although they are called "novel" oral anticoagulants, they are only relative to warfarin. New oral anticoagulants include factor Xa inhibitors (apixaban, edoxaban, and rivaroxaban) and direct thrombin factor IIa inhibitors (dabigatran)....

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