How to use statins correctly?(Part 2: Statin therapy.)✅✅✅

Here is part 2. It is about how to use statins correctly.What are statins and how should they be used?There are 7 kinds of statins that are more commonly used in clinical practice. There are 7 kinds of statins that are more commonly used in clinical practice. The seven statins are atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin.Their...

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How to use statins correctly?(Part 1: Blood lipids and related diseases.)✅✅✅

Statins are effective and safe in lowering cholesterol and reversing plaque. Clinically they have become fundamental drugs for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and treating atherosclerosis. Due to the widespread use of statins, incorrect use of statins can cause adverse reactions in patients.What are blood lipids?Cholesterol in the human body is mainly present in...

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Vitamin B3 may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.👴👵

Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) researchers have found in laboratory models that people's intake of vitamin B3 (niacin) can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The findings of this study offer new possibilities for treating Alzheimer's disease. They recently published the results of the study in the journal Science Translational Medicine. They investigated...

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What common drugs are contraindicated in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency?📝📝📝

In recent years, broad beans and their products have become a favorite snack for many people. However, some children will experience physical discomfort such as fever, chills, headache, dizziness, fatigue, abdominal pain or vomiting after eating these foods, and even dark yellow urine or jaundice. If children have the above symptoms after eating broad beans and their products...

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Learning about ezetimibe.📜📜📜

Ezetimibe was the first drug to inhibit cholesterol absorption in the gut. It can be combined with statins to enhance the ability to lower cholesterol levels. It is widely used clinically. The following will introduce the relevant knowledge about ezetimibe.1. The mechanism of ezetimibe.Ezetimibe is converted to ezetimibe-glucuronide in the intestinal tract. Ezetimibe-glucuronide...

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Repeated damage to cells can cause cancer, so do muscle cells?💪💪💪

Chronic injury and inflammation are major risk factors for cancer. Carcinogenic factors such as eating hot food, drinking hot tea, smoking, and air pollution are all due to their repeated damage to human tissues. But why does repeated tissue damage lead to cancer? Although the mechanism of this carcinogenesis is complex, one of the more easily understood reasons is that...

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Drinking water like this is bad for your body.😖😖😖

Many people know that drinking more water is good for the body. Many people know that drinking more water is good for the body. However, drinking water indiscriminately can be harmful to the body's organs and the damage is not immediately reflected. It can cause long-term damage to your body without even noticing it. Therefore, here are some bad drinking habits, so that...

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What is the difference between the antiprotozoal drugs ornidazole, levornidazole and levornidazole disodium phosphate❓❓❓

Ornidazole is a third-generation nitroimidazole. It has an antagonistic effect on protozoa such as amoeba, trichomoniasis, and giardiasis. In addition, it also has a good anti-anaerobic effect. So, what is the difference between ornidazole, levornidazole and levornidazole disodium phosphate?Antiprotozoal effect and anti-anaerobic bacteria effect.For the treatment of anaerobic...

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How to use eye drops correctly?👀

Nowadays, people often use electronic products such as mobile phones and computers. Watching the screen for a long time can easily cause eye discomfort. Whenever the eyes feel uncomfortable and dry, many people use eye drops to relieve the discomfort. However, not everyone knows the correct way to use eye drops and what to pay attention to when using them. The following...

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Some dietary habits may cause liver cancer.👿👿👿

More and more attention is now paid to protecting the liver. Many people know that staying up late and drinking alcohol can be harmful to the liver, but many people do not know that some eating habits are also harmful to the liver, even more damaging than staying up late. Here are some dietary habits that can damage the liver.Eating this flavor is more damaging to the...

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Antihypertensive drug usage and common side effects.👀

What differences in characteristics, indications and adverse reactions of five commonly used antihypertensive drugs angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, β-blockers, dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and thiazide diuretics?Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.Commonly used drugs include benazepril, enalapril, perindopril,...

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What are the treatments for Pseudomonas aeruginosa?💊💊💊

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus and is a common opportunistic pathogen. It is widely distributed in the daily environment. Its main source is domestic sewage. It can cause lung infections, bloodstream infections, skin infections (often in people with burns), among others. In addition, Pseudomonas aeruginosa often causes nosocomial infections...

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