Fibrates break down the particles that make triglycerides and use them in other ways in your body. Lower triglycerides can lead to increased levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol.
•Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors (Brand name: Zetia)
A cholesterol absorption inhibitor is used to lower levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol. This medicine can also be given in combination with a statin.
I am presently taking Zetia every other day. I also take Omega 3/6, vitamin A,E. With Zetia interfere with the absorption of the benefits of these supplements and if so what can I do to get the full benefit of Zetia and the supplements, if anything.
Ar there any other supplements that should be avoided while taking Zetia?
Many thanks.
Ever since I started taking Zetia and Fenofibrate together as recommended by my DR, I have put on pounds, am more bloated around the belly,a nd have persistent chest pains. I noticed this has occurred ever since I have been on cholesterol lowering meds, but is more noticeable in the past year with the new combination of drugs. I mentioned this to my DR and he said I need the drugs because of my High Cholesterol. What do you think?
ve read about, statins have hardly affected HDL levels, in fact most people have trouble raising them. When statins lower LDL, this automatically makes the HDL a higher proportion than it was. Triglycerides can also be a problem in some people, trying to lower them.
So I think the range numbers are lower than for someone with no stroke history, I suppose they want it lower than normal to compensate for health history. How do you figure out ratio?
Brooke - Thanks. My blood was drawn at 7:30 AM so there was not 12 hours in between. I'm hoping that is why the LDL and overall cholesterol is high. After all I ate super cheesy, greasy food late at night! I normally don't do that but we were starving by the time we got into town.
The current clinical practice is to discontinue statin when the liver enzymes have increased to more than three times the upper limit of normal. Although zetia on its own does not generally cause liver enzyme abnormalities, it might potentiate the enzyme abnormalities, when coadministered with a statin.
Generally, when that happens, physicians would generally withdraw the statin or both medications, depending on the extent of enzyme elevation.
Its a high quality prescription fish oil used to lower triglycerides and lower LDL. Adding this to my regime lowered cholesterol by 50 in less than a month! It also dramatically reduces triglycerides. Otherwise, the other fish oils may be good for the heart in general (maybe, depending on brand and dosage - they're all kind of sketchy and marketed as wonder drugs but too low in potency for any real benefits), but this Rx is designed to do what you are looking for!
5 oz vodka drinks a night. Why are my triglycerides not high? My daily diet does include fish and nuts - are these latter two foods overriding whatever effects the vodka normally would have on triglyceride levels?
The other class of drugs meant to lower triglycerides are the fibrates. Your TRIs went up when you stopped the fibrate.
To lower TRIs, you generally cut out carbs. If you ate low-carb you'd really reduce your TRIs... but then LDL might go up. What's your blood glucose?
Total cholesterol is not really important. What is your HDL?
Also to increase HDL--> niacin.
I have been having some highCholesterol level for 3 years now. I was on medication in and out as I develop side effects to the statin drugs. I was on Lipitor, then on Pravachol and lastly on Crestor. None of them had problems loweting the Choesterol levels, but muscle and joint pain even with Vit D and Co Q10 as prescribed my physician. However, I came off crestor yesterday as I started feeling Dizzy. I am normally a "healthy", active energetic person.
my brother has 210 triglycerides in blood . Is it serious?. how he can reduce the level. His age is 32. Weight is 67kg.
t find the right medicine...Lipitor caused severe muscle weakness, Zetia caused all kind of digestive problems and Pravachol zapped my energy...my count actually went up 30 points while taking WelChol! My doctor is telling me that I have no other choices of medicine to lower my count (total 285, HDL 106 VLDL 21, LDL 188, Triglycerids 106.) My sister is having the same problem so I guess this problem is a family thing. I am really troubled by my doctor's lack of concern.
This year my triglycerides were at 535, I stopped taking a med and they went down to 212 over 3 last 3 months. My last lipid panel showed triglycerides 212, Cholesterol 191, LDL 122 and HDL 26. Results in 2020 were roughly the same numbers. I don’t really go to a General Practitioner unless it’s an emergency, do I need to see one regarding the slightly elevated triglycerides and the really low HDL? Would rather not go if not necessary. These numbers were fasting from Midnight on.
Your primary care doctor should know what to do about this. Some people need to take meds to lower triglycerides. If you are overweight, losing weight can help tremendously to lower those numbers as fatty liver can cause elevations in the lab tests you mention.
If it were me I would give pravastatin a chance, but if I had the same side effects and I could not live with them, I would try something like Zetia. You could also add a fenofibrate like Tricor to lower your TGLs as well, very safe and no side effects. This will help lower your overall number but will not impact your LDL which is you main issue. You really need to get that under 130 with no other risk factors.
Three years ago I was perscribed Zelco to reduce my LDL chorestrol and had to discontinue because of some bad reactions. I then started natural vitamins and nician, zeta to lower my chorestrol's LDL for past year of so. Last September my lips started swelling, chapping and turning red and the end of my tongue's taste buds feel numb or coated feeling. I also noticed my mouth and the inside of my bottom lip became very dry at times and had a metalic taste.
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One of the main causes of high triglycerides which you can control ,is high fat food. As such to lower triglycerides basically you need to watch the food you eat and certainly exercise.
Hope I have provided you with sufficient information.If you need any more then pls post us.
The scientific evidence suggests that fish oil really does lower high triglycerides, and it also seems to help prevent heart disease and stroke when taken in the recommended amounts. Ironically, taking too much fish oil can actually increase the risk of stroke.
As eureka mentioned It's effective for- lowering fats called triglycerides. High triglycerides are associated with heart disease and untreated diabetes.
also be aware that the big decline will be at 48-72 weeks with your hbv mutations and hbeag negative
the difference of fibroscan between 4 and 6 is meanless, you have nothing to worry
you may try to see if intf response can be increased by ezetimibe (zetia) or smvastatin.
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