i was prescribed tricor for elevated cholestrol and i am scared to take it.can you lower it by losing weight, and exercising.these drugs have awful side effects.
2007-01-03 04:31:41 · 14 answers · asked by smdglvr 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
Yes, you can change your cholesterol number through diet and exercise. But sometimes it is just not enough and medication is the best answer. With all medications there will be side effects but the end result of clogged arteries is far more worse than any side effect could be. I urge you to speak your concerns to your Doc and see if you are in a position to first try changing your diet.
2007-01-03 04:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Crickett 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I take Tricor and have had no side effects. The side effects they list are things that are possible but they are not going to absolutely happen. You can alter your cholestrol through diet and exercize but the medication can help too. There are also natural substances that you can take that can also help to lower your cholestrol. Two that I know of that I've see used together are Flax seed oil and Fish oil. Both are natural and as long as you don't have an alergy to either they should have no harmful side effects.
My suggestion is take your meds.
Start and exercise program you can live with on a daily / weekly basis that can become part of your normal life.
Try to adjust your diet. (This to me is the hard one, right now I'm trying the Nutrisystems diet and it seem to be pretty ok.)
Then if and when your numbers come down talk with your doctor about taking you off the meds if in fact you are doing the exercise and the diet.
Again, I use Tricor and have had NO negitive side effects but everyone will react differently. What may work for me may not work for you as well.
Best of Luck
2007-01-03 04:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The effects of having long term high cholesterol are much more dangerous than the side effects of a prescription medication taken as prescribed. Yes, you can lower cholesterol by sticking to a healthy diet and by exercise. However, many of us have also inherited a tendency to high cholesterol and exercise and diet alone will not take care of it. I am one of those people. I have taken cholesterol meds for several years with not bad side effects. I get blood work done every six months, because the main danger with some of them is that they may affect your liver. With Tricor the side effect they watch for is a muscle-wasting disease called rhabdomyolysis.
My advice is to take the medication. This link should help you.
2007-01-03 04:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The danger of this med is that it can in time harm your liver.If you chose to take it a Good doctor would get liver function tests on you every 3-6 months.I don't know what your results are but if they were not too high, say under 150, you could change your diet and walk a lot! That can bring it down without meds. However if this is a heredity issue which it can be, try the diet and walking and if no results take the meds.Please insist on having your liver tested on a regular basis.
2007-01-03 04:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by gabeymac♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little physics lesson: the kinetic energy is proprtional to the speed squared. If you collide with an immovable object, it is this number that counts. Compared with 30 miles/hr, a speed of 60 miles/hr is associated with 4 TIMES AS MUCH kinetic energy. It is concievable that given a high enough linear speed - and this has never been done - the associated displacement of internal structures from their normal position could cause harm. As someone else pointed out, it isn't the speed but the sudden stop and the assocaited destruction that is dangerous.
2016-03-29 06:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by Cynthia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can incorporate grapefruit into your diet. The white skin between the peel and the fruit is excellent in lowering cholesterol. There's a lot of grapefruit extracts out there, but the natural food is the best way to go.
2007-01-03 04:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by eleven 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have high cholestoral too and my doc put me on Metformin (actually a lower you sugar drug. But he did it that way because I needed to loose weight and so far I have lost 30 pounds. I am going in two weeks to get my cholest. levels checked.
2007-01-03 04:46:04 · answer #7 · answered by jrbridget_bush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are pretty much safe. I'm on Lipitor and I do have to get my liver checked occasionally. These medications are processed in the liver and if you have any live problems your doctor will have you take an occasional blood test checking it.
2007-01-03 06:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them are actually pretty safe. A matter of fact, all of them are. Don't worry, the side affects are the same as Advil's. My wife took them, and she is perfectly fine. Best of luck, and God bless.
2007-01-03 04:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by Luke 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I take Zocor for a year now no problem. They also ward off Cancers.Takes a month to get use to it.
2007-01-03 04:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋