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Cholesterol Management >> Side Effects of Statin Drugs >> Prescription Drugs
Drugs that Sabotage Your Efforts to Lower Cholesterol
If you take prescriptions of any kind there is a good chance one of them may be interfering with your best efforts to lower cholesterol. Many drugs prescribed for the treatment of high blood pressure, for example, may lower blood pressure, but raise cholesterol levels. You should check with your doctor and be extra careful if any of the prescriptions you take raise cholesterol.
If you are on high doses of oral contraceptives, or take steroid type drugs on a long term basis, you are also raising your cholesterol. Even the best efforts at maintaining a low cholesterol diet could be thwarted by the prescription drugs. In addition, some diuretics, specifically furosemide, sold under the brand name Lasix, can affect the ratio between LDL and HDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is the bad cholesterol, while HDL cholesterol is considered good. The ratio between the two is of extreme importance when trying to maintain healthy levels of total cholesterol.
People with Parkinson’s disease have some of the most serious trouble controlling cholesterol. Those who are prescribed such drugs as Dopar, Larodopa, or Sinement to manage their symptoms may be inadvertently raising their total cholesterol.
So what can you do if you must take a prescription drug that also raises cholesterol? The most important consideration is to evaluate what you can control. You can’t always control what drugs the doctor prescribes or the fact that your genetic make up is to produce too much cholesterol. However, you can control what foods you eat. Making the right dietary choices and increasing the intensity and frequency of your exercise program can put you back into control. To find out how to put together a personal plan that will work for you to lower cholesterol without adding to your list of prescription drugs, you can get The 60-Day Prescription Free Cholesterol Cure.
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