Atorvastatin Health Feed

lybrate-user you have been taking these medicines from last 10 yrs, so your hair loss is definitely not secondary to these. Secondly you may discontinue the medicine intermittently if you want, but then their effect will disappear and your cholesterol levels may get deranged, so if you discontinue the medicine repeat your lipid profile 6 weeks later to see if it has not increased, if it does restart. I am sure you must be taking diet precautions and exercising daily like morning walk, if not the...more

Raised cholesterol level indicates problem at two levels. First the level of dietary discrepancies’ were the cholesterol is raised because of excess intake of the food which are high in cholesterol, LDL, and low intake of HDL that is good cholesterol. Second problem may be disturbed lipid metabolism were you are eating right quantity of lipids, but the bodily metabolism is disturbed. So finally if you want to cure high cholesterol in the blood you have to approach two way, first by improving y...more

If you had an angiogram done, and there is a single vessal disease with no collaterals, surgery will give good releif. If you have collaterals, both angioplasty and surgery will be good. But final decision should be taken based on the angiogram pictures.

hi.. it is angina.. give him mag phos 6x 4pills 3times daily for 8days and revert back for further treatment

Hi lybrate-user,
Most of the time, risk for arrhythmia and high lipids stay for lifetime and its advisable to be on medicines for rest of the life. Medications typically are adjusted for response, need, and any side effects. If you are tolerating the medicines without any problem, they can be continued. If your risk decreases over the next few years, certainly dosage can be reduced, or taken off even, depending on how you do. Every medicine have potential side effects. A drug which doesn't c...more

Aztor sud be taken with lifelong commitment and you don't fall in that criteria to start aztor. I don't know how you have been prescribed this. Anyways 2nd concern is grade I fatty liver which is very common in pts with your age doing some sitting job or business and it is reversible. So no need to worry.
What you actually need is strict diet control, avoid bad habbits if any and regular exercise to keep your LDL in check.

Hello,
the cause for numbness is not clear, by and large the medicines he is getting do not have side effect of numbness. Increase his vit b-12 tablets and see, else consult your doctor.

Fatty liver with altered tg can be dangerous in long term as it can lead to cirrhosis. You need to adhere to diet and lifestyle modification and continue aztor. If your lft and fibroscan is altered you will need further treatment for fatty liver.

A blood clot in the brain can cause an ischemic stroke which is caused by an artery to the brain becoming blocked and starving a portion of the brain of oxygen and nutrients.
Blood thinner medicines don’t dissolve the clot, but they can stop it from getting bigger and keep new ones from forming.
You may need to discuss your father's complete medical history in detail.

Yes continue with the same medicines
Do following and things will be under control 1.no alcohol 2. Reduce body wt 3. No smoking/ tobacco 4. Diet - no ghee/ butter, have mix of vegetable oils - mustard, til, ground nut, olive oil, have more green vegetables and fruits, have whole grain atta, no fried. Fast. Spicy / processed/ junk food. Less sugar, potato, rice 5. 30 mts brisk walk daily 6. Deep breathing exercise for 10 mts daily 7. Meditation daily for 10 mts. 6-8 hrs of sleep at night 8. E...more