Statin drugs lower blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-COA Reductase. HMG-COA Reductase is a liver enzyme used by the body to create cholesterol. The statin lowers cholesterol by disrupting the enzymes availability to participate in the assembly of cholesterol.
Once formed cholesterol increases plaque build up on artery walls which slows or stops blood flow. Heart attack or stroke can occur with no blood flow.
So, why have statin drugs not become available to consumers over the counter? Some medical providers are for allowing statins to be sold over the counter, and some are against the idea.
Those against say elevated blood cholesterol levels do not generate symptoms that would prompt patients to make informed decisions about statin drug dosing or benefits. Those for believe making the statin drugs available to consumers over the counter would dramatically lower the cost.
Home Care Path encourages readers to follow this issue of expanding the prescribing of statin drugs to a wider range of at risk patients as it unfolds in the next few months.
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