Show 1085: The Statin Standoff and New Drugs for the Heart

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Cardiologists agree that we should all be getting regular exercise and eating a healthful diet with lots of vegetables and fruits. But they don’t agree on which of us should be taking statins to protect our hearts. Just how much do these cholesterol-lowering drugs actually reduce the risk of a heart attack? The answer to […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.6	Some doctors say statins are so good that almost everyone should take them to prevent a heart attack,
0:37.0	but not everyone agrees.
0:39.3	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:47.9	We explore the statin controversy with two prominent cardiologists.
0:54.8	Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic is a statin enthusiast.
0:59.3	Dr. Rita Redberg, editor of JAMA internal medicine, is more cautious.
1:04.5	What can you do to keep your heart healthy?
1:07.7	Do you know the difference between heart disease and heart failure? Find out about the
1:12.5	symptoms and the latest treatments for congestive heart failure. Coming up on the People's
1:17.4	Pharmacy, the Staten Standoff, and how to recognize and treat heart failure. First, this news.
1:30.3	In the People's Pharmacy In the people's pharmacy health headlines,
1:33.8	popular heartburn drugs like esomeprosol, lancoprosol, or omeprosol,
1:38.8	may not be as innocuous as they might seem.
1:42.1	These proton pump inhibitors or PPI are better known by their brand names,
1:46.8	nexium, previsid, and prylasek. Over the past several years, a number of serious adverse effects
1:52.8	have come to light. They include an increased risk of infections such as pneumonia and
1:58.4	clostridium difficile, weakened bones, poor absorption of nutrients such as calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B12, heart attacks, kidney disease, and dementia.
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