Show 1147: How Do You Control Your Cholesterol?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

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

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

What causes heart disease? There are a number of risk factors, including cigarette smoking, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, diabetes and others. One well-known risk is high cholesterol. Has your doctor told you that you need to control your cholesterol? New Guidelines for Cholesterol Control: The principal cardiologists’ organizations in the US recently updated their […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.3	Should you be taking a statin to control your cholesterol?
0:18.5	Official guidelines have changed.
0:20.6	Will that change your doctor's prescription?
0:23.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Dr.
0:35.0	Steve Nissen is one of the country's leading cardiologists and a critic of the previous guidelines.
0:41.0	The risk calculator would have put almost all older people on a statin.
0:45.0	Dr Nissen explains how that's changed.
0:48.0	Have you ever taken a drug like a Torvistatin, Rosuvestatin, or Simvestatin.
0:53.4	How well did it work?
0:54.8	Did you have any side effects?
0:56.8	Have you found other ways to lower your cholesterol
0:59.3	and improve your heart health?
1:01.1	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, new guidelines and your stories about how you control
1:06.4	your cholesterol.
1:08.8	First, this news. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the Food and Drug Administration has issued
1:19.8	another drug recall because of contamination with a probable carcinogen.
1:25.8	This time it's for the combination pill containing amlodopine and Val Sartan prescribed for
1:31.3	hypertension and heart failure.
1:34.0	The company is Oro Bindo Pharma USA, a division of Orobindo Pharma limited of India.
1:41.4	This recall falls on the heels of another recent recall for a related
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