Cholesterol content in your daily diet - BEWARE!

Why your doctor dismisses Adverse Drug Reactions

Patients’ concerns about drug side effects are often shrugged off by their doctors, according to a survey of 650 patients who were taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

Statins, such as Lipitor and Zocor, are common drugs with widely known side effects that include liver damage, muscle problems, memory and mood changes, and more. In the case of muscle problems, if the side effect is not recognized it can progress to a potentially fatal condition called rhabdomyolysis.

Nonetheless, patients who responded to the survey said that they had to initiate a discussion about side effects with their doctor, and when they did:

47 percent said their doctors dismissed their muscle or cognitive problems, and said they were not statin-related
51 percent with a type of nerve pain called peripheral neuropathy said their doctors denied a connection to the drugs
32 percent said their doctors denied a connection between their symptoms and statins
29 percent said their doctors "neither endorsed nor dismissed the possibility of symptom link to statins"

Rather than attributing the patients complaints to the drugs, many doctors instead blamed the “normal aging process” or denied the symptoms entirely. Aside from not addressing the health concern in the patient, this ignorance toward a potential adverse drug reaction (ADR) means that no “adverse event report” is being given to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Side effects are already underreported by 90 to 99 percent, according to one Harvard Medical School expert, and the FDA relies heavily on such reports to gauge a drug’s safety once it hits the market.

In short, the survey suggests that the FDA is missing out on a wealth of ADRs because doctors are not recognizing them in patients.

The study’s authors believe that statin-related side effects are not the only one’s being missed.

They suggest that many other drug side effects are also being ignored. The researchers speculated that doctors’ tendencies to ignore drug side effects may be due to the powerful ad campaigns touting medications’ benefits and downplaying side effects.

World Heart Day 30 Sept 2007

20 days to go, before we celebrate World Heart Day. Why is it so important to you?

Well when your heart takes a break, it's game over!. And most of us are never prepared, as none of us believes it will ever happen to us.

We know how to service our cars every 3 months, as if we don't, a breakdown will cause us lots more money, stress and inconvenience.

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Are you getting enough Fibre?

I thought to share this comic stip today with you and brighten up your day.

So are you getting your 25-30gm of fibre everyday in your diet?. So what do you need to get this 25gm of soluble and insoluble fibre?

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A Heart attack is not a problem with the heart

Most people think they have a heart problem if they feel their heart beats faster or if they feel a sharp pain in their chest. Then they worry they have a weak heart or a heart attack.

But all these symptoms actually means you have a circulation problem. It's simply the case of your circulation pipes being clogged up after years of eating all the wrong food and never knowing how to clean up your pipes.

People are now aware that cleaning up their digestive pipes through cleansing and detoxing can improve their general health, energy levels and skin problems.

But till now, no one has talked about cleasing out your circulation pipes from the plaque buildup, caused by excessive trans fats and food high in the bad LDL cholesterol.

You could be eating correctly, and exercising regularly and be in the peak of health, just like the young soccer player who just had a heart attack and died during a game, but if you dont clean your pipes, you are at risk of getting a heart attack or even worse a stroke - that cuts your life in half.

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