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Modern medical research has proved that statins are a very effective hypolipidemic drug, which is mainly used for various cardiovascular diseases caused by high blood lipids, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. However, it is worth noting that statins are not something that can be taken casually.
Previously, there was a 62-year-old man who had been taking statins for a long time in order to lower his blood lipid levels, but he suffered kidney failure from eating because he made two very obvious mistakes.
Here, the doctor also reminds those patients who take statins for a long time to pay attention to these 4 points.
1. A 62-year-old man took statins and suffered from kidney failure
The 62-year-old Uncle Wang has been suffering from high blood lipids for a long time, although his blood lipid index is only slightly high, but he has already developed local abnormal skin bulges and frequent dizziness and limb weakness, which makes him very uncomfortable.
In order to treat his hyperlipidemia, Uncle Wang also went to the hospital to see a doctor, and after the doctor's observation and diagnosis, the doctor suggested that Uncle Wang could take some statins appropriately, which can treat his hyperlipidemia problem.
As we all know, statins are a common lipid-lowering drug that is extremely effective in clinical medicine, which can reduce blood lipid levels and reverse coronary atherosclerotic plaques.
Many patients with hyperlipidemia are due to the excessive deposition of lipids in the blood, which leads to the appearance of atherosclerotic plaques, which may bring a certain blockage to blood flow, which can lead to other complications and threaten our lives.
In the initial stage, patients are likely to experience dizziness or weakness in their limbs like Uncle Wang.
Over time, hyperlipidemia can lead to acute pancreatitis or diabetes, which threatens the patient's life.
Statins, on the other hand, can reduce lipids in the blood and even directly dissolve atherosclerotic plaque, so they are used as the most effective lipid-lowering drugs.
At present, common statins include atorvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, etc. Although these drugs can reduce our blood lipid levels, the specific targeted effects and side effects on the body are quite different.
Therefore, when taking these medications, it is still necessary to follow the doctor's instructions. In general, the doctor will conduct a risk assessment based on the patient's individual situation, and then prescribe statins to the patient, and the patient should also pay attention to follow the doctor's instructions and not eat them indiscriminately.
But Uncle Wang followed the doctor's instructions to take the medicine, but after a period of medication, he actually developed kidney failure because he made two mistakes.
Second, just because he made 2 mistakes
The so-called kidney failure is a corresponding disorder of kidney function, resulting in the continuous accumulation of metabolic waste products in the body, and then it will cause a series of clinical symptoms of the syndrome.
Under normal circumstances, the human body needs to produce urine through the kidneys to excrete metabolic wastes in the body, but if the kidneys fail, then the waste products will not be metabolized.
People will also have nausea, loss of appetite, urine output or edema and fatigue because of this, Uncle Wang had similar symptoms after taking statins for a month, so he immediately came to the hospital for a follow-up, and he also thought that this was likely to be a side effect caused by statins.
In view of Uncle Wang's condition, the doctor conducted a careful examination and found that Uncle Wang had indeed developed acute kidney failure, and the cause of acute kidney failure was affected by liver failure.
And this is not a direct effect caused by statins, but because Uncle Wang made two mistakes, the first is improper combination of drugs, and the second is that he has not paid attention to the review for a long time.
According to Uncle Wang's blood lipids, the doctor prescribed the basic drug Avastatin to Uncle Wang, but this drug should be avoided in combination with other improper drugs in the process of taking. This is because this drug has the effect of lowering LDL cholesterol and regulating HDL cholesterol.
However, if it is taken in combination with some improper drugs, it will not be able to maintain the corresponding effect, and it will also have a certain impact on your body.
In the process of taking the medicine, Uncle Wang did cooperate with other drugs to use it, which made his body more burdened and caused acute kidney failure.
In addition, another factor is that Uncle Wang did not conduct regular check-ups, in fact, taking statins is not as beneficial as we imagined, and it will still cause certain side effects to our body.
Therefore, we need to go to the hospital regularly for check-ups, adjust the dosage of drugs in time, or change the type of drugs, and Uncle Wang did not go to the hospital for a re-examination after taking the drugs and found that his blood lipids had decreased, in fact, during the period when he was taking the drugs, statin drugs have had corresponding side effects on his body, resulting in liver failure.
The liver is a very important metabolic organ in our body, which has the role of deoxidizing and storing liver glucose secretory protein synthesis, and is also a huge digestive gland in our human body, which can not only decompose the toxins that have been absorbed from food and those that have not been digested, but also can decompose lipid products for us.
But if we have liver failure, then kidney function, which is mainly used for metabolism and excretion of waste products, will naturally also be affected.
However, liver failure usually presents a more chronic manifestation, usually with a longer cycle, and is not easy to detect, while the state of renal function is more obvious.
Uncle Wang is precisely because he did not have a timely review, so because of the failure of liver function, which led to the acute failure of kidney function, which is actually very terrible.
Therefore, when taking statins, we must pay attention to the adverse effects of the drug, go to the hospital in time to recheck and adjust the dosage of the drug, and change the type of drug.
3. Pay attention to these 4 points for long-term eating
For those patients who have been taking statins for a long time, the doctor gave 4 suggestions, saying that the suggestion is not to adjust the dose at will, and patients must strictly follow the doctor's instructions when taking statins.
Of course, you should never listen to the advice of others, change the type of statin at will, and if you must adjust the treatment plan, then you must also do it under the guidance of a doctor. The second aspect is to avoid taking large doses, and the dose of statins must be adjusted according to the specific situation of the patient.
Some patients may experience a blind pursuit of lipid levels and thus limit the use of statins. For those patients with hyperlipidemia, this is very dangerous, although this operation may temporarily reduce their blood lipid levels and let themselves see the effect of the drug, but it will also increase the risk of adverse reactions, which is very serious for their body.
The third aspect is to pay attention to regular check-ups, statins have certain side effects, not all benefits.
In the process of taking statin drugs, we should also pay attention to frequent visits to the hospital for re-examination, and do not consider whether to stop taking the drug after acute kidney failure like Uncle Wang.
In addition to acute kidney failure, statins can also cause other damages, such as striated muscle lysis, liver damage, abnormal blood sugar, etc.
At the same time, these problems can lead to a variety of complications. In this way, the gains outweigh the losses. So we have to pay special attention to this.
Go to the hospital for a follow-up, and the doctor can adjust the dosage and type of medicine in time according to our situation, so as not to cause too much harm to our body.
The last aspect is that during the process of taking statins, you must be careful to avoid grapefruit or citrus fruits.
Because some of the acidic components in these fruits can seriously affect the metabolism and excretion of gastric drugs.
Statins themselves regulate blood lipids by changing the practice of high-density lipoprotein and dissolving low-density lipoprotein, but due to the influence of these acidic components, the concentration of statins and the time they take effect in the body will be reduced to a certain extent.
In this way, the fixed function that the drug can achieve will continue to weaken, and it will not help us lower blood lipids, so in the process of taking statins for a long time, we must prohibit the use of citrus or grapefruit fruits.
Of course, the eating of fruits is inevitable, and patients with hyperlipidemia can eat some low-cholesterol fruits, such as strawberries, apples, etc., in order to avoid reducing the effect of statins, and at the same time play a role in lowering blood lipids.
brief summary
Although statins are a very effective hypolipidemic drug, they cannot be taken casually, because there are many types of statins, and the direct effects and side effects of each drug are different, so when taking statins, you must pay attention to timely reexamination.
Don't wait for the side effects of the drug to erode your body and cause other complications before considering whether to continue taking the drug.
In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the adjustment of the dosage, do not take large doses, avoid some other related drugs, grapefruit and citrus fruits, etc.
Of course, in the process of lowering blood lipids, we should also pay attention to our balanced diet and exercise, which can also better play the role of drugs to help us reduce blood lipid levels.