It is divided into two kinds of cholesterol:
- Type of benefit: A type of complexes between lipoprotein cholesterol with high molecular weight, functional carry cholesterol in the blood vessels outside the area.
- Harmful type: A type of complexes between lipoprotein cholesterol with low molecular weight, which functions as the fat stick to artery walls causing atherosclerosis.
Normal cholesterol less than 200 mg% full. When greater than 240mg% is high. But only when the type of harmful cholesterol is too high (greater than 180mg%) and cholesterol is beneficial too low (less than 35 mg%) then there are the cholesterol balance disorders. Physician based on balance disorders and medical history of the patient decided not used drugs. Do not be so thorough understanding not too worried, voluntary drug use.


Treatment of fat in the blood drug
Cholesterol-lowering drugs are usually four main groups, but the most common are fibrat and statin groups.
- Group fibrat: brand-common is lypanthyl (member 100mg, 300mg), reduce harmful cholesterol, increase good cholesterol, restore normal balance of these two categories. Thanks so much to reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood (if used long-term) and thereby reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.
However, this type of medication often hurt body (more common for people with diffuse myalgias), adversely affecting the kidneys and liver (increased index transaminnaza). Therefore not be used for liver and kidney failure, with normal use should also periodically check liver function (measured indicators transaminaza).
- Statin group: Special commonly used pharmaceutical lescol (20mg member). Compared with that, then this group reduces bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol levels more powerful, better thus preventing the risk of atherosclerosis and other heart diseases.
Another advantage is absorbed rapidly and completely (about 98%). Drugs have toxic effects on the group as there is also a similar recommendation. Also no adequate information for children under 18 should not be used for this object.
- Group niacin: common brand-niacin (Tablets 5, 50, 100, 150 and 500 mg, 1 mL syringe containing 0.17% niacin). The drug dilates small arteries, capillaries, reducing blood cholesterol. Often used in combination with statins.
It should be used with caution for pregnant women, nursing mothers, not suitable for children, extreme caution when used for gallstones, people with coronary artery disease. Careful monitoring of patients with a history of jaundice, liver disease, or if you have peptic ulcer medication. Ban with liver dysfunction, gastrointestinal ulcers, bleeding artery.
- Group resin: a brand commonly used as cholestyramine or cholestipal. It lowers lipoprotein type low molecular weight (ie indirectly reduce harmful cholesterol) and thereby reduce the amount of cholesterol down by 25-30%, reduce the accumulation of lipids in addition to the circuit.
However, the nature of the ion exchange resin drug is not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, after 3-6 weeks without medication, the amount of low molecular weight and lipoprotein cholesterol increased. It can cause constipation and diarrhea, vomiting, but will go away when you stop taking.
Currently, we also use a new drug called lipotropic, is actually a mixture of substances open, transporting fat. This mixture increases the production of lecithin thus dissolving cholesterol, cholesterol angiogenesis, preventing the risk of atherosclerosis ...
The aforementioned drugs often expensive, difficult to use. Physicians only when there is imbalance cholesterol disorders and the real history of the disease without heart disease, diabetes.