Truth. Blood lipid-lowering statins hurt the liver?

It is said that drugs are divided into three parts, and statins inevitably have some [poison], of which liver toxicity is the most concerned. I don’t know why, the hepatotoxicity of statins is widely circulated among patients. When prescribing drugs, patients often ask [is statins very toxic to liver? ] Or directly [statins have great hepatotoxicity, I don’t want to take this medicine, the doctor will change it for me.] Whenever this time, I am really in distress situation. Apart from hepatotoxicity, statins have a lot of [negative news]! Which are true and which are false? Rumor: Statins are very harmful to the liver. Truth: Most drugs can cause liver damage, and statins are no exception. As early as 2012, Read More …

Grapefruit may cause harm to people who take medicine for a long time.

In the outpatient department, patients often ask incidentally after the visit, “Doctor, is there anything what can’t eat for my disease?” ] Different from the traditional medicine in our country, Western medicine generally does not give such suggestions as seafood, beef and mutton are easy to [bring hair], or fried barbecued food is [angry]. As a result, the view that traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to [taboos] and Western medicine does not speak of [taboos] is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, not avoiding diet does not mean that you can eat at will. In fact, there are still some precautions when taking medicine. For example, some cephalosporin antibiotics cannot be taken together with alcohol or alcoholic Read More …