THE TRUTH ABOUT STATINS: RISKS AND ALTERNATIVES TO CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS

Book ID/图书代码： 08140012B56999

English Summary/英文概要： COULD STATIN DRUGS ACTUALLY HARM YOU?

Despite the rosy picture painted in the ads of a miracle cure for high cholesterol and its attendant heart disease, the reality of taking statins may be far less pretty. Dr. Barbara H. Roberts, director of the Women’s Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island, discusses both the benefits and health risks of these popular drugs in this comprehensive guide that finally reveals the questionable science behind the research studies. This honest, patient-friendly appraisal of the most widely used medications in the world may shock you, but it may also save your life.

Offering clear-cut, easy-to-understand information in an easily accessible fashion, Dr. Roberts explains how to take the best possible care of your heart, including:
* The keys to maintaining cardiovascular well-being
* How to interpret your cholesterol numbers
* The frightening adverse effects of popular drugs

It is time to take charge of your heart health. Learn the facts behind the hype so that you can make informed decisions on a subject vital to your continued health. If you or someone you love either takes a statin or is considering doing so, you need to read this book. Includes recipes for a delicious and heart-healthy diet, including Wasabi-Roasted Salmon, Pasta with Avocado Sauce, and Lemon-Pineapple Breakfast Muffins.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 藥物副作用不可怕，可怕的是對它一無所知

人口逐年老化加上飲食習慣的改變，心血管疾病一直是各國十大死因的前幾名。如何使用降血脂藥物來控制高血脂症或改善血脂異常是一項重要的議題。

各式各樣的藥品中，Statins類藥品，自1987年被證實有效地降低膽固醇後，一直是治療心血管疾病的救星，至今持續廣泛地使用著。不過越來越多的臨床報告指出，它造成許多當初未預料到的副作用，影響患者的身心。令人堪憂的是，多數人對於這些是一無所知，甚至不知道自己使用的就是Statins類藥物。

本書的作者Barbara H. Roberts是名心臟科的主治醫師。她的丈夫同樣服用Stains類藥物多年。雖然膽固醇指數下降，可是逐年加劇的肌肉疼痛問題已經嚴重影響生活。最終他放棄使用藥物，改採作者在書中設計的食療法，不僅膽固醇指數下降，肌肉疼痛的狀況也消失了。身為病患家屬與醫師兩個角色，作者從不同角度下去思考，針對Stains類藥品的益處和副作用，做出完整詳盡的說明。並列出許多問題，鼓勵病患們勇敢與醫師討論使用Statins類藥物的狀況。從中更加了解自身病況，以及藥物的使用。(Iris)

Contents:

Part 1: Are Statins for Me?
Chapter 1: My Doctor Wants Me to Take a Statin—What Questions Do I Need to Ask?
Chapter 2: When Statins Help Most, and When They May Not Help at All
Chapter 3: Common Side Effects of Statins: Cautionary Tales
Chapter 4: Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man? Gender Differences and Statin Use
Chapter 5: So What Am I to Do? Practical Lifestyle Approaches to Heart Health 99

Part 2: Whys and Wherefores of the Statin Era
Chapter 6: The Chinese Got There First: Red Rice Yeast and the Dawn of the Statin Era
Chapter 7: Big Pharma, the FDA, and the Medical Profession: An Unholy, Very Lucrative Alliance

Part 3: A Closer Look at the Science
Chapter 8: The Heart and Its Discontents: WhatHappens in Sickness and in Health.
Chapter 9: Clinical Research and the”Science”Being Used to Support Statin Use

Part 4: The Safe, Delicious Statin Alternative
Chapter 10: Heart-Healthy Foods and Recipes, and Two Weeks of Mediterranean Diet Menus

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About the Author/作者介绍： Barbara H. Roberts, M.D是羅德島Miriam醫院女性心臟研究中心主任，身兼布朗大學醫學院副教授級臨床教師。她曾在美國國立衛生研究院參與兩年的研究。目前參與該機構資助的計畫，研究如何降低膽固醇療法。是此計畫的主要研究員之一。

Barbara H. Roberts, M.D., is Director of The Women’s Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. She is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She spent two years at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she was involved in the first clinical trial that demonstrated a beneficial effect of lowering cholesterol on the incidence of heart disease. She is currently a principal investigator in another NIH-sponsored trial of cholesterol-lowering therapy.

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