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