Th 3 Thng Hai 28 (HealthDay News) - Cc loi thuc ph bin lm gim cholesterol gi l

statin by gi s n vi nhn chnh cnh bo v mt nguy c gia tng nh nng ng trong

mu cao, c th dn n bnh tiu ng loi 2, cy thuc cha bnh i trng cng nh mt
li cnh bo v trng hp him hoi ca s nhm ln v mt tr nh, kim sot dc phm M
cho bit hm th Ba.

Nhng Thc phm v Dc M, trong a ra thng bo, v cc chuyn gia chm sc sc

khe tt c nhn mnh rng nhng li ch bo v tim ca statin - trong bao gm cc loi thuc
nh Crestor, Lipitor, Pravachol v Zocor - xa hn nhng ri ro nu ra trn nhn mi.

"Chng ti mun cc chuyn gia chm sc sc khe v bnh nhn c nhng thng tin mi
nht v nhng ri ro ca cc statin, nhng cng m bo vi h rng cc loi thuc ny tip tc
cung cp mt li ch sc khe quan trng ca vic gim cholesterol," Tin s Mary Cng vin,
gim c ca FDA Phng Chuyn ha v Ni tit sn phm, cho bit trong mt thng co bo
ch.

Tin s Gregg Fonarow, gio s y khoa tim mch ti i hc California, Los Angeles, v mt
pht ngn vin ca Hip hi Tim mch M, ng vi FDA. "Nhng li ch ca thuc statin
i vi hu ht cc c nhn vt qu nhng nguy c tim nng", au i trng ng ni.

Statins rt hiu qu trong vic gim cholesterol v nguy c bin c tim mch gy t vong v
khng gy t vong cho nhng ngi n ng v ph n c bnh tim thnh lp, cng nh cho
nhng ngi khe mnh vi mt hoc nhiu yu t nguy c tim mch, ng ni.

Nhng thay i nhn mc phn nh d liu gn y t statin th nghim lm sng v tc dng

ph thng xuyn c bo co, Fonarow thm.

Danh sch y ca statin bao gm: Lipitor (atorvastatin), Lescol (fluvastatin), Mevacor
(lovastatin), Altoprev (lovastatin m rng pht hnh), Livalo (pitavastatin), Pravachol
(pravastatin), Crestor (rosuvastatin), v Zocor (simvastatin) . sn phm kt hp bao gm:
Advicor (lovastatin / niacin gii phng ko di), Simcor (simvastatin / niacin gii phng ko di),
v Vytorin (simvastatin / ezetimibe), FDA cho bit.

FDA cng cho bit n c g b t cc nhn cn theo di thng xuyn ca cc enzym gan.
C quan ny hin nay khuyn co rng cc xt nghim ny c thc hin trc khi bnh nhn
bt u iu tr bng statin, v nh c ch ra sau .

FDA cho bit chn thng gan nghim trng vi statin l "him v khng th on trc," v
"theo di nh k thng xuyn ca cc enzym gan khng xut hin l c hiu qu trong vic
pht hin hoc ngn nga cc tc dng ph him gp ny."

c bo co l t t cc bnh nhn s dng statin mt tr nh v s nhm ln. Cc nhn thuc

by gi s bao gm thng tin v cc tc dng ph tim nng.

"Nhng bo co ni chung khng nghim trng v vim i trng co tht triu chng ca
cc bnh nhn c o ngc bng cch ngn chn cc statin," FDA lu .

Ngoi ra, FDA cho bit cc bc s cn phi nhn thc c rng mt statin - lovastatin
(Mevacor) - c th tng tc vi cc thuc khc, lm tng nguy c tn thng c bp. Nhng
loi thuc khc bao gm cc cht c ch protease, c s dng iu tr HIV, v cc loi
thuc dng iu tr mt s bnh nhim trng do vi khun v nm, c quan ny cho bit.