So wote nka nso sɛ wowɔ ‘amemene mu sum’ bere a worenom statin no? Momma yɛnka eyi ho asɛm!

So worenom nnuru a ɛbɛma wo srade a ɛwɔ wo mu no so atew? Sɛ saa a, ebia worenom nnuru bi a wɔfrɛ no ‘statins’. Sɛ wufi ase yɛ saa aduru yi wie a, so ɛtɔ mmere bi a wo ho yɛ wo yaw, wo werɛ fi nneɛma, anaasɛ wowɔ nea yɛfrɛ no ‘amemene mu sum’? Eyi yɛ ɔhaw a nnipa pii wɔ. Enti ɛnnɛ, momma yɛnhwehwɛ nea ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.

Nea edi kan no, ma yɛnhwɛ, dɛn ne statin yi?

Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, srade yɛ ade a ɛyɛ waxy, srade wɔ yɛn mogya mu. Yɛn nipadua hia srade yi na ama nkwammoaa ayɛ nkwammoaa na ayɛ hormone ahorow, nanso sɛ ɛboro so a, ɛnyɛ papa. Titiriw sɛ srade "bɔne", anaa LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) srade , dɔɔso a, ebetumi ayɛ kɛse wɔ yɛn mogya ntini no afasu so na asiw ano. Eyi ne ade titiriw a ɛde tebea horow a asiane wom te sɛ komayare ne akisikuru ba.

Statin nnuru yɛ adwuma denam LDL srade bɔne a mmerɛbo no yɛ no so tew so. Enti, ɛrenyɛ bɔne sɛ yɛbɛfrɛ saa nnuru yi sɛ nnuru a ɛho nhia na egye nkwa ma wɔn a wɔwɔ asiane mu sɛ wobenya komayare.

Enti so ‘amemene mu sum’ ho asɛm yi yɛ nokware?

Ɛwom sɛ wobu statin sɛ asiane biara nni ho kɛse ma nnipa dodow no ara, te sɛ nnuru biara de, nanso ebetumi de ɔhaw nketenkete aba. Sɛ nhwɛso no, ntini mu yaw, mmerɛbo a ɛsɛe, ne ‘amemene mu sum’, anaa ɔhaw ahorow a ɛfa nkae ne adwene a wɔde si biribi so ho no ka ho.

‘Brain Fog’ yɛ tebea a ɛyɛ basaa na ɛyɛ basaa kɛse. Fa no sɛ, wo werɛ fi baabi a wode wo nsafe bɛhyɛ, ebia wubebue frigye no na woagyaw safe no wɔ mu na afei woahwehwɛ akyiri yi. Eyinom ne nneɛma ahorow a ɛkɔ so wɔ tebea yi mu.

FDA a ɛwɔ U.S. mpo de nkae a wɔhwere ne adwene a ɛyɛ basaa aka ho sɛ "ɛnyɛ aniberesɛm na wotumi dannan" wɔ statin nkyerɛwde so. Cholesterol ho hia ma yɛn amemene no dwumadi. Nokwarem no, yɛn srade nyinaa mu 25% wɔ amemene no mu. Enti ntease wom sɛ yebesusuw sɛ sɛ wɔde statin brɛ srade so a, ebetumi anya amemene no so nkɛntɛnso bi.

Nanso, abenfo ka sɛ ɛho nhia sɛ wɔdwen eyi ho dodo. Nhwehwɛmu a ɛkɔ akyiri nnya nkyerɛɛ abusuabɔ tẽẽ bi a ɛda aduru yi ne nkae a wɔhwere ntam.

Mpɛn pii no, saa sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow yi betumi ayɛ aduruyɛ mu tebea foforo a ɛda adi ho sɛnkyerɛnne. Titiriw sɛ ɔhaw ahorow a ɛma wɔkae ade te sɛ eyi ba nnipa a wɔadi mfe mfinimfini anaa wɔn a wɔn mfe akɔ anim so a, ebetumi ayɛ Alzheimer yare no ho sɛnkyerɛnne a edi kan.

Enti ade a edi kan a oduruyɛfo susuw ne sɛ, "So eyi fi aduru no ampa? Anaasɛ ɔhaw foforo bi wɔ hɔ?" Ɛno nti, ebia wɔde wo bɛkɔ ntini mu adwenemyare ho ɔbenfo nkyɛn akɔyɛ wo nhwehwɛmu.

Ɛyɛ nwanwa!

Ɔkwan foforo so no, nhwehwɛmu bi kyerɛ sɛ statin a wɔde di dwuma no betumi atew asiane a ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ obi benya adwenemhaw, anaasɛ nyansa ne nkae a ɛso tew a ɛba bere a obi nyin no so. Nhwehwɛmu bi a wɔyɛe wɔ mfe 12 mu daa no adi sɛ nnipa a wɔnom statin dodow a ɛdɔɔso no nni asiane a ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ wobenya adwenemhaw no sua. Enti wɔreyɛ nhwehwɛmu pii wɔ eyi ho.

Sɛ wunya saa nsunsuanso bɔne yi a, dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ?

Sɛ worenom statin na wote ‘amemene mu sum’, ntini mu yaw, anaa sɛnkyerɛnne foforo biara a ɛyɛ soronko a, ade a ɛho hia sen biara na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ara ne sɛ wobɛbɔ wo duruyɛfo amanneɛ.

Nnyae w’aduru nom mpofirim da a wo ne wo duruyɛfo nkasa. Kae sɛ saa nnuru yi bɔ wo ho ban fi asiane ahorow a anibere wom te sɛ komayare ne akisikuru ho.

Wo duruyɛfo bɛhwɛ wo tebea no na sɛ ɛho hia a, ɔbɛsesa w’ayaresa nhyehyɛe no. Obetumi ayɛ nea edidi so yi:

• Statin aduru a worenom mprempren no a wubegyae bere tiaa bi.
• Sɛ wɔdan kɔ statin foforo so.
• Nnuru dodow a wɔtew so.

Dɛn ne nnuru a wɔde si statin ananmu?

Wɔ tebea horow bi mu no, sɛ statin kɔ so de ɔhaw ahorow ba a, ebia wo duruyɛfo bɛkamfo nnuru foforo akyerɛ wo. Wɔabobɔ eyinom bi din wɔ ase ha.

Saa nnuru yi bo betumi ayɛ den asen statin na ebia ɛremfata obiara, enti eyi yɛ gyinaesi a wo duruyɛfo besi.

Dɛn bio na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwɛ yiye bere a worenom statin no?

Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtew nsunsuanso bɔne so no, hwɛ nsɛntitiriw yi nso yiye:

• Hwɛ yiye wɔ bobe aba ho: Nnuru bi a ɛwɔ bobe nsu mu betumi asiw nipadua no kwan sɛ ɛbɛsɛe nnuru a wɔfrɛ no statin no. Ɛho nhia sɛ wugyae grapefruit koraa, nanso bisa wo duruyɛfo sɛnea wubetumi adi/nom dodow.
• Ka nnuru afoforo a wonom nyinaa ho asɛm kyerɛ wo duruyɛfo : Nnuru bi betumi ne statin adi nkitaho na ɛde ɔhaw ahorow aba. Nhwɛso ahorow:
• Nnuru a wɔde sa koma a ɛyɛ den (e.g. Amiodarone) .
• Nnuru afoforo a ɛma mogya mu srade (e.g., Gemfibrozil) .
• Nnuru a wɔde sa HIV
• Nnuru bi a ekum ɔyare mmoawa ne nnuru a ekum fungal (e.g. Clarithromycin, Itraconazole) .
• Nnuru a ɛma nipadua no tumi ko tia nyarewa (e.g. Cyclosporine) .
• Ahwɛyiye a wode teɛteɛ w’apɔw mu: Ade a ɛtaa de statin ba ne ntini mu yaw. Sɛ wufi ase teɛteɛ w’apɔw mu denneennen mpofirim bere a wote so a, wubetumi ama asiane a ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ wobɛsɛe wo ntini no ayɛ kɛse. Sɛ woyɛ foforo wɔ apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ mu a, fa nkakrankakra hyɛ ahoɔden no mu den.