Shin kai ma kana shakkar shan magungunan rage kitse (statins)? Bari mu yi magana game da wannan.

Likitan ya rubuta maka magani don rage cholesterol dinka, amma kana da ɗan shakka game da shi, ko ba haka ba? Kana iya tunanin, 'Matsayin cholesterol dina bai yi muni ba', 'Zan iya sarrafa abincin da nake ci da motsa jiki na kuma rage shi'. Ko kuma kana iya ɗan jinkirin shan wani magani kowace rana. Waɗannan tunani ne gama gari. Amma ka tuna, yawan cholesterol yana shafar haɗarin bugun zuciya da bugun jini kai tsaye. Saboda haka, ba kyakkyawan ra'ayi ba ne a yanke shawara cikin gaggawa game da wannan. Yana da matukar muhimmanci a nemo amsoshin tambayoyin da kake da su kafin fara shan maganin statin.

Shin za a iya rage cholesterol ta hanyar motsa jiki da abinci kawai?

Ba shakka, babu shakka cewa rayuwa mai kyau na iya rage cholesterol. A gaskiya ma, ita ce ginshiƙin kowace magani. Amma tambayar ita ce, dangane da matakin cholesterol ɗinka, shin canje-canjen salon rayuwa kaɗai zai iya rage shi sosai?

A takaice dai:

• Cin abinci mai kyau ga zuciya zai iya rage mummunan cholesterol a jikinka, ko LDL cholesterol , da kusan kashi 10%.
• Idan ka rasa kashi 5% zuwa 10% na nauyin jikinka , za ka iya rage LDL cholesterol da kashi 15% da kuma triglycerides, wani nau'in kitse, da kashi 20%.
• Ta hanyar motsa jiki na akalla awanni 2 da rabi a mako , a matsakaicin ƙarfi, wanda zai iya yin tattaunawa da aboki (amma bai isa ya rera ba), za ka iya rage matakan triglyceride da kashi 20% zuwa 30%. Motsa jiki kuma zai iya ƙara yawan cholesterol mai kyau na HDL .

Waɗannan sakamako ne masu kyau ƙwarai. Duk da haka, idan matakan cholesterol ɗinku sun yi yawa sosai ko kuma kuna da wasu abubuwan haɗari kamar ciwon suga ko hawan jini, likitanku zai iya ba da shawarar shan maganin statin tare da waɗannan canje-canjen salon rayuwa. Wani lokaci yana iya zama da wahala a rage matakan cholesterol ɗinku zuwa matakin aminci ta hanyar canje-canjen salon rayuwa kawai.

Me ke faruwa da statins da gaske?

"Statins wani nau'in magunguna ne da ake buƙatar a sha sau ɗaya kawai a rana, amma suna da tasiri mai ƙarfi," in ji ƙwararru. Babban bambance-bambancen da ke tsakanin su sune:

• Yana rage LDL (ƙananan lipoprotein mai yawa), cholesterol "mara kyau", da kashi 50% ko fiye .
• Yana ƙara yawan lipoprotein mai yawa (HDL), cholesterol mai kyau, har zuwa 15% .

Za ka iya ganin babban bambanci a matakan cholesterol ɗinka cikin makonni biyu zuwa huɗu bayan fara shan maganin.

Don haka, bayan shan wannan maganin, za ku iya zama a kan kujera ku ci duk abin da kuke so? Ko shakka babu! Likitoci sun ce hanya mafi kyau ta kare zuciyarku ita ce amfani da statin yayin da kuke bin salon rayuwa mai kyau . Kariyar da waɗannan biyun ke bayarwa tana da yawa.

Akwai wani illa ga wannan maganin?

Kamar kowace magani, statins na iya haifar da illa ga wasu mutane. Duk da haka, ba kowa ne ke samun su ba. Kuma mummunan illa ba kasafai ake samunta ba.

Wasu bincike sun gano cewa shan ƙarin abinci mai suna Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) na iya taimakawa wasu mutane masu ciwon tsoka yayin shan statins. Duk da haka, bai kamata ka sha ƙarin abinci kamar CoQ10 da kanka ba tare da yin magana da likitanka ba.

Gabaɗaya, masana sun ce haɗarin shan maganin statin ya yi ƙasa da shan aspirin sau biyu a rana. "Amfaninsu ya tabbata sosai a gwaje-gwajen asibiti da suka shafi ɗaruruwan dubban mutane," in ji su.

Tambayoyi da za a yi wa likitanka

Kada ka ji tsoron tattauna duk wata tambaya da likitanka. Yana da muhimmanci ka fahimci maganinka sosai. Za ka iya yin waɗannan tambayoyin a lokaci na gaba da ka ga likitanka.

• Me yasa likita yake tunanin ina buƙatar statin?
• Wadanne fa'idodi wannan maganin zai bani?
• Ganin halin da nake ciki na rashin lafiya, menene fa'idodi da haɗarin shan wannan magani?
• Shin wannan zai iya karo da wasu magunguna ko kari da nake sha?
• Ta yaya zan san ko wannan maganin yana aiki? Har yaushe zai ɗauki?
• Zan iya shan ƙarin abinci mai gina jiki don rage cholesterol maimakon (ko ban da) statin?
• Me za a iya yi idan illa suka faru?

Kamar yadda wani likita ya ce, "Ina gaya wa marasa lafiyana cewa ya kamata mu kalli statins kamar bitamin da muke sha kowace rana don kare lafiyarmu. Wannan shine ainihin abin da yake. Babu wani abu mafi tasiri wajen rage cholesterol da rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya."