What Are Heart Medication Side Effects – All Insurance Accepted

What Are Heart Medication Side Effects – All Insurance Accepted

Patients have a lot of questions about heart medication side effects. Today, we are going to talk about one of the most common conditions that makes these medications necessary; that condition is high cholesterol.

Bringing the Picture into Focus

It is estimated that nearly 1.4 million Americans are currently on medication for high cholesterol. Of that total, 10 to 15 percent of patients are struggling with heart medication side effects.

High cholesterol is treated with a group of medications called statins. These medications disrupt the production of cholesterol at its source; your liver. The problem is, in the process the medicine breaks down essential proteins your body needs in order to function properly.

This leads to: