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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Pitavastatin e kōkua ana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā pae cholesterol i loko o kou koko. No ka pūʻulu o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia he statins, e hana ana ma ka pale ʻana i kahi enzyme e hoʻohana ai kou ate e hana i ka cholesterol. He mea maikaʻi loa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka cholesterol LDL
I kekahi manawa, kuhikuhi nā kauka i ka pitavastatin no ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi genetic e hoʻoulu ai i nā kiʻekiʻe cholesterol kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO kēia mau maʻi, e like me ka familial hypercholesterolemia, e paʻakikī ai i kou kino ke hana i ka cholesterol maʻamau, a ʻo nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka pitavastatin e lilo i mea nui no ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino.
Hana ʻo Pitavastatin ma ka pale ʻana i kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo HMG-CoA reductase i kou ate. ʻO kēia enzyme e like me kahi limahana nui i loko o ka hale hana hana cholesterol o kou kino. Ke pale ʻo pitavastatin i kēia enzyme, ʻaʻole hiki i kou ate ke hana i ka cholesterol nui, e alakaʻi ana i nā pae haʻahaʻa i loko o kou kahe koko.
Ma ke ʻano he statin, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo pitavastatin he ikaika ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i loko o kāna papa. ʻAʻole ia ka statin ikaika loa i loaʻa, akā ua maikaʻi loa i kāna hana. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea maikaʻi ia ma waena o ka lawa ʻana o ka mana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui i ka cholesterol i ka wā e mālie ana e hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi.
Kōkua pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou ate e wehe i ka cholesterol hou mai kou koko ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka helu o nā mea loaʻa LDL. Hana kēia mau mea loaʻa e like me nā mea hopu liʻiliʻi e huki i ka cholesterol mai kou kahe koko. ʻO kēia hana pālua e hana i ka pitavastatin i mea kūpono loa i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāu ʻikepili cholesterol holoʻokoʻa.
Pono ʻoe e lawe i ka pitavastatin e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, kahi e maʻalahi ai ke komo i kāu hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻIke ka hapa nui o ka poʻe he mea kōkua ke lawe i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻokumu i kahi maʻamau mau.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole pono ka pitavastatin e pale aku i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole e lawe ʻia ma ka ʻōpū ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me kāu ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a i ʻole i ka manawa e kūpono ai i kāu papa hana. Eia naʻe, e hoʻāʻo e kūlike me kāu manawa, no ka mea, kōkua kēia i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae paʻa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kino.
Inā pono ʻoe e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou e like me ke ʻōlelo a kāu kauka a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka pitavastatin, no laila he mea nui e mālama i nā mea lawelawe mālama ola a pau i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mea a pau āu e lawe nei, me nā mea hoʻohui a me nā huaora.
E ale i ka papa holoʻokoʻa me ke aniani wai. Mai ʻoki, wāwahi, a nau paha i ka papa ke ʻole ke kauoha kūikawā a kāu kauka e hana pēlā. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā pila, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā koho ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi ai iā ʻoe.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e lawe i ka pitavastatin no ka wā lōʻihi, pinepine no nā makahiki he nui a i ʻole no ka manawa pau ʻole. ʻO ka cholesterol kiʻekiʻe he maʻi maʻamau e pono ai ka mālama mau ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻoponopono manawa pōkole. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua ma o nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau a hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau e like me ka mea e pono ai.
E ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāu pae cholesterol i loko o 2-4 mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka pitavastatin, me nā pōmaikaʻi nui e hana maʻamau ma hope o 4-6 mau pule. Eia naʻe, hoʻomohala nā hopena pale i kou puʻuwai a me nā kīʻaha koko i nā mahina a me nā makahiki o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. ʻO ia ke kumu e noho ai ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha ʻana he mea nui.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā hoʻomaha lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā hoʻololi e pili ana i kāu kūlana pilikino. ʻO nā mea e like me nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi nui o ke ola e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o kou pono e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka pitavastatin. Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā mua me kāu mea lawelawe mālama ola.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka pitavastatin ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, akā nui ka poʻe e ʻae maikaʻi iā ia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo i kāu lapaʻau a ʻike i ka manawa e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu kauka.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai he maʻalahi a maʻamau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau:
ʻAʻole pono kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hoʻōki i ka lāʻau, akā pono e haʻi iā lākou i kāu kauka i kāu mau nānā maʻamau.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā pono e mālama koke ʻia. Aia kēia mau mea i ka ʻeha ʻiʻo nui, nāwaliwali, a i ʻole ke aloha, ʻoiai inā pili pū me ke kuni a i ʻole ka luhi maʻamau. I nā manawa kakaʻikahi, hiki i nā statins ke hana i kahi maʻi ʻiʻo koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo rhabdomyolysis, hiki ke pilikia inā ʻaʻole i mālama koke ʻia.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe akā kakaʻikahi, ʻo ia nā pilikia o ke ake, ʻo ia ke kumu e nānā ai kāu kauka i kāu hana ate me nā hoʻokolohua koko. ʻO nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia o ke ake e pili ana i ka nausea mau, ka melemele o kou ʻili a i ʻole nā maka, a i ʻole ka mimi ʻeleʻele. Eia kekahi, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo a i ʻole ka huikau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia me ka pitavastatin.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona hou a i ʻole e hōʻino ana i ka wā e lawe ana i ka pitavastatin, mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pili nā hōʻailona i ka lāʻau a hoʻoponopono i kāu lapaʻau inā pono.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i ka pitavastatin a i ʻole e hoʻohana me ka mālama nui. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me ke kūlana olakino i kēia manawa ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia lāʻau e hōʻoia i ka palekana iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka pitavastatin inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi ate hana a i ʻole inā hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua koko i nā enzyme ate kiʻekiʻe. Pono e hana maikaʻi kou ate e hana palekana i kēia lāʻau. Eia kekahi, inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i ka pitavastatin a i ʻole nā statins ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hala, ʻaʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono nā wahine hāpai e lawe i ka pitavastatin, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hōʻeha i ka pēpē e ulu ana. Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā nei e hāpai a i ʻole e ʻike ʻoe e hāpai ana ʻoe i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka. Pili like ka akahele inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka umauma, no ka mea, hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma.
Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā pilikia ʻiʻo i ka nānā kūikawā a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kēia mau mea i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono ka pitavastatin no kou kūlana.
Loaʻa ka Pitavastatin ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Livalo ka mea i kauoha pinepine ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me ia ma lalo o nā inoa e like me Livazo a i ʻole Pitava, ma muli o kou wahi a me ka hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua kapa ʻia ka mana generic ʻo pitavastatin calcium.
Loaʻa i kēia mau mana a pau ka mea hana like a hana like. Hiki i kāu kauka lapaʻau ke hoʻololi ma waena o nā mana brand a me nā mana generic, he maikaʻi maʻamau a hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai. Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o nā mana like ʻole, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau.
Inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ka pitavastatin iā ʻoe a i ʻole ke kumu o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ai, aia kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe. Hiki i nā statins ʻē aʻe e like me atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), a i ʻole rosuvastatin (Crestor) ke kūpono i kāu mau pono. He ʻokoʻa iki nā ʻano o kēlā me kēia statin e pili ana i ka ikaika, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a me ke ʻano o ka launa pū ʻana me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau cholesterol ʻaʻole statin he mau koho nō hoʻi no nā kānaka i hiki ʻole ke ʻae i nā statin. Aia kēia mau mea i ka ezetimibe (Zetia), e hana ana ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa ma ka pale ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i ka cholesterol i loko o kou ʻōpū, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau injectable hou e like me nā mea pale PCSK9 no nā kānaka me nā pae cholesterol kiʻekiʻe loa.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū e komo pū ana me ka pitavastatin me nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻohaʻahaʻa cholesterol ʻē aʻe. Aia ke koho i kāu mau pae cholesterol kikoʻī, nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻohaʻahaʻa cholesterol maikaʻi ʻo Pitavastatin a me atorvastatin, akā he mau ʻokoʻa ko lākou e hiki ai ke kūpono kekahi iā ʻoe ma mua o kekahi. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Pitavastatin he liʻiliʻi nā pilina lāʻau a he ʻoluʻolu paha i kou mau ʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo atorvastatin kekahi o nā statin i aʻo nui ʻia a hoʻohana nui ʻia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o Pitavastatin i ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pae HDL (maikaʻi) cholesterol i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me atorvastatin. Hiki ke kōkua nui kēia inā he haʻahaʻa kou pae HDL me ka cholesterol LDL kiʻekiʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o atorvastatin i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka cholesterol LDL a he nui ka noiʻi e kākoʻo ana i kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā puʻuwai a me nā hahau.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e pili pinepine ana i kāu mau pono pilikino, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, a me ka maikaʻi o kou ʻae ʻana i kēlā me kēia. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kāu mau pae cholesterol, ka hana o ka puʻupaʻa, a me ka pilikia o nā pilina lāʻau i ka wā e hana ai i kēia hoʻoholo.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau ʻo pitavastatin a he mea maikaʻi pinepine ia no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes i ka pilikia nui o ka maʻi puʻuwai, no laila e lilo ka mālama ʻana i nā pae cholesterol i mea nui loa. Me he mea lā he liʻiliʻi nā hopena o Pitavastatin i nā pae kōpaʻa koko i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi mau statins ʻē aʻe.
Eia naʻe, hiki i nā statins a pau ke hoʻonui iki i nā pae kōpaʻa koko i kekahi poʻe. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, e nānā kāu kauka i kou kōpaʻa koko i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ʻoe i ka pitavastatin. ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi cardiovascular o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kēia pilikia liʻiliʻi no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka pitavastatin ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, mai hopohopo, akā e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau no ke alakaʻi. ʻAʻole paha e hōʻeha nui ka lawe ʻana i kahi mahele hou i kekahi manawa, akā he mea nui e loaʻa ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau kūpono.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha ʻiʻo nui, nāwaliwali, a i ʻole ka nausea, hiki ke hōʻike i ka overdose. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona e pili ana a i ʻole i lawe i kahi nui nui aʻe ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E mālama i ka hue lāʻau lapaʻau me ʻoe i hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke ʻike pololei i ka mea a me ka nui āu i lawe ai.
Inā haʻalele ʻoe i kahi mahele o pitavastatin, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole ua kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i haʻalele ʻia a hoʻomau me kāu papa hana maʻamau. Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻopiha ai i kahi mahele i haʻalele ʻia.
ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia nui ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi mahele i kāu mau pae cholesterol, akā e hoʻāʻo e mālama i ke kūlike no nā hopena maikaʻi loa. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā me kēia lā ma kāu kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka pitavastatin ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana a kāu kauka. ʻOiai inā e hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā pae cholesterol ou, ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻonui hou i kou mau pae i loko o kekahi mau pule. He maʻi maʻamau ka cholesterol kiʻekiʻe e pono ai ka mālama mau.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo e hooki a hoʻololi paha i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao nui, inā e loli nui kou olakino, a i ʻole inā e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mana cholesterol maikaʻi loa ma o nā loli nui o ke ola. Eia naʻe, pono e hana mau ʻia kēia mau hoʻoholo me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona maʻalahi he mea maʻamau i ka wā e lawe ana i ka pitavastatin, akā he mea nui e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka. Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka waiʻona a me ka pitavastatin e kou ate, no laila hiki i ka inu nui ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā pilikia o ke ake.
Inā koho ʻoe e inu i ka waiʻona, e hana me ka maʻalahi a e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hopena iā ʻoe. ʻIke kekahi poʻe e hoʻonui ka waiʻona i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻiʻo mai nā statins. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi pilikino e pili ana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei.
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