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He rongoā whakahau a Lovastatin e āwhina ana ki te whakaheke i ngā taumata cholesterol i roto i tō toto. No tētahi rōpū rongoā e kīia ana ko statins, e mahi ana mā te aukati i tētahi enzyme e whakamahia ana e tō ate ki te hanga cholesterol. Ko tēnei huarahi ngawari engari whai hua e āwhina ana ki te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te mate ngākau me te whiu i te wā.
He rongoā whakaheke cholesterol a Lovastatin ka whakahaua pea e tō tākuta mēnā kāore te kai me te whakakori tinana anake e rawaka ana ki te whakahoki i tō cholesterol ki ngā taumata hauora. Ko tētahi o ngā statins tawhito, i whakaaetia tuatahi i ngā tau 1980, ā, he roa te hītori o te haumaru me te whai huatanga.
E mahi ana tēnei rongoā māori me ngā tukanga o tō tinana, kaua ki te akiaki i ngā huringa nui. Whakaarohia he āwhina ngawari e tautoko ana i tō ate ki te whakahaere i te hanga cholesterol kia pai ake. Ka inu koe i te nuinga o te wā kotahi, e rua rānei i te rā, ā, ka noho hei wāhanga o tō huarahi hauora.
Ko te Lovastatin te mea nui e whakamahia ana ki te rongoā i te cholesterol tiketike me te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te ngākau. Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i tēnei rongoā mēnā ka noho tiketike rawa ana ō taumata LDL (kino) cholesterol ahakoa ngā huringa oranga hauora.
He maha ngā kaupapa nui e mahi ana te rongoā ki te tiaki i tō hauora ngākau. Anei te mea ka āwhina a lovastatin:
Ka tohua pea e tō tākuta te lovastatin mēnā he mate huka tō, he hītori whānau mō te mate ngākau, ētahi atu rānei āhuatanga tūpono e whai pānga nui ana ki te whakahaere i te cholesterol. Ko te whāinga tonu ko te mahi tahi me ō tikanga hauora, kaua e whakakapi i a rātou.
Ka mahi a Lovastatin mā te aukati i te HMG-CoA reductase, he enzyme e whakamahia ana e tō ate ki te whakaputa cholesterol. E kiia ana he huarahi kaha-āhua tēnei ki te whakataurite ki ētahi statins hou, e waiho ana hei kōwhiringa ngawari ake mō te nuinga o te tangata.
Ka hanga noa tō ate i te tata ki te 75% o te cholesterol i tō tinana, te nuinga i ngā hāora o te pō. Ka uru mai te Lovastatin i roto i tēnei tukanga me te whakaiti i te nui o te cholesterol e hangaia ana e tō ate. Mā tēnei ka kaha tō ate ki te tango i te nui ake o te cholesterol mai i ō toto, ka whakaheke i ō taumata katoa.
Kāore te rongoā e mahi tonu – ka kite koe i ngā huringa whai tikanga i roto i ō taumata cholesterol i muri i te 4-6 wiki o te whakamahi tonu. Mā tēnei huarahi haere āta ka taea e tō tinana te urutau noa me te kore e raru ohorere i tō pūnaha.
Tangohia te lovastatin kia rite ki te tohutohu a tō tākuta, te nuinga kotahi i te rā me tō kai o te ahiahi. Mā te tango me te kai ka pai ake te ngongo o tō tinana i te rongoā me te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te puku e pōuri ana.
He pai ake te horopeta i te ahiahi nā te mea ka whakaputa tō ate i te nuinga o tōna cholesterol i te pō. Mēnā kua tohua te putanga tuku-roa, ka tango pea koe i te wā moe me te kore kai. Kaua rawa e kuru, e whati rānei i ngā papa tuku-roa – i hangaia rātou kia tuku āta i te wā.
Anei ētahi tohutohu whaihua mō te tango angitu i te lovastatin:
Mēnā he raruraru tō ki te mahara ki tō horopeta, whakaarohia te whakatakoto i tētahi whakamaharatanga waea, te tango rānei i te rongoā i te wā o tētahi mahi o ia pō, pēnei i te kai tina. Ka āwhina te rite ki te mahi pai o te rongoā.
Ko te nuinga o te tāngata e tango ana i te lovastatin mō te wā roa, he maha ngā tau, tae noa ki te wā katoa, hei wāhanga o tā rātou rautaki hauora ngākau e haere tonu ana. Ko te cholesterol tiketike te tikanga he āhuatanga mau tonu e hiahia ana kia whakahaere tonu, kaua ki te whakatika wā poto.
Ka aroturukihia e tō tākuta tō ahunga whakamua mā ngā whakamātautau toto i ia wā, te tikanga i ngā marama 3-6 i te tīmatanga, ā, he iti ake te auau i te wā e pūmau ana ō taumata. Ka āwhina ēnei arowhai ki te whakarite kei te pai te mahi o te rongoā, kāore hoki e pā ana ki ō pūkahukahu, ō uaua rānei.
Ka taea e ētahi tāngata te whakaiti i tā rātou horopeta, te whakamutu rānei i te rongoā mēnā ka huri nui rātou i ō rātou kāwanatanga, me te pupuri i ngā taumata cholesterol hauora. Heoi, me whakatau tonu tēnei whakatau me te āwhina a tō tākuta, nā te mea ko te whakamutu ohorere ka piki anō ngā taumata cholesterol.
He pai te aro o te nuinga o te tāngata ki te lovastatin, engari pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga taha ki ētahi tāngata. Ko te nuinga o ngā pānga taha he ngawari, ā, he maha ngā wā ka pai ake i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te rongoā.
Ngā pānga taha noa ka pā ki a koe:
Ko te tikanga ka ngaro ēnei tohumate i roto i ngā wiki e rua i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana. Mēnā ka mau tonu, ka pōuri rānei i a koe, kōrero ki tō tākuta mō te whakatika i tō horopeta, i te wā rānei.
He onge noa nga pānga taha kino engari me toro tonu te rongoā. Kia tūpato ki ngā tohu o ngā raruraru uaua nui, tae atu ki te mamae uaua kāore i whakamāramahia, te ngawari, te ngoikore rānei, ina koa ki te whai kirika, te mimi pouri rānei. Ko ngā raruraru ate, ahakoa he mea noa, ka puta pea, ā, ka pā pea te kōwhai o te kiri, o ngā kanohi, te ngenge nui, te mamae puku tonu rānei.
Ka pā pea te raruraru mahara, te rangirua rānei ki ētahi tāngata, ahakoa he tautohetohe tēnei, kāore hoki i te hono tika ki ngā statins. Ki te kite koe i ngā huringa nui i roto i tō whakaaro, i tō mahara rānei, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Kāore a Lovastatin e tika mō te katoa, ā, ka āta arotake tō tākuta i tō hītori hauora i mua i te whakahau. Ko ētahi āhuatanga, wāhi rānei ka kore e tika tēnei rongoā, ka hiahiatia rānei he aroturuki motuhake.
Kāore koe e tika kia tango lovastatin ki te whai koe i te mate ate kaha, i ngā whākōronga ate tiketike kāore i whakamāramahia rānei. Ka pā pea te rongoā ki te mahi ate, nō reira kāore i te haumaru te tīmata me te hauora ate kua raru. Ko te hapū me te whāngai ū he aukati tino nui hoki, nā te mea ka whara pea ngā statins i ngā pēpi e tipu ana.
He maha ētahi atu āhuatanga e tika ana kia āta whakaarohia i mua i te tīmata i te lovastatin:
Ka taea e ētahi rongoā te pā tōtika ki te lovastatin, ina koa ko ētahi paturopi, rongoā anti-harore, me ngā rongoā HIV. Me kōrero tonu ki tō tākuta mō ngā rongoā katoa, ngā tāpiringa, me ngā hua otaota e tango ana koe.
Kei te wātea a Lovastatin i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ko Mevacor te waitohu taketake e mōhiotia ana. Ka kite pea koe i te Altoprev, he hanganga tuku roa e tangohia ana kotahi i te rā i te wā moe.
Kei te wātea whānuitia te lovastatin whānui, ā, he rite tonu te whai hua ki ngā putanga waitohu. Ka taea e tō kai rongoā te whakakapi i ngā putanga whānui hei āwhina i te whakaheke i ngā utu, he tino haumaru, he mahi paerewa. He rite tonu te whakauru kaha me te whai huatanga ahakoa ko wai te kaihanga.
Mēnā kāore te lovastatin e pai ana ki a koe, e pāngia ana rānei e ngā pānga taha e raruraru ana, he maha ngā kōwhiringa. Ko ētahi atu statins pēnei i te atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), rānei rosuvastatin (Crestor) he pai ake pea ngā kōwhiringa i runga i ō hiahia motuhake.
Ka taea hoki e ngā rongoā kore-statin te whakaheke i te cholesterol, tae atu ki te ezetimibe (Zetia), e mahi ana mā te aukati i te urunga o te cholesterol i roto i ō whekau. He rongoā werohia hou ngā aukati PCSK9 mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whakaheke i te cholesterol kaha ake.
Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki ngā rongoā whakakotahi e whakauru ana i te lovastatin me ētahi atu rongoā whakaheke cholesterol. He watea pea ēnei mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te maha o ngā rongoā engari me whakamahi anake i raro i te tirotiro hauora.
He tino rite te lovastatin me te simvastatin, e rua e noho ana ki te whānau statin kotahi me te mahi mā ngā tikanga rite tonu. Ko te kōwhiri i waenga i a rāua ka heke iho ki te urupare takitahi, te kōtaha pānga taha, me ngā whakaaro utu, kaua ki te kotahi e tino pai ake ana.
He kaha ake te simvastatin i te lovastatin, ko te tikanga ka taea e ia te whakaheke i ngā taumata cholesterol i te nui ake i ngā horopeta rite. Heoi, kāore tēnei e pai ake ana mō te katoa. Ka pai ake te urupare a ētahi tāngata ki te huarahi ngawari ake o te lovastatin, ina koa ko te hunga e tairongo ana ki ngā pānga taha rongoā.
He rite tonu ngā pānga taha me ngā rēhita haumaru o ngā rongoā e rua. Ka whiriwhiri tō tākuta i runga i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i ō taumata kōiwi, ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora, ngā pānga rongoā pea, me te pai o tō whakamanawa i ia rongoā. I ētahi wā me whakamātau e rua kia kite ko tēhea te mea e pai ana mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Āe, he haumaru te lovastatin, ā, he pai tonu mō te hunga mate huka. Ka piki ake te mōrearea o te mate ngākau i te mate huka, e whakanui ana i te hiranga o te whakahaere i te kōiwi. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ka taea e ngā statins pēnei i te lovastatin te whakaiti i ngā tūponotanga o te mate ngākau i roto i ngā tūroro mate huka.
Heoi anō, ka paku piki ake pea te taumata huka toto i roto i ētahi tāngata, e pā ana ki te whakahaere i te mate huka. Ka mātakitaki tō tākuta i ō taumata kōiwi me te huka toto i te wā e tīmata ana koe i te lovastatin. Ko ngā painga o te ngākau ka nui ake i tēnei mōrearea iti o ngā huringa huka toto.
Mēnā ka inu nui rawa koe i te lovastatin, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te pūtau whakahaere paitini tonu, ahakoa kei te pai koe. Ko te inu i ngā horopeta maha i te wā kotahi ka piki ake te mōrearea o ngā pānga taha kino, ina koa ngā raruraru uaua me te ate.
Kaua e ngana ki te whakapōka, ki te tango rānei i ētahi atu rongoā hei whakakore i te horopeta nui. Engari, mātakitaki i a koe anō mō ngā tohu pēnei i te mamae uaua nui, te ngoikore, te whakapairuaki, te mamae puku rānei. Rapua te āwhina hauora ohorere mēnā ka pā tēnei ki a koe, ka pōuri rānei koe.
Mēnā ka ngaro i a koe tētahi horopeta o te lovastatin, tangohia i te wā e mahara ana koe, i te wā e kore e tata ana te wā mō tō horopeta e whai ake nei. Kaua e tango i ngā horopeta e rua i te wā kotahi hei utu mō tētahi horopeta i ngaro, nā te mea ka piki ake te mōrearea o ngā pānga taha.
Mēnā he maha ō wā e wareware ana ki ngā horopeta, whakaarohia te whakatū i tētahi pūnaha whakamahara, te whakamahi rānei i tētahi kaiwhakarite pire. Kāore te ngaro i ngā horopeta i ētahi wā e whara tonu ai, engari ko te ngaro tonu o ngā horopeta ka taea e ō taumata kōiwi te piki anō, ka whakaiti i ngā painga whakamarumaru o te rongoā.
Kaua rawa e mutu te tango lovastatin me te kore e kōrero tuatahi ki tō tākuta. Ko te kōiwi tiketike te tikanga he āhuatanga mō te roanga o te ora e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere tonu. Ko te mutu ohorere ka taea e ō taumata kōiwi te hoki ki ngā taumata tiketike o mua i roto i ngā wiki.
Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki te whakaiti i tō horopeta, ki te mutu rānei te rongoā mēnā ka mau tonu ō taumata kōiwi hauora mā ngā huringa nui o te oranga i roto i te wā roa. Heoi anō, ko tēnei whakatau e hiahia ana ki te aroturuki tupato, me mahi haere i raro i te tirotiro hauora kia mōhio ai kei te whakahaerehia tonutia tō kōiwi.
Ko te inu waipiro āhua te tikanga e whakaaetia ana i te wā e tango ana i te lovastatin, engari me karo te inu nui. Ka taea e te waipiro te whakanui i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru ate i te wā e honoa ana ki ngā statins, ā, e rua ngā matū e tukatukahia ana e tō ate.
Mēnā e inu waipiro ana koe i ngā wā katoa, kōrerohia ō tauira inu ki tō tākuta. Ka tūtohu pea rātou ki te whakaiti i te inu waipiro, ki te aroturuki rānei i tō mahi ate. Ko te whakamāramatanga o te inu āhua ko te tikanga kotahi inu i ia rā mō ngā wāhine, e rua mō ngā tāne, engari ka taea e tō tākuta te whakarato aratohu whaiaro i runga i tō āhua hauora.
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