Researchers explore new method of treating high cholesterol
Patients who have high cholesterol may buy Lipitor and other medications available to treat their condition.
Patients who have high cholesterol may buy Lipitor and other medications available to treat their condition. Now, a paper published in the journal Neuroendocrinology Letters has revealed a new method called bio-identical hormone restorative therapy that may be both inexpensive and effective.
Researchers tested the remedy on a group of 43 patients around the age of 58, all of whom had not experienced sufficient success with conventional high cholesterol treatments. Many of these participants had serious side effects from such drugs, and the team of scientists set out to determine whether the new treatment would be better tolerated.
The multi-hormonal therapy - which consisted of agents such as pregnenolone, DHEA, progesterone, testosterone, hydrocortisone and triestrogen - successfully lowered cholesterol by an average of 45 points among all study subjects. Additionally, triglyceride levels dropped 24 percent in all of the participants, none of whom experienced negative side effects.
The research team concluded that these findings suggest that high cholesterol may stem from low hormone levels, and that such a treatment can be a safe and effective alternative to medications that cause side effects in some patients.
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