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Can I Take Simvastatin For Mild Heart Attacks?

my husband is59 he has had 2 mild heart attacks and has 2 stints, the first eppisode did not damage and the second maybe slight damage. he has atherosclerosis and ed is a major problem. he is on simvastatin and 2 blood pressure meds, even tho his bp has not been elevated. a slight enlargment of the right side of his heart, recently. Would hcg help him with any of these problems???
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern.

I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion.

You should know that once your husband has implanted stents it means that he has coronary artery disease. The most important think in this case is to keep and prevent other blocks in the artery or in the stents implanted.

We can do this by keeping as low as possible the cholesterol levels and prevent heart overload lime high blood pressure and high frequencyes.

So, there are some medication that are mandatory on your husband's case like aspirin and statin class, of course anty hypertensive drugs.

Simvastatin is a good treatment.It is essensial to keep cholesterol levels as low as possible, optimaly ldl chol below 70 mg/dl.

If he cannot accive this targets whith simvastatin you can change it whith another class like atorvastatin.

Hope I was helpfull.
Best regards,Dr.Ervina.
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Can I Take Simvastatin For Mild Heart Attacks?

Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that once your husband has implanted stents it means that he has coronary artery disease. The most important think in this case is to keep and prevent other blocks in the artery or in the stents implanted. We can do this by keeping as low as possible the cholesterol levels and prevent heart overload lime high blood pressure and high frequencyes. So, there are some medication that are mandatory on your husband s case like aspirin and statin class, of course anty hypertensive drugs. Simvastatin is a good treatment.It is essensial to keep cholesterol levels as low as possible, optimaly ldl chol below 70 mg/dl. If he cannot accive this targets whith simvastatin you can change it whith another class like atorvastatin. Hope I was helpfull. Best regards,Dr.Ervina.