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Note that there are many known home remedies that various people use that you may see in various commercials. However, there's no data behind these home remedies showing any benefit, and there may even be detrimental effects and risks that are associated with these remedies. So I would not recommend taking these home remedies and instead stick with the guidelines and accepted therapy prescribed by your doctors.
Note that there are many known home remedies that various people use that you may see in various commercials. However, there's no data behind these home remedies showing any benefit, and there may even be detrimental effects and risks that are associated with these remedies. So I would not recommend taking these home remedies and instead stick with the guidelines and accepted therapy prescribed by your doctors.
There are many medications that can be used to treat coronary artery disease. If you have a stent placed, it's very important to be on what's called dual anti-platelet therapy (or DAPT for short.) The two medications that you would normally be prescribed - one would be aspirin and the second would be another anti-platelet agent, of which there are three that are commonly used. Most commonly, Plavix is used. The other two are Ticagrelor and Prasugrel. Other medications that are used for CAD are nitrates as well as Hydralazine that can help control symptoms such as chest pain. Other medications that are used in coronary artery disease focus on the risk factors in the disease. For example, blood pressure medications to control your blood pressure, medications to control your blood sugars if you have diabetes, aspirin (as I already mentioned) if you have a stent placed, but even if you don't have one, you can use that as well. Lipid lowering medications or cholesterol lowering medications such as statins are used as well. Common side effects of these medications can be low blood pressure, interactions with other medications, as well as side effects of statins, which would be a change in your liver enzymes as well as muscle breakdown. These tests can all be monitored by your primary care physician or cardiologist and stopped if necessary. Other modifications that can help treat this condition would be: absolutely to stop smoking, cut down on your drinking if that is a problem, as well as cardiac rehab in which you'd work with a physical therapist - not only to improve your exercise tolerance, but to improve your risk factors as well. Diet can also be improved and it's generally recommended to cut down on the amount of trans fats that you eat.
If medical treatment fails or if you have certain indications, surgery is another option to treat coronary artery disease. The surgery is called CABG (or a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.) Some indications for this include if you have three vessel disease (meaning if three of your coronary arteries are involved) or if you have left main disease (meaning that if your left main coronary artery is involved.) This procedure is done by a cardiothoracic surgeon and involves taking a vein (usually from your leg) and putting that into your heart and connecting two of the vessels, bypassing the blockage in the coronary arteries.
After surgery, it's important to continue on your medications. The dual anti-platelet therapy is very important to be continued after that, and everyone should be prescribed cardiac rehab, as this will serve as this will certainly improve your exercise tolerance over time, as well as help to decrease your risk factors. Note that CABG is a temporary cure for this disease. However, there can be problems later with your graft, so it is important to still control your risk factors and to make sure that you still continue with good diet, good exercise, and take your medications as prescribed.
There are many treatments involved with CAD. Per se, it can't really be cured as symptoms and problems can reoccur even with treatment. However, there are many direct treatments to coronary artery disease and it is a condition that can be fixed - at least temporarily.
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