Zetia May Help Protect Arteries in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Zetia May Help Protect Arteries in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes What is Type 2 Diabetes? This is a chronic and life-long disease in which there is high level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. A common form of diabetes in which your muscle cells, liver, and fat do not respond correctly to insulin. It is also known as insulin resistance.

Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes- The common symptoms of this form of Diabetes are:     

Fatigue Blurred vision Increased thirst Frequent urination Hunger

Infection in kidney, skin and bladder

How Zetia can Help Protect Arteries in Type 2 Data analysis has found that the cholesterol-lowering medication ezetimibe, (Zetia) may have had a part in ensuring type 2 Diabetes in a few people, creating cardiovascular infections. The study, called the Stop Atherosclerosis in Native Diabetics Study (or SANDS), enlisted 427 Native Americans, age 40 and over, with type 2 diabetes. The members had no history of cardiovascular ailments however they had atherosclerosis, or the development of greasy plaque in the veins that is connected to cardiovascular illness. They were separated into two treatment groups: Members of the standard treatment group planned to bring down their LDL cholesterol levels to 100 mg/dl or less, and reduce their systolic pulse (the top number) to 130 mmHg or less, while those in the escalated treatment group went for LDL cholesterol levels of 70 mg/dl or less, and systolic circulatory strain levels of 115 mmHg or less. The primary cholesterol treatment used by the escalated group was statin drugs; however in the event that these medications did not reduce LDL cholesterol levels enough, ezetimibe was included. Of the 223 individuals in the serious treatment group, 154 wound up taking statins alone, and 69 took statins in addition to ezetimibe. Throughout the three year study period, members had their carotid course intima-media thickness (CIMT) measured by ultrasound. This test demonstrated whether atherosclerosis was increasing or diminishing. It was found to have expanded, or


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