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Statinzyme: To Combat the Nutrient Depletion Caused by Statin Medications.

Joe and I just got back from a pharmacy conference. One of the hot topics that we keep hearing about is drug induced nutrient depletion. Put simply, many of the drugs we take to combat certain diseases cause us to lose much needed vitamins and nutrients.

I’m going to try to talk a little bit about different medications and the supplements you should take with them over the next few weeks. But in this posting, I want to just concentrate on the effects caused by taking statin medications to lower cholesterol.

There are a number of statin medications that can lead to side effects caused by nutrient depletion. These side effects include:

  • Muscle Pain
  • Joint Pain
  • Muscle Cramping
  • Liver Damage
  • Mental Confusion
  • Memory Loss.

The cholesterol medications that can cause these problems are:

  • Advicor (niacin extended-release/lovastatin)
  • Altoprev (lovastatin extended-release)
  • Atorvastatin Calcium
  • Caduet (amlodopine and atorvastatin)
  • Crestor (rosuvastatin)
  • Lescol (fluvawstatin)
  • Lipitor (atorvastatin)
  • Livalo (pitavastatin)
  • Lovastatin
  • Mevacor (lovastatin)
  • Pravachol (pravastatin)
  • Pravastatin
  • Simvastatin
  • Simcor (niacin extended-relase/simvastatin)
  • Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin)
  • Zocor (simvastatin)

There are also a few Beta Blocker medications for the heart which can also cause nutrient depletion similar to what is caused by statins. These are:

  • Atenolol
  • Bystolic
  • Carvedilol
  • Coreg
  • Coreg CR
  • Labetolol
  • Metoprolol
  • Metoprolol XL
  • Toprol XL

Taking these medication leads to reduced levels of Coenzyme Q10, HDL (good cholesterol), Omega 3, 6, and 9 (components in HDL), Vitamin D, Vitamins B6, B12, and Folic Acid.

To combat the nutrient depletion that these medications cause, a pharmacist, who is also an independent pharmacy owner in Brooklyn, developed a supplement called Statinzyme that contains nine essential vitamins and components. If you had to buy each one of these in a separate pill, you’d spend half your morning choking down supplements. But with Statinzyme, you take two capsules daily with food to alleviate the side effects from your prescribed medication.

We are recommending and selling Statinzyme in the pharmacy now. If you have any questions about it, please stop in and talk to Joe.

To find out more about Statinzyme, please go HERE.

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