Nursing and Interprofessional care: Chronic Artery Disease
- Nursing and Interprofessional care: Chronic Artery Disease
- Nutritional therapy
- Decrease saturated fats and cholesterol
- Increase complex carbohydrates and fiber
- Increase red meat, egg yolks, whole milk
- Increase omega-3 fatty acids
- Strong scientific evidence for reduction of triglyceride levels
- Lipid-lowering drug therapy
- If diet and exercise ineffective
- Statins
- Inhibit cholesterol synthesis, decrease LDL, increase HDL
- Monitor for liver damage and myopathy
- Niacin
- Lowers LDL and triglyceride by inhibiting synthesis
- Increases HDL
- Flushing, pruritus, GI side effects, orthostatic hypotension
- Fibric acid derivatives (Lopid)
- Decrease triglycerides and increase HDL
- GI side effects
- Increase lipoprotein removal
- Bile acid sequestrants
- Increase conversion of cholesterol to bile acids
- GI side effects; bind with other drugs
- Decrease cholesterol absorption
- Ezetimibe (Zetia)
- Decrease absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol
- Antiplatelet therapy
