Friday, February 26, 2010

What natural remedies can replace plavix,metoprolol,lipitor after a heart attack?

Question:



Answer:

Are these your medications? These drugs reduce the risk of you having another heart attack. It's not wise to be replacing them with whatever untested, unproven "natural remedy" an alt medder will recommend to you.



There aren't any "natural" replacements for plavix, metoprolol, or lipitor.



edit: hasse_john has no idea what he's talking about. The only cholesterol drug there is Lipitor. Plavix prevents clots that can cause artery blockage, metoprolol slows down the heart, decreasing stress on it and also lowers blood pressure. All these medications reduce the risk of a repeat heart attack.



@Chicago Mike: The asker was asking what can REPLACE the medications he enumerated. There is no way in hell those supplements can be equal to the meds he is currently taking. The best he can do if he can actually afford those supplements is to take them along with his meds. It is irresponsible to advice someone to ditch their medication in favor of supplements.

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