Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies by Mayo Clinic

Author:Mayo Clinic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2014-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Beware of red yeast rice

You may have heard of a supplement for reducing cholesterol called red yeast rice. The Food and Drug Administration has released a warning regarding three brands of red yeast rice because they were found to contain lovastatin, the active ingredient in the drug Mevacor. This can be unsafe, since there’s no way to determine the quantity or quality of the lovastatin in the red yeast supplements.

Medical Help

Ask your doctor for a baseline cholesterol test at age 20 and then have your cholesterol retested at least every five years. If your test results aren’t within desirable ranges, your doctor may recommend more frequent measurements.

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