Using Medication To Combat Obesity And High Cholesterol
Trying to combat heart disease can be a frustrating thing if you are working your butt off and can't seem to see any results. If you have been doing everything you can to combat your weight and cholesterol problems, but just aren't seeing results, then you might need to start looking at other alternatives. Although I hesitate to recommend medicine as a way out, sometimes regardless of how much you exercise or how good you eat, it simply doesn't work. You can always try to add more of the same, but when you run out of options and time, then you might need to see a doctor.
Heart disease isn't a joke, and if you are overweight and have high cholesterol than you put yourself in two times as much danger than normal. If you have very high LDL levels, which is the bad cholesterol, and very low HDL levels, which is the good cholesterol, then you may not have time to start implementing a diet and exercise program and wait for the results. Sometimes you simply need to go to the doctor and use medication in cooperation with diet and exercise.
You could have an additional condition that you weren't aware of and that only a doctor can diagnose and treat. However, if you need medication to lose weight and lower your cholesterol, then you will probably have to take a combination of medications, because there is no one medication that will do both. Some times, simply taking a medication to help lower your cholesterol, while supplementing it with a diet and exercise routine, will be enough to get you over the hump. Other times, you may need to take a drug to help you combat each condition. However, that is up for your doctor, not you, to decide.
If you visit the doctor about your high cholesterol and obesity problems, he may give you a timeline in which he expects to see results from a diet and exercise problem. If you come back and it isn't working, he may start you on small doses of medication to help. Regardless of the doctors decision, you must know that once you are susceptible to heart disease, you will have to make a great deal of permanent lifestyle changes to avoid finding yourself in the same situation again.
No one wants to be on medication forever. Medications often have side effect, some which you may not feel, that can cause problems when taken long term. To avoid this, try doing everything you can to stay off of medications unless your doctor tells you otherwise. Although the advice you receive here cannot substitute for that of your doctor, you can hardly ever go wrong with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. So if you are struggling to overcome your condition, I recommend that you visit a doctor and see what he or she recommends. It may not be necessary to save your life, but if nothing else you will know how long you can afford to wait before you see results.