Free Newsletter
Statins may keep asthma patients out of ER
Statins may have yet another target: Asthma. A new study by Medco Health Solutions and Brigham and Women's Hospital found that asthma patients who add statins to their asthma-drug therapy have to visit the ER less often. And they're hospitalized less often, too.
Adults who used inhaled corticosteroids and also took statins--such as Pfizer's Lipitor and AstraZeneca's Crestor--cut their risk of hospitalization or an ER visit by one-third, Medco said. The pharmacy benefits manager based its research on a retrospective review of members' records. All statins were treated equally; in other words, results weren't broken out by which type of statin patients used.
In addition to lowering cholesterol, statins have anti-inflammatory properties. These might play a role in helping lower the incidence of asthma attacks, Dow Jones reports. That's because asthma involves swelling of the airways, as well as constriction of muscles in the bronchial passages. Medco plans to present the study at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology meeting.
Statins aren't FDA-approved for asthma treatment, and this wasn't a rigorous trial. "Don't rush out and buy yourself a statin for your asthma today," Dr. Robert Epstein, Medco's chief medical officer, told Dow Jones.
- check out the release
- read the Dow Jones story
Related Articles:
Statins lower stroke severity, improve recovery
Study: Statins stave off arterial aging
Study: Statins don't cause cancer
Pediatricians say kids should take statins
Study: Diabetics should take statins
Comments
Statins > Reduce Inflammation = Yes.
But > Why Not Neutralize One of YOUR CLASSIC SOURCEs of Chronic Inflammation ?
Chronic, UnResolved / UnTreated Inflammation spurred by an Immune System Over-Load is now considered a Key Cause / Factor in almost all Chronic Degenerative and LifeStyle Diseases.
Connect > The Chronic Inflammation DOTs of “ Classic†Achooo > ALLERGY Disease.
ALLERGY = Corrosive > A 24 / 7 / 365 / A LifeTime > Cumulative, Progressive, Chronic INFLAMMATION, Auto-Immune Disease.
Your FIRST STEP >
To a LIFE Free of Allergy Diseases, Health Complications and Compromised Quality of Life !
A visit to Your Primary Care Dr. for an Insurance covered
> Simple Allergy Blood Draw / Test will TELL You Your Environmental Allergy & Immediate & Delayed FOOD Allergy Profile.
1 in 3 Infants Begin LIFE Fighting Allergy Disease
> "UnTreated" Allergy Continues / Exacerbates ..
>>> 24/7/365 / A LifeTime >> Chronic Inflammation Leading to a LifeTime Slippery Slope of Weakened Immune System, further Recalcitrant Diseases, Health complications, Weakened Immune System and Compromised Quality of Life !
It takes the Human Body Thousands of Years to Adapt.
Today’s Society has OutPaced our Evolutionary Ability to keep up with the number of New Environmental, FOOD / Enviro-Chemical, Behavioral Stresses that we come into contact with on an every day basis > Creating a Perfect Storm for an AutoImmune Disease Epidemic !
Day-to-Day Exposure to Enviro Allergens, Pollutants, FOOD Additives, Pesticides, Heavy Metals and Chemicals.
The Immune System puts up the Best Fight it Can, But after being Beaten Up Long Enough…
> It can no longer Optimally Protect You.
ALLERGY = Immune System Over-Load = Chronic Inflammation = AutoImmune Diseases
Chronic Inflammation is an Immune System Reaction on a Cellular level to an Irritant / Allergen.
Chronic Inflammation is Health’s most pervasive Adversary > Creating a Toxic Effect on almost every Single Tissue / Organ in the Human Body.
Connect the Chronic Inflammation DOTS of > ALLERGY Disease.
ALLERGY Disease
> The Result of the Bodies MisGuided, Over-Active AutoImmune System Fight / Defense Response to Inert Enviro & FOOD Allergens > Spiraling Out of Control > Triggering the Bodies “HardWired “ Immuno “Inflammatory Wave†> Causing Chronic Inflammation’s Wave after Wave Response > Continuing for Days, Months, Years > UnderMining the Host’s Immune System Health > Leading to a LifeTime, Slippery Slope of recalcitrant Diseases, Health Complications and severely Compromised Quality of Life !
Chronic, UnResolved / UnTreated Inflammation spurred by an Immune System Over-Load is now considered a Key Cause / Factor in almost all Chronic Degenerative and LifeStyle Diseases.
ALLERGY can Cause Chronic Inflammation to EVERY Part of the Body resulting in Disease.
Direct or InDirect Clinical Manifestations of ALLERGY
>> Skin: Eczema, Rash, Dermatitis, Urticaria, Acne, Psoriasis, Alopecia, Warts, Leucoderma
>> Respiratory: Allergic Asthma, Bronchial-Asthma, Chronic Cough, Chronic Cold, Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis / Infections, Conjunctivitis, Wheezing, Snoring, Sleep Apnea
>> Digestive: Leaky GUT, Irritable Bowel, Acid Reflux, Weight Gain, Stomatitis, Heart-Burn, Peptic-Ulcers, Constipation,
Diarrhea, Flatulence
>> Psychological: Depression, Chronic Fatigue, Autism, ADHD, HeadAches
>> MusculoSkeletal: Rheumatoid-Arthritis, Myalgia, Sciatica, Slipped-Disk, Spondylosis, Cramps
Put OUT Your Chronic > ALLERGY Inflammation Fire !
ALLERGIES Weaken Immune System & Steal Capacity to Fight What Really Matters !
IT goes without saying that it is Very Important to Keep Your Immune System at PEAK Performance.
Many of us Try our Best to Eat Properly, take Supplements, Exercise Regularly, Get the right amount of Sleep and perhaps practice Stress Relief Techniques such as Yoga, Prayer or Meditation.
Unfortunately, Today’s Fast Paced, High Stress World often Chips Away at our best Efforts often leaving our Immune System in Less than a Peak Performance State of Affair.
One often overlooked aspect of Immune System Health relates to our ALLERGIES and how they compromise the overall Health of our ( and our Children’s ) Immune System.
Try as we might to Control their nagging and draining Symptoms by taking multiple Medications, those pesky ALLERGIES just keep right on coming and coming… They just Do NOT Go Away !
While in the past, ALLERGIES have barely been a Blip on the Medical Radar Screen, regarded as a nuisance, only to be tolerated and controlled by taking Medications… …
Today… More and More….
ALLERGIES and the multiple Diseases that they instigate over the course of a LifeTime are being recognized for the True Enemy to an Individuals Immune System / Health that they ARE !
Beginning in the Womb and manifesting itself immediately after Birth ( 1 in 3 Infants ), Allergies account for more office visits to Pediatricians than any other ailment, besides the common Cold ( Q&A: When is a Cold NOT a Cold ? When it’s Allergies. ).
Allergies are responsible for more missed school days than any other medical problem. It is thought that at least one out of every four children has an allergy of some kind. Allergies are often Inherited. Lending credence to the old saying That the Child Allergy Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Parent Allergy Tree. Statistics show that a child with one allergic parent has a 45-50% chance of developing allergies, and the likelihood rises to between 65-70% if both parents have allergies. Remarkably, even if both parents are allergy-free, offspring will still run an allergy risk of 10-15%.
For far to long, ALLERGIES have been regarded as merely a Nuisance, Ignored or “Treated†with Medications which Only mask Symptoms and Do Nothing to Derail / Neutralize the Progression of a Sufferer’s Allergy Disease Source.
While Allergy rarely Kills ( unless you count Allergic Asthma Attack Deaths ), as UnTreated / UnNeutralized Allergy Progresses thru it’s various Disease States, it compromises not only a Sufferers LifeTime of Health, but every aspect of their Personal, Family, Academic, Social, Exercise and Professional Quality of Life.
It is IMPORTANT to Remember that…
24 / 7/ 365 / ALLERGY is a LifeTime > Cumulative, Progressive, Chronic AutoImmune Disease.
UnTreated ALLERGY Continues / Exacerbates…
Leading to Unabated Disease Progression…
And a LifeTime, Slippery Slope of further multiple Diseases, Health Complications, Weakened Immune System
and severely Compromised Quality of Health.
Thus Said….
Your Immune System Only has a certain amount of “ Capacity “ to Fight ALL the Diseases, Foreign Invaders, Bacteria, Germs, Viruses that it encounters EveryDay …
As such, it is IMPORTANT that Your Immune System is NOT “ Distracted “ OR some of it’s limited Disease Fighting “ Capacity “ Consumed to Fight Harmless things like Grass / Tree / Weed Pollens, Insect, Dust Mite, Mold Allergens etc > Namely ALLERGIES.
What many Allergy / Allergic Asthma Sufferers Do Not Know……
Is that they CAN Free Up that amount of Immune System Capacity which has been designated to Fight 24 / 7 / 365 / A LifeTime their Allergy Disease….
And it All starts with a visit to their Trusted, Personal Primary Care Physician.
>> A simple painless Blood ALLERGY Test for the most common Seasonal & Year-round Allergens specific to YOUR Geo-Region will tell YOU and Your Physician WHAT You Are Allergic TO !
>> Once your Offending Allergens are Identified, Your Physician will prescribe DRUG Free, Under-the-Tongue ImmunoTherapy DROPs.
>> Following the SAME Medically prepared, ImmunoTherapy Principals used for traditional Allergy SHOTs, Your DROPs contain small traces of pure FDA Approved Extracts of Your offending Allergen Sources i.e. RagWeed, Mite, Cat, Cockroach etc.
Your Allergy DROPs are Custom Formulated specifically to WHAT You Are Allergic TO Based on YOUR Allergy Test Result !
Slowly over Time, Your Allergy Drop Allergen Extract Concentrations are increased, allowing Your Bodies Immune System to rely on its inherent Recuperative Abilities and Recalibrate Itself.
Thereby… No Longer See’ing Harmless Allergens as Harmful, Neutralizing Your Allergies at the Disease Source, No longer Triggering Allergy Symptoms, Eradicating Allergy Complications and………… Producing Lasting, if Not LifeTime Benefits !
Allergy ImmunoTherapy is the only proven Clinical Form of Therapy that:
>> Reduces / Eliminates the need for Allergy Medications
>> Reverses / Stops the Allergy Disease Process at the Source.
>> DeRailing the LifeTime, Slippery Slope / Progression of Diseases CAUSED by Allergy
>> AND…. Freeing UP YOUR Immune System’s Capacity to Fight What Really Counts !
Effortless to use in Today’s Fast Paced 24 / 7 Society and Costing less than a Coffee Shop visit a Day, painful Allergy Shots have been replaced with Patient FRIENDLY, Under-the-Tongue, SubLingual Allergy DROPS which are absorbed into the Patient’s System within seconds each Morning and Night.
“ If there was ever an Example of the Adage: An Ounce of Daily Prevention Vs a Pound of LifeTime Misery and UnEnding Efforts to Cure… it is Allergy Immuno-Therapy DROPs… It’s a LifeTime Health No Brainer.
Speak with Your Primary Care PHYSICIAN Today and tell him / her that you want to….
Visit Your Primary Dr. and tell him / her that You Want to > Drop Your Allergies !
Remember… ALLERGIES Are Nothing to SNEEZE AT !
Good Health for the 2009 New Year.
Stephen
Principal of Primary PHYSICIAN Diagnostics
> www.DropYourAllergies.com > a National Allergy Services Company supporting Your “ Just Around the Corner†trusted Primary Dr. with:
>> Environmental / InHalant Allergy “Single Draw†Blood Testing specific to Your Geo-Region ( Insurance Covered )
>> IgE Immediate & IgG4 Delayed > FOOD Allergy Blood Testing ( Insurance Covered )
>> Patient Specific > Custom Formulated Enviro ImmunoTherapy Vaccine ( Under-the-Tongue DROPs or Injection )
>> FREE Patient Specific > Custom FOOD Allergy DIET Plans based on Your FOOD Allergy Test Result…
Post new comment
Paid Research Reports
- The Specialty Pharma Market Outlook: Key players, new company growth models and emerging opportunities
- Investigating Clinical Trial Costs: Comparative analysis of trial cost components in key geographies
- Clinical Trial Recruitment Strategies: Optimizing patient recruitment and retention in late stage clinical trials
- Pipeline Insight: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines - Prospect of first approval set to reinvigorate interest from major companies
- Stakeholder Opinions: Vaccines in Emerging Markets (Asia) - Opportunities in China, India, South Korea and Taiwan
- Big Pharma Performance Before, During and Beyond the Global Recession






SHARE
WITH: