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Can Catigen Be Taken Together With Medications For Heart Disease?
SIR , IN JANUARY, 2014 I HAD A CARDIAC PROBLEM AND HAD TO GO FOR STENT IN ONE ARTERY. IHAD BEEN A HEAVY SMOKERS. BUT NOW QUIT SMOKING . CAN I USE T NICOTINE GUM TO LESSION THE CRAVING OF CIGRETTE ? AND SECOND QUIRY IS CAN I TAKE CATIGEN FORTE MEDICINE FOR GOUT PROBLEM WITH THE MEDICINE OF HEART DISESE?
Mon, 5 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
For your first query, yes, you can chew nicotine gum to prevent your craving for smoking.
Maybe you meant, Cartigen, this supplement usually used for:
1. Cartilage development
2. Arthritis
3. Leg pain due to blocked arteries
4. Musculoskeletal pain
5. Sprains and strains
6. Vitamin D deficiency and other conditions.
Cartigen usually contains boron, chondroitin sulphate, chromium picolinate, copper, glucosamine sulphate, potassium, manganese, methyl sulfonyl, methane, selenium, silicon, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, and zinc as active ingredients.
You can see that those ingredients maybe had potential interaction with other drugs, especially, for heart disease.
Unfortunately, you didn't mention about your heart medicine, so it's little hard for me to know exactly since there are so many drugs used to treat heart disease. So, I will recommend you to discuss it further with your treating doctor.
For your information, there are various drugs that are usually used in treating coronary heart disease such as:
1. Cholesterol-modifying medications, e.g., Atorvastatin.
2. Antiplatelet agent, e.g., Aspirin.
3. Beta blockers, e.g., Bisoprolol
4. Nitroglycerin
5. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, such as, lisinopril.
6. Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), e.g., Lorsartan
7. Calcium channel blocker, like Procardia.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nurul Falah
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
For your first query, yes, you can chew nicotine gum to prevent your craving for smoking.
Maybe you meant, Cartigen, this supplement usually used for:
1. Cartilage development
2. Arthritis
3. Leg pain due to blocked arteries
4. Musculoskeletal pain
5. Sprains and strains
6. Vitamin D deficiency and other conditions.
Cartigen usually contains boron, chondroitin sulphate, chromium picolinate, copper, glucosamine sulphate, potassium, manganese, methyl sulfonyl, methane, selenium, silicon, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, and zinc as active ingredients.
You can see that those ingredients maybe had potential interaction with other drugs, especially, for heart disease.
Unfortunately, you didn't mention about your heart medicine, so it's little hard for me to know exactly since there are so many drugs used to treat heart disease. So, I will recommend you to discuss it further with your treating doctor.
For your information, there are various drugs that are usually used in treating coronary heart disease such as:
1. Cholesterol-modifying medications, e.g., Atorvastatin.
2. Antiplatelet agent, e.g., Aspirin.
3. Beta blockers, e.g., Bisoprolol
4. Nitroglycerin
5. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, such as, lisinopril.
6. Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), e.g., Lorsartan
7. Calcium channel blocker, like Procardia.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nurul Falah
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