A question for medical doctors or Pharmacists (not looking for advice)

qnr

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:18 AM
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A question for medical doctors or Pharmacists (not looking for advice)

Edited on Mon Dec-26-05 12:19 AM by qnr

Not advice, but I was wondering if someone could answer one of those "minor mysteries of life" type questions.

Why are you told to take certain medications at bed time? For example, a statin drug. Does your body just process it more efficiently while you are asleep? Does it make it less effective if you take it one or two hours prior to actually going to sleep?

Edit: typo

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wildhorses

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:20 AM
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1. yes, your body produces more substances at night , such

as cholesterol...that is why they tell you to take your cholesterol pill at night.

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qnr

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:22 AM
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3. OK, thanks. That's what I'd guessed it to be - similar to making more

glucose all night long.

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wildhorses

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:24 AM
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4. yw

:hi:

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NMMNG

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:22 AM
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2. I'm not a doctor/pharmacist, but I found an answer via Google

Most likely, you will take one pill per day, at your evening meal or at bedtime. Because your body manufactures more cholesterol at night than during the day, taking statin drugs in the evening is key.

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8059/23591.html

I hope this helps. :thumbsup:

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qnr

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Mon Dec-26-05 12:24 AM
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5. Thanks. I had seen a couple of things via Google, but none of them

really addressed my question of "will I be tied to the post and whipped if I don't take it just before bed?" :)

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