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When to take your medication?

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"PROFESSOR RUSSELL FOSTER reveals how well vaccines and everyday pills work can be influenced by your body clock"

"Statins? Check the type you're on

Another risk factor for a heart attack and stroke is increased blood cholesterol. Statins can lower levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol by slowing down its production in the liver, where it is normally produced between midnight and 6am.

When you should take your statins depends on what type you’ve been prescribed: some remain effective in the blood for just four to six hours, but others stay effective for 20 or 30 hours. "

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 another thing that's widely known, but GPs almost never tell patients, like the idea of starting gradually. Satins won't work for everyone, but they'd probably work for more if those protocols were followed and some doctors did not treat them like harmless sweeties.

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