Cholesterol?!
Question: exactly what organ ? produces cholesterol in the body
how does medicine stop the production ?
why does it have bad side affects ?
Answers: exactly what organ ? produces cholesterol in the body
how does medicine stop the production ?
why does it have bad side affects ?
The liver produces most of the body's need for cholesterol, but every living cell in the body is capable of producing its own.
Statins inhibit an enzyme HMG-CoA reductase which plays a role in the formation of cholesterol. Unfortunately it also plays many other roles, including the forming of coenzyme q10. Coenzyme q10 is vital for muscle function, thus the well documented muscle pains and weakness and the increasing number of heart failure being attributed to statins
Its created in the liver.Cholesterol is fat taken in by the body from foods.This clogs up arteries and heart tissue can die which can ressult in a heart attack and a heart attact can lead to....
a visit to the big man above.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/sto...
Liver synthesize cholesterol from blood stream.