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Article: Vitamins to lower homocysteine blood levels don't reduce risk of recurrent stroke.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- February 16, 2004
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2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among patients with a previous stroke, reducing levels of the amino acid homocysteine (thought to contribute to heart disease) in the blood with high-dose vitamin therapy does not reduce the risk for recurrent stroke, heart disease or death, according to a new study.
Previous studies have indicated an association between elevated levels of total homocysteine and stroke and heart disease, according to background information in the article. Folic acid, pyridoxine (vitamin B6), and cobalamin (vitamin B12) reduce plasma homocysteine levels. The effectiveness of homocysteine-lowering therapy to reduce the risk of stroke has ...