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In 2004, the National Cholesterol Education Program issued its latest recommendations for cholesterol control and management. These guidelines increase the number of Americans who should be taking LDL-lowering medication.
Starting Medications. Even modest lowering of high cholesterol levels, whether through drug therapy or lifestyle changes, reduces the risk of disability and death from heart disease. Most experts now focus on lowering LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind. Reducing LDL levels...
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Expert & Community Posts
Statins for Children: A Follow-Up
By Melanie Thomassian , Health ExpertStatins are one of the most frequently prescribed drugs for cholesterol lowering in adults... Read more »
Statin Rage
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...the pharmaceutical companies that keep pushing the statins at us.As a patient I know the statins... Read more »
Statin Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer's Disease
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...effective the early cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, were. Of course, I also read a... Read more »
Cholesterol, Stroke, and Statins: Is there a paradox?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...again confirmed. Contrast to the above findings, statins are a class of medications that... Read more »
A Middle Ground Between Rx and OTC: Super, or Scary?
By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert...like blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) quickly and conveniently? What... Read more »
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Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...PAD. [For more information on these cholesterol-lowering drugs, see In-Depth Report #23: Cholesterol.]Statins. Statins are the most effective drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol. Statins... Read more »Cholesterol Risk Factors
...at least among middle-aged and older adults. This decline may be partly due to the increased use of statins and other lipid-lowering medications. However, total cholesterol levels are getting... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease and Angina: Managing Heart Disease
...and anti-angina drugs.B. Blood pressure and beta-blockers.C. Cholesterol-lowering drugs (typically statins) and cigarettes (stopping).D. Diet and diabetes control.E. Exercise and... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
...LDL levels; the American Diabetes Association recommends LDL levels below 70 mg/dL for these patients.Statins are the best cholesterol-lowering drugs. They include atorvastatin (Lipitor),... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes
...LDL levels; the American Diabetes Association recommends LDL levels below 70 mg/dL for these patients.Statins are the best cholesterol-lowering drugs. They include atorvastatin (Lipitor),... Read more »
Related News
Gene Variation May Block Cholesterol Drugs
July 01, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A gene variation may be why cholesterol-lowering drugs don't work in some people. The gene variation, called alternative... Read summary »
Heart Care Comes Up Short
June 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Two new studies suggest doctors could do a better job when it comes to caring for the heart. European researchers who surveyed... Read summary »
Statins don't interfere with Rituxan: study
December 15, 2008Mayo Clinic researchers say taking statins won't interfere with the drug Rituxan (rituximab), a medication used to treat lymphomas. In fact, the... Read summary »
Statins may help before artery-opening surgery
March 31, 2009Giving statins just before artery-opening angioplasty procedures reduces the incidence of heart attacks and other problems, even for people who... Read summary »
New study supports wider use of statins
July 06, 2009An analysis of previous research supports the idea that even healthy people who do not have heart disease can benefit from taking... Read summary »
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