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How low should my cholesterol go?
When can I lower or stop my drug dose?
How can I lower my drug costs?
These questions are asked of physicians many thousands of times each day. Given the current cost of medications to lower cholesterol they are reasonable questions. Not everyone has an insurance plan that will pay for cholesterol lowering medications, and not everyone can afford or wants to pay a few hundred dollars a year "just to lower my cholesterol". Fortunately, the availability of gene...
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Expert & Community Posts
HIV Therapy Linked to High Cholesterol: What You Should Know
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...HIV and HAART. One of these conditions is abnormal cholesterol levels and an increased risk of... Read more »
Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...However, kidney failure can also adversely affect your cholesterol levels leading to further... Read more »
Red Yeast Rice: A Safe Therapy to Lower Cholesterol?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...exist that red yeast rice is effective in lowering cholesterol levels. Mainly performed in... Read more »
Do Statins Lower Your IQ?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...memory. It has been suggested that if total body cholesterol levels are too low, then nerve... Read more »
What is a “good” cholesterol level?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...came to my office and asked, "My doctor said my LDL cholesterol was 141. He said that's too... Read more »
Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
If your cholesterol is too high, it's time to take action. Lowering your total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you... Read more »High blood cholesterol and triglycerides treatments
...Dyslipidemia; Hypercholesterolemia Treatment There are steps that everyone can take to improve their cholesterol levels, and help prevent heart disease and heart attack. Here are the... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...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... Read more »Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patient Guide
...particularly harmful, because they can speed up the development of PAD, atherosclerosis, and obesity. Improve cholesterol level. This is especially important if you have a family history of... Read more »Heart Attack Risk Factors
...bad press, cholesterol is an essential nutrient necessary for many functions. However, when certain cholesterol levels rise in the blood, they can have dangerous consequences, depending on the... Read more »Images
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Medications
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...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »
...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »
...interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing... Read more »
Related News
Cholesterol and Children
August 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Steps to lower cholesterol should begin as early as infancy, according to a new study. Researchers say the goal of Americans... Read summary »
Study: High Cholesterol Increases Dementia Risk
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife ? even levels considered only borderline ? significantly increase the risk of... Read summary »
OTC Statins: Empowering the Individual?
October 02, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some doctors are calling for people to have more control over their own heart health by allowing statins, medications now... Read summary »
Midlife Cholesterol Tied to Alzheimers
April 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease is the most well known complication of high cholesterol, motivating many to cut the fat, exercise and take... Read summary »
Ladies, Keep an Eye on That Cholesterol!
February 21, 2007By Betsy Lievense, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Now, even the fittest of females have a good reason to cut down... Read summary »
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