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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 Expert

Statins are one of the most frequently prescribed drugs for cholesterol lowering in adults... Read more »

The JUPITER Trial

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...of some reporters who suggest that we should put statins in the drinking water to the lambasting... Read more »

HIV Therapy Linked to High Cholesterol: What You Should Know

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

It wasn’t too long ago that the annual mortality from HIV infection exceeded 20 percent/yr. Much... Read more »

It’s not the LDL cholesterol, stupid!

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

The recent fuss with the Enhance Study that failed to demonstrate a difference in carotid plaque... Read more »

The JUPITER Study: Should everybody take Crestor?

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...gushing pronouncements of the inestimable value of statins by my cardiology colleagues. ... Read more »

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Health Guide

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 »

Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Medications

...blood pressure.The doctor may wantthe patientto slowly decrease the dose before stopping completely.Statins and Other Cholesterol and Lipid-Lowering DrugsIn 2004, the National Cholesterol... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: Other Medications

...Beta-blockers are often prescribed along with other drugs such as nitrates, calcium channel blockers, or statins. A 2006 study suggested that beta-blockers and statins may help stabilize coronary... Read more »

Alzheimer

...also helped to a lesser extent. ACE inhibitors appeared to offer no protection. Statins. Statins are common drugs used to lower cholesterol levels.In past years, ... Read more »

High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications

...used with caution or not at all in people who have angina or who have had a heart attack.Other DrugsStatins. Statins, common drugs used to lower cholesterol, are proving to have many other health... Read more »

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Cholesterol in the Body- How is Cholesterol Produced?

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Reducing Cholesterol

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers have discovered a regulator that could lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy levels of cholesterol and fats.... Read summary »

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 »

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 »

Statins May Prevent Blood Clots

November 13, 2008

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