Cholesterol Medication

Though widely viewed as safe, herbal remedies can cause serious interactions in people taking prescription drugs for heart problems. Check out the following guide to herbal products that heart patients should avoid.   View slideshow

Lipitor (atorvastatin), Zocor (simvastatin), Crestor (rosuvastatin), and other statins can dramatically lower levels of artery-clogging cholesterol in the blood, an ability that makes them hugely popular in our cholesterol-rich country. Heart researchers have estimated that these drugs could save 1,000 lives each week for every 10 million high-risk heart disease patients who take them.  Read More

Statins and statin combinations for high cholesterol




Examples include:

Generic Name	Brand Name
Atorvastatin	Caduet—also contains the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine, Lipitor
Ezetimibe and simvastatin	Vytorin
Fluvastatin	Lescol, Lescol XL
Lovastatin	Altoprev, Mevacor
Lovastatin, extended-release	Altocor
Niacin and lovastatin, extended-release	Advicor
Pravastatin	Pravachol
Rosuvastatin	Crestor
Simvastatin	Zocor

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Whether you're trying to recover from a massive heart attack or hoping to mitigate your risk factors, the right prescription heart drug can put your goals within reach. In recent years doctors have hit upon effective combinations for the most common heart conditions...  Read More

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If you’re looking for an all-natural way to lower your cholesterol—in addition to watching what you eat and exercising—there are plenty of dietary supplements on the market that claim to do the trick. Each year seems to bring a new alternative remedy—garlic, ginseng, or red yeast rice, for example—that users tout as the next best thing to get cholesterol under control. But just because your Uncle Jack says a supplement worked miracles on his cholesterol doesn’t mean it will work for you.  Read More