has suggested some specific foods that could serve as "natural alternatives to statins". The charity highlighted four such foods and explored the science behind them. Plant sterols and stanols ...

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules ... with an 11–24-h half-life (parent drug and active metabolite) are particularly ...

Likewise, muscle cramps, especially cramping in the legs that typically occur at night, are not likely due to the statin drugs ... by >10% of patients. Alternative statin dosing schedules using ...

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Some over-the-counter alternative high cholesterol treatments ... Red yeast rice contains a natural form of the statin drug Mevacor. Some initial research has shown red yeast rice to be effective ...