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Cholesterol-lowering drugs: benefits and side effects
Statins: For statins, the side effects can be surprising. Some people taking these medications have been found to gain weight ...
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What you should know to about cholesterol drugs to stay healthy
Cholesterol is a waxy substance in your blood that helps your body build cells and produce certain hormones. While ...
Rolling Out7d
Cholesterol meds may reduce liver cancer risk by 31%
Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...
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Livalo interactions: Alcohol, medications, and other factors
Livalo is a brand-name drug used to lower cholesterol levels. Discover drug interactions in depth, when to avoid Livalo, and ...
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Can your cholesterol drop too low?
Millions of people take statins like Simvastatin (above) to lower their cholesterol levels. Newer PCSK9 inhibitor drugs can drop levels even further. Someone in the United States dies from heart ...
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Should children take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol?
Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...