Health and Fitness Information CenterHigh Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know, Part 7Lowering cholesterol with drug treatment |
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Once your LDL goal has been reached, your doctor may prescribe treatment for high triglycerides and/or a low HDL level, if present. The treatment includes losing weight if needed, increasing physical activity, quitting smoking, and possibly taking a drug. |
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Even if you begin drug treatment to lower your cholesterol, you will need to
continue your treatment with lifestyle changes. This will keep the dose of
medicine as low as possible, and lower your risk in other ways as well. There
are several types of drugs available for cholesterol lowering including
statins, bile acid sequestrants, nicotinic acid, fibric acids, and
cholesterol absorption inhibitors. Your doctor can help decide which type of
drug is best for you. The strain drugs are very effective in lowering LDL
levels and are safe for most people. Bile acid sequestrants also lower LDL
and can be used alone or in combination with statin drugs. Nicotinic acid
lowers LDL and triglycerides and raises HDL. Fibric acids lower LDL somewhat
but are used mainly to treat high triglyceride and low HDL levels.
Cholesterol absorption inhibitors lower HDL and can be used alone or in
combination with statin drugs.