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Statins

What is cholesterol?

is a waxy, fat-like substance that that's found in all the cells in your body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But if you have too much of it in your blood, it can stick to the walls of your arteries and narrow or even block them. This puts you at risk for and other .

Cholesterol is made by your liver. It travels through the blood on proteins called lipoproteins. One type of lipoprotein, , is sometimes called the "bad" cholesterol. A high LDL level leads to a buildup of cholesterol in your arteries. Another type, , is sometimes called the "good" cholesterol. It carries cholesterol from other parts of your body back to your liver. Then your liver removes the cholesterol from your body.

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  1. Statins (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... removes the cholesterol from your body. What are statins? Statins are a type of cholesterol medicine. Your health ... lifestyle changes does not lower your cholesterol enough. Statins are the most common medicines used to treat ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/statins.html - Health Topics
  2. How to take statins 
    Statins are medicines that help lower the amount of cholesterol and other fats in your blood. Statins work by: Lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol Raising HDL ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000748.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Ezetimibe 
    ... or in combination with another cholesterol-lowering medications (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors [statins]) to reduce the amount of low-density ... or in combination with other cholesterol-lowering medications (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors [statins] or fenofibrate) in adults who have too ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603015.html - Drugs and Supplements
  4. Bempedoic Acid 
    ... weight-loss, exercise) and certain cholesterol-lowering medications (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors [statins]) to further decrease low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a620020.html - Drugs and Supplements
  5. Colesevelam 
    ... combination with other cholesterol-lowering medications known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). Colesevelam is also used alone or in combination with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in certain boys and in girls, ages 10 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a699050.html - Drugs and Supplements
  6. Pravastatin 
    ... Pravastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a692025.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. Simvastatin 
    ... Simvastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a692030.html - Drugs and Supplements
  8. Atorvastatin 
    ... Atorvastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a600045.html - Drugs and Supplements
  9. Rosuvastatin 
    ... Rosuvastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603033.html - Drugs and Supplements
  10. Pitavastatin 
    ... Pitavastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). It works by slowing the production of cholesterol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a610018.html - Drugs and Supplements
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