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Statins

Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol. Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But if you have too much in your blood, it can stick to the walls of your arteries and narrow or even block them.

If diet and exercise don't reduce your cholesterol levels, you may need to take cholesterol medicine. Often, this medicine is a statin. Statins interfere with the production of cholesterol in your liver. They lower LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and raise HDL (good) cholesterol levels. This can slow the formation of plaques in your arteries.

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  1. Statins (National Library of Medicine)  
    Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol. Your body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But if ... take cholesterol medicine. Often, this medicine is a statin. Statins interfere with the production of cholesterol in ...
    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. 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
  5. 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
  6. Lovastatin 
    ... Lovastatin 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/a688006.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. 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
  8. 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
  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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