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  2. An alternative to statins may help reduce deaths from heart disease among people with high levels of LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, new research finds.. When taken as a daily pill, bempedoic acid ...

  3. Non-statin cholesterol-lowering drugs may help reduce liver ...

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    Out of five non-statin cholesterol-lowering drug classes, only cholesterol absorption inhibitors are found to reduce the risk of liver cancer, a new study has found. The link between liver cancer ...

  4. Lipid-lowering agent - Wikipedia

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    Level of the good cholesterol HDL is also increased. Fibrates may decrease LDL, though generally to a lesser degree than statins. Similar to statins, the risk of muscle damage exists. Nicotinic acid, like fibrates, is also well suited for lowering triglycerides by 20–50%. It may also lower LDL by 5–25% and increase HDL by 15–35%.

  5. In two studies, experimental drugs for cholesterol show ...

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    Both medications target people born with a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol. While drugs like statins , as well as diet and exercise, can help these individuals manage cholesterol, they ...

  6. Fibrate - Wikipedia

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    In combination with statin drugs, fibrates cause an increased risk of rhabdomyolysis, idiosyncratic destruction of muscle tissue, leading to kidney failure. The less lipophilic statins are less prone to cause this reaction, and are probably safer to be combined with fibrates than the more lipophilic statins are. Drug toxicity includes acute ...

  7. Cholesterol absorption inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol absorption inhibitors are known to have a synergistic effect when combined a class of antihyperlipidemics called statins, to achieve an overall serum cholesterol target. For statin-resistant or statin-sensitive populations that are characterized by low one-year compliance rates, such a combination therapy is proving to be especially ...

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