Higher-dose use of certain statins often best for cholesterol issues

A comprehensive new review on how to treat high cholesterol and other blood lipid problems suggests that intensive treatment with high doses of statin drugs is usually the best approach.


But some statins work much better for this than others, the review concluded, and additional lipid-lowering medications added to a statin have far less value. And medications, of course, should be considered after first trying diet, weight loss and exercise.


The review, published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, examined the range of treatment options for “dyslipidemia,” or concerns about LDL cholesterol that is too high; HDL cholesterol that is too low; elevated triglycerides; and other issues that affect millions of people around the world.


It concluded that use of statin drugs, which effectively lower LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, is appropriate for both moderate and high risk patients who have issues with their cholesterol levels, or may already have experienced a heart attack or angina as a result of cardiovascular disease.

Source: http://www.health.am/cholesterol/more/higher-dose-use-of-certain-statins/

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