Lipid-Lowering
Cholesterol control — statins and every non-statin drug that lowers your lipids.
Statins: Lowering Cholesterol and Stabilizing Plaque
Statins are among the most prescribed — and most argued-about — drugs on earth, taken by hundreds of millions to prevent heart attacks and strokes. But here's the surprise: their biggest benefit may not come from the cholesterol number they lower at all. Understanding how they really work explains why they're started even in people whose cholesterol looks fine after a heart attack — and why grapefruit juice can turn them dangerous.
Non-Statin Lipid Drugs: Ezetimibe, PCSK9 Inhibitors & Fibrates
Some people are born with cholesterol so high that even the strongest statin barely dents it — and for them, and for the millions who can't tolerate statins, a whole toolkit of other drugs exists. One injection can slash cholesterol by blocking a single protein your liver makes to sabotage itself. Others target a completely different fat — triglycerides — that statins barely touch. Here's the rest of the lipid pharmacy.
