Treatment & Medication
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Medical Treatment for High cholesterol
If you have not been able to lower your cholesterol level by following a low cholesterol diet and exercising regime, you may need a medical treatment. Here is a guide.
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Things You Must Know about Cholesterol Medications
When your doctor prescribes you a cholesterol medication, you may have a lot of questions about it in mind. Find answers for all such questions.
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How to Talk to Your Doctor about Cholesterol?
Whenever you are going to see your doctor, prepare a list of questions that you may want to ask. At times, we have questions in our head but we tend to forget them.
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Lowering Cholesterol with Bile Acids
One very effective way of lowering cholesterol is using bile acids. They are used in the form of bile acid sequestrants that help reduce the level of LDL in the blood....
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Take a Look at Top 7 Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
High cholesterol levels are best handled with the help of certain cholesterol drugs. Once you have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, your doctor will ask you to start with a regular cholesterol drug regimen. ...
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Is It Wise to Use Cholesterol Lowering Medications for Children?
If the blood test of children aged 8 and above indicates high cholesterol level, they should be administered to the right medications. But major problem is not cholesterol lowering medications have been tested with children under 10....
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Facts and Myths of Using Niacin, a Popular Cholesterol Treatment
Niacin is a simple nutritional supplement, B vitamin and it is one of safest treatments for high cholesterol. But despite its highly effective nature, many people choose to stay away from it. Let's find out why?...
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Zetia- A Cholesterol Lowering Medicine
The latest addition to the cholesterol lowering medications is Zetia or ezetimibe. But it is important that you use this medicine in the right manner. You simply cannot jump at the medicine....
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Cholesterol Treatment through Fibers and Statins
Alterations in the diet by including fiber as an important component of diet accompanied by the use of statins can help bring down cholesterol levels considerably....
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How to Use Zocor to Treat Cholesterol?
Zocor keeps your cholesterol levels under check by preventing the formation of cholesterol in the liver. It brings down your bad cholesterol count and thus helps maintain an optimum cholesterol level....
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Vitamin B3: A Natural Supplements to Lower Cholesterol
Vitamin B3 helps you keep your heart free from cholesterol induced stress in two different ways. On the one hand its helps to lower LDL and increases HDL at the same time....
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Side Effects of Cholesterol Lowering Medicines
To lower cholesterol you can either opt for life style changes or depend on drugs. While the second choice seems easier to implement, there are numerous side-effects involved. ...
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Are There Any Side-effects to HDL Boosters?
The two most popular boosters (medications) used for improving the levels of HDL-Cholesterol are niacin (water soluble Vitamin B) and Statins. But they are not without side effects....
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Does Fish Oil Reduce Cholesterol Levels?
Despite the highly useful nature of fish oil in increasing good cholesterol, there have been doubts about its effectiveness in lowering bad cholesterol. Let's find out the real truth about fish oil...
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How DASH Diet Works to Reduce Cholesterol?
The DASH or the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension has proved to lower cholesterol levels by an average of 7.3 percent. This diet plan can also reduce your LDL levels by 9 %....
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How to Treat High Blood Cholesterol?
Treating high blood cholesterol basically refers to lowering the LDL level in the body. So irrespective of which treatment you opt for, the ultimate result would be to lower your LDL level....
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