Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...
Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...
Pravastatin is prescribed for high cholesterol. It's a generic medication, and it's not available as a brand-name drug. It comes as an oral tablet. The cost of pravastatin can vary, but savings ...
Pravigard PAC (buffered aspirin and pravastatin sodium; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ) is a copackaging of; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ) is a copackaging of Pravachol and buffered ...
Types of statin therapy The guideline divides statin therapies into three intensity categories, based on how much LDL cholesterol is lowered with a daily dose: The following are some of the ...
Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...