Lifestyle changes such as exercising and eating a healthy diet are the first line of defense against high cholesterol. But, if you've made these important lifestyle changes and your cholesterol levels remain high, your doctor might recommend medication. The choice of or combination of medications depends on various factors, including your personal risk factors, age, health, and possible drug side effects. Statins block a substance your liver needs to make cholesterol. This causes your liver to remove cholesterol from your blood. Choices include atorvastatin. fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Altoprev), pitavastatin (Livalo), pravastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin. Your small intestine absorbs the cholesterol from your diet and releases it into your bloodstream. The drug ezetimibe (Zetia) helps reduce blood cholesterol by limiting the absorption of dietary cholesterol. Ezetimibe can be used with a statin drug.
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