has suggested some specific foods that could serve as "natural alternatives to statins". The charity highlighted four such foods and explored the science behind them. Plant sterols and stanols ...

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Other lipid-lowering medications, such as intestinal agents, niacin and fibrates, can be used as alternative strategies in patients who cannot tolerate statins or in combination with low-dose ...

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules using once-, twice- or three-times a week or every-other-day dosing, have been ...

If that comes back and your levels are high - the doctor may recommend drugs like statins - or they could say it could be improved with lifestyle changes before you need to go on to medications. The ...

UK investigators looked at 165,000 patients on statins and found that for one ... type of medication will be an effective addition or alternative for you." Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman ...

"Many of the patients who were not able to tolerate other statins developed side effects, such as myalgia or severe muscle aches. However, our study shows that pitavastatin may be a more tolerable ...