High Cholesterol Treatment WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on High Cholesterol Treatment
There are different approaches for treating high cholesterol. The first course of action should include modifying your lifestyle. This would include eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. If this fails to lower your cholesterol levels, than there are several medications available that could be beneficial. The medication prescribed will be different for each individual and based on age, risk factors, and health.1
Fast Facts:
- Reducing saturated fats in the diet helps lower blood cholesterol levels.2
- Weight gain increases the risk of developing high cholesterol levels.2
- Medications alone will not lower your cholesterol levels; they must be combined with healthy eating habits.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: High Blood Cholesterol: Treatments and Drugs
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WebMD: High Cholesterol Treatment -- What Works?
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: High Cholesterol Treatments, Treatments for high cholesterol, What treatments are available for high cholesterol, High cholesterol management, Managing high cholesterol
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
