Simple therapeutic lifestyle changes or
home remedies are enough to control cholesterol, still not controlled
then cholesterol lowering allopathic medication are needed.
Once cholesterol lowering medication is prescribed, also will need to:
- Follow the cholesterol lowering diet
- Increase physical activity
- Reduce weight if overweight
- If smoker, try or plan to quit.
- Control other heart disease risk factors, including high blood pressure and diabetes.
Taking
all the above steps together may give a way to reduce the amount of
medicine needed or make the medicine work better. Thus reduces the risk
for developing heart disease.
Some cholesterol lowering medication types
- Statins
- Bile Acid Sequestrants
- Cholesterol absorption inhibitors
- Fibrates
- Niacin
