Sentences with phrase «already taking statins»

A phase 2 clinical trial recruited 497 patients with high cholesterol, 73 percent of which were already taking statins, the current standard treatment for those at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Diabetics receive no health benefit from adding a drug to raise HDL «good» cholesterol levels if they're already taking a statin to lower their LDL cholesterol levels

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I am already taking a whole drawer full of meds and supplements (to reduce the side effects of the meds) and just before Christmas, they were insisting that I needed to start on statins, due to border - line cholesterol levels.