A Critical Appraisal of Lipid Management in the Post-Statin Era - PMC
If statins alone aren't enough, or if you can't tolerate them, several other options exist: lipid-lowering medicine
Statins remain the "gold standard" for lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol. They work by blocking an enzyme in your liver that produces cholesterol. A Critical Appraisal of Lipid Management in the