Cholesterol-lowering pill 'new option for statin users'

[nitpicker]

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47543985

Cholesterol-lowering pill 'new option for statin users'

14 March 2019

A new type of drug - called bempedoic acid - could offer another weapon in the fight against bad cholesterol.

An international study suggests the pill lowers cholesterol in people who continue to have high levels despite taking other drugs such statins.

And scientists suggest the new therapy may also work as an alternative for people who are unable to take statins because of side-effects.

The research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers say they have asked UK and US drug regulators to consider whether to approve the pill.
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[Sherman A1]

1. This is great news

Thanks for posting.

[safeinOhio]

2. For me, diet and exercise worked better

than the pills and the side effects are wonderful. I also found that if the diet and exercise aren't working.....up the dosage.

[stonecutter357]

3. Wish i had diet and exercise as a option .

[Soxfan58]

5. Good for you

For some of us this is not a option anymore.

[stonecutter357]

4. K&R