What is High-Cholesterol
Hypercholesterolemia (literally: high blood cholesterol) is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is not a disease but a metabolic derangement that can be sec...
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High Cholesterol Treatments
| Treatment | Description | Reviewed by | Helps | |
 | Lopid | Gemfibrozil is the generic name for an oral drug used to lower lipid levels. It belon... Read Reviews | 19 Members | 82% of the time |
| Red Yeast Rice | Red yeast rice, red fermented rice, red kojic rice, red koji rice, or ang-kak, is a b... Read Reviews | 13 Members | 71% of the time |
| Cholest Off | Cholest Off is a dietary supplement containing plant sterols and stanols which are us... Read Reviews | 9 Members | 83% of the time |
| Welchol | Welchol is a bile acid sequestrant used to help lower cholesterol. Since bile acids a... Read Reviews | 8 Members | 83% of the time |
| Questran | Cholestyramine (Questran®, Questran Light®, Cholybar®) is a bile acid sequestrant,... Read Reviews | 6 Members | 83% of the time |
| Advicor | Advicor is a combination medication used to treat high cholesterol. It contains lova... Read Reviews | 5 Members | 67% of the time |
| Ibuprofen | Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is used for relief of... Read Reviews | 4 Members | 100% of the time |
| Garlic | Some scientific research indicates that garlic can have some health benefits, such as... Read Reviews | 4 Members | 100% of the time |
| Eating Healthier Foods | The most common objective of dieting is loss of excess body fat. Read Reviews | 3 Members | 100% of the time |
| Prayer | Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer prai... Read Reviews | 3 Members | 100% of the time |
| Dietary Modification | In nutrition, the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Die... Read Reviews | 3 Members | 100% of the time |
| Folic Acid | Folic acid is a form of a water-soluble B vitamin. These occur naturally in food and ... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Yoga | Yoga when used as a form of alternative medicine is a combination of breathing exerci... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Counseling | See Counseling. | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Lescol | Fluvastatin (Lescol®, Canef®) is a member of the drug class of statins, used to tre... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
