Cholesterol Blocker

Prescription Cholesterol Blocker Drugs

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If your cholesterol is really high, you may need a little help in order to get it under control. Normally, your health care provider will prescribe some medication in order to aid the process. These prescribed cholesterol blocker medications are known as Statins or HMG CoA reductase inhibitors. These drugs go to work in the liver and help prevent the formation of cholesterol. Statins work well at lowering LDL (the bad) cholesterol and have moderate effects on lowing other unhealthy fats in the blood as well as raising levels of HDL (the good) cholesterol.

The problem with some prescription cholesterol blocker drugs is that they have too many side effects. Though muscle problems and liver abnormalities are rare, there still is a risk. Therefore, you health care provider may schedule regular liver tests in order to be sure that your liver is functioning properly.

Some Statins you may be familiar with include Lipito, Crestor and Zocor. Statins can also be found in Advicor and Vytorin.

Other prescription cholesterol blocker drugs include a new-class of cholesterol absorption inhibitors. These innovative cholesterol blocker medications work by preventing the absorption of cholesterol from the intestine. The first medication of this class was approved in 2002.

Another class of cholesterol lowering drugs includes Resins. Resins also work in the intestines and increase the disposal of cholesterol. Since the human body produces cholesterol to make bile (an acid used in the digestive process), Resins bind to bile so that it can't be used in the digestive process. Your liver responds to this by producing more bile. And the more bile your liver produces, the more cholesterol it needs. The result is less cholesterol in your blood.

Some Resins you may be familiar with include WelChol and Prevalite.

Talk to your health care provider for more information on prescription cholesterol blocker drugs.

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