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- High Cholesterol: When Statins Don’t Work - WebMD
If your cholesterol doesn’t budge, your doctor might order genetic or other tests to look for causes of your high cholesterol and resistance to statins, but regardless, the important
- Statin intolerance and new lipid-lowering treatments
Several drug classes lower atherosclerotic risk by lowering circulating lipid concentrations and have been thoroughly tested
- Genetic cholesterol eliminated by new drug, reducing heart attack risk . . .
Researchers have achieved a landmark advance in cardiovascular medicine by unveiling an experimental drug that almost completely wipes out lipoprotein (a), or Lp (a)—a cholesterol-like particle driven by genetics
- Can You Reverse Genetically High Cholesterol? 5 Proven Strategies
Understand that while genetic high cholesterol, or familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), cannot be completely reversed, it can be effectively managed through a combination of lifestyle changes and medical treatments
- Scientists Discover Game-Changing Therapy to Combat High Cholesterol
Scientists have discovered a potential new treatment for familial hypercholesterolemia, inspired by signs seen in the Mona Lisa Using human stem cells, they found compounds that lower cholesterol without relying on the usual pathways, providing a fresh approach to treating the condition
- Approach to the Patient With a Suboptimal Statin Response: Causes and . . .
Given that some types of primary statin resistance are due to drug metabolism genes, it may be reasonable to empirically test both a high-intensity lipophilic and hydrophilic statin before adding a nonstatin lipid medication
- Cholesterol jab: why gene silencing drugs may work better than current . . .
Until now, most treatments using gene silencing technology have been used to treat rare genetic diseases This means the cholesterol jab will be one of the first gene silencing drugs used to
- Resistance to conventional drug therapy and good response to lomitapide . . .
Introduction: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a genetic disorder associated with high cholesterol levels and an increased risk of premature cardiovascular events Rare forms, such as semi-dominant bi-allelic mutations, pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
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