{"id":1477,"date":"2025-03-24T00:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/lives-saved-the-power-of-statins-and-cholesterol-lowering-drugs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T00:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:51:35","slug":"lives-saved-the-power-of-statins-and-cholesterol-lowering-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/lives-saved-the-power-of-statins-and-cholesterol-lowering-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lives Saved: The Power of Statins and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n New research suggests that thousands of lives could potentially be saved by using a combination of statins and another medication for lowering cholesterol levels.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n The most extensive study to investigate how to reduce levels of &#8216;bad&#8217; cholesterol in individuals with clogged arteries indicates that these patients should promptly receive a combination treatment of a statin and an additional medication known as ezetimibe, instead of relying solely on statins.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Combination therapy ought to be regarded as the premier approach for treating patients who have experienced a heart attack, potentially preventing numerous fatalities annually, according to researchers.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Scientists examined the results from 14 prior investigations that included data on 108,353 individuals with an extremely high likelihood of experiencing a heart attack or stroke, as well as those who had already undergone such events.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1BvoA8\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1BvoA8.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1BvJC9\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1BvJC9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n The research, featured in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, indicated that combining ezetimibe with a high dosage of statins to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels resulted in a significant 19 percent decrease in mortality from all causes.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n There was additionally a 16 percent decrease in fatalities due to cardiovascular issues, along with a notable reduction of 18 percent and 17 percent, respectively, in significant adverse cardiovascular incidents and strokes when compared to treatment with high-dose statins alone.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n The study&#8217;s co-author, Professor Peter Toth from the University of Illinois in the US, stated, &#8220;This research supports the idea that immediate combination cholesterol-lowering therapy must be regarded as the benchmark for treating individuals at extremely high risk following an acute cardiovascular incident.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research suggests that thousands of lives could potentially be saved by using a combination of statins and another medication for lowering cholesterol levels. 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