Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another ...

Ezetimibe is a nonstatin low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering small molecule drug. Ezetimibe is the only currently FDA-approved approved member of the of intestinal cholesterol reuptake ...

Ezetimibe reduces LDL cholesterol levels, and niacin raises HDL cholesterol levels; however, no previous studies have described the use of these two drugs in combination. Jelesoff and colleagues ...