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 ...

Combining statins with another drug, ezetimibe, significantly reduces the risk of death in patients with clogged arteries, according to findings published March 23 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

The study found that using a statin alongside another drug, called ezetimibe, was significantly better than statins alone at lowering levels of so-called "bad" cholesterol and reducing deaths.

But researchers suggested that taking statins in combination with a second cholesterol-lowering drug called ezetimibe is more effective in bringing down levels of 'bad' cholesterol in the blood ...

Banach suggests that giving these patients a statin and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe — rather than statins alone — can reduce the risk of early death by 19%, a major cardiovascular ...

The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of 'bad' cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and ...

New evidence shows combining statins with ezetimibe immediately is more effective than statins alone for high-risk heart patients. The therapy significantly lowers cholesterol, reduces death rates ...