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Treatment of Cholesterol

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The first level of treatment is a trial of a low-fat diet and exercise. If, after a few months, cholesterol levels have not dropped, then cholesterol-lowering drug treatment is sensible, whatever the cause of the raised blood cholesterol.

People who naturally have abnormally high levels of cholesterol (especially low-density lipoproteins) can reduce their risk of heart attack by lowering their blood cholesterol. This can be done by following a diet low in saturated fats, and by using cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Medicine Guides

The list of medicines below is a combination of the generic drug names (scientific name for the active ingredient of the medicine) and the various brands (company names for the medicine) available in the UK. The name provides a link to a separate website that provides detailed medicines information and in some cases animations (moving pictures). The information is provided as a pilot medicine information
project between NHS Direct and Datapharm Communications Ltd. and others, including patients.

If you are taking one of the medicines listed for a different condition or your medicine for this condition is not listed speak to your prescriber, GP or pharmacist or contact NHS Direct 0845 46 47. 

• Acipimox
• Atorvastatin
• Bezafibrate
• Bezagen
• Bezalip
• Ciprofibrate
• Colestid
• Colestipol
• Colestyramine
• Crestor
• Ezetimibe
• Ezetimibe/simvastatin
• Ezetrol
• Fenofibrate
• Fenogal
• Fibrazate
• Fluvastatin
• Gemfibrozil
• Inegy
• Lescol
• Lipantil
• Liparol
• Lipitor
• Lipostat
• Lopid
• Modalim
• Niaspan
• Nicotinic Acid
• Olbetam
• Pravastatin
• Questran
• Ranzolont
• Rosuvastatin
• Simvador
• Simvastatin
• Supralip 160
• Zimbacol
• Zocor
• Zocor Heart Pro

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