Cholesterol-lowering therapy is an area of medicine that has prompted heated debate and a great deal of confusion.
Hypercholesterolaemia treatment can be considered in terms of primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
In general, the treatment of choice for raised cholesterol is a statin.
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