Browsing by Subject "triglycerides"

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    Cholesterol: Why am I taking a statin and what I need to watch
    (2009-05-04) Olson, Matthew D.
    Now clinicians have an additional approach to treating patients with combined hyperlipidemia, defined as elevations in both triglycerides and LDL, when statin monotherapy cannot appropriately correct triglyceride levels. This does not necessarily correlate to decreased disease progression.
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    Will Taking Fish Oil Help Lower My Cholesterol?
    (2010-07-22) Schivone, Gillian
    Fish oil is most likely to help lower cholesterol in patients who have high triglyceride levels. However, it also may worsen LDL levels (“bad cholesterol”). If you would like to try fish oil before beginning a prescribed medication for cholesterol, it is safe to try along with cholesterol monitoring and may have some benefit. For those with high LDL levels, it may be best to take fish oil with a cholesterol-lowering medication like a statin to improve both LDL and triglyceride levels.