If you have high cholesterol, there are alternatives to statins
Clare-wilson
Cholesterol-lowering drugs that are alternatives to statins may become more widely used after a major trial has shown they can stop heart attacks and strokes even in people not thought to be at the highest risk.
The treatments, which include injections that are given twice a month or twice yearly, can also be combined with statins to lower people’s cholesterol further still.
But the UK’s use of these medicines lags behind the latest recommendations from countries such as the US, where new...