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Facts About Heart Disease and Women:
Reducing High Blood Cholesterol
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Types Of Cholesterol |
Managing Cholesterol Levels |
Managing Cholesterol Levels: If You Do Not Have Coronary Heart Disease |
Managing Cholesterol Levels: If You Have Coronary Heart Disease |
Lowering Your Blood Cholesterol: Changing Your Eating Habits |
Fat Finding |
Now You're Cooking |
Eating Smart Away From Home |
Getting Physical |
Losing Excess Weight |
 Medication
As noted earlier, if you make changes in your diet and lifestyle and your LDL-cholesterol
level still remains quite high, your doctor may also suggest that you take
cholesterol-lowering medications.
However, if you have not yet gone through menopause, you should not be prescribed
cholesterol-lowering drugs unless your cholesterol level is extremely high, you have
heart disease or other risk factors for heart disease, or you have a strong family history
of early heart disease. If you have gone through menopause, your doctor may prescribe a
hormone medicine to help lower your cholesterol levels before recommending a
cholesterol-lowering drug.
If your doctor does prescribe medicines, you must also continue your cholesterol-lowering
diet for the following reasons: First, diet lowers your risk for heart disease in ways
other than just lowering cholesterol. Second, the combination of diet and medication may
allow you to take less medicine. If you have coronary heart disease, you are more likely to
need a cholesterol-lowering drug than someone who doesn't have heart disease. This is
because, if you have coronary heart disease, your goal cholesterol level is lower. In fact,
your doctor may prescribe medication right from the start of treatment to get enough of a
reduction in your LDL-cholesterol. If you do not have coronary heart disease, you should try
lower your cholesterol levels with diet and other lifestyle changes before adding
medication.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH Publication No. 98-3658
Originally printed 1995
Revised September 1998
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