{"id":1969,"date":"2023-03-23T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:05:11","slug":"this-new-drug-lowers-cholesterol-without-the-side-effects-of-statins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"This New Drug Lowers Cholesterol Without the Side Effects of Statins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1970\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53.png 750w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-293x195.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-53-390x260.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-1\">While some people can lower their cholesterol through lifestyle changes alone, many people need to take medication to get their levels in check. But side effects of the most commonly prescribed medications to treat high cholesterol, called statins, can be enough of a problem that people stop taking the drugs, or won\u2019t start taking them to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-3\">According to a new study, a non-statin medication can help people\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/high-cholesterol-facts-and-statistics-5525711\">lower their cholesterol<\/a>\u00a0and prevent heart disease without causing muscle pain, which is a major side effect of statins. The drug could also be an add-on treatment for people already takings statins. Here\u2019s what experts want you to know about the medication and whether it could be an option for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/nexletol-bempedoic-acid-statin-alternative-fewer-side-effects-7368225\">https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/nexletol-bempedoic-acid-statin-alternative-fewer-side-effects-7368225<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some people can lower their cholesterol through lifestyle changes alone, many people need to take medication to get their levels in check. But side effects of the most commonly prescribed medications to treat high cholesterol, called statins, can be enough of a problem that people stop taking the drugs, or won\u2019t start taking them to begin with. According to a new study, a non-statin medication can help people\u00a0lower their cholesterol\u00a0and prevent heart disease without causing muscle pain, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1971,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions\/1971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}