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Do You Need to Take Statins to Lower Your Cholesterol Level?
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Do You Need to Take Statins to Lower Your Cholesterol Level?
By Ashley Hayes,
CNN
updated 4:08 PM EST, Wed November 13, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/13/health/cholesterol-risk/
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(CNN) -- It's a big change as far as treatment of high cholesterol, but
how new treatment guidelines might affect you can be a bit murky.
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You may already know you have high cholesterol or that you may be at risk
for it. But do you need a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, or can you
manage your cholesterol simply by making a few lifestyle changes?
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The guidelines, released Tuesday by the American Heart Association and the
American College of Cardiology, suggest using specific risk factors to
determine who should be prescribed statins, rather than a cholesterol
number.
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Not on cholesterol meds? New guidelines may change that
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Here are four questions to help determine your risk:
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Topics Covered in This Article:
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Do you have heart disease?
Do you have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes?
Do you have a bad cholesterol level of more than 190?
Is your 10-year risk of a heart attack greater than 7.5%?
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