Cholesterol crisis
The LA Times reports
that guidelines for acceptable cholesterol for high and moderate risk patients are changing.
Instead of receiving treatment only if their "bad," or LDL, cholesterol levels are 130 milligrams per deciliter or higher, they should be given the drugs at 100 or above, a panel of experts recommends.
In addition, the committee suggested a new treatment option for patients at especially high risk of having a heart attack within the next 10 years — reducing their cholesterol levels of LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, to less than 70 milligrams per deciliter.
The LA Times reports
that guidelines for acceptable cholesterol for high and moderate risk patients are changing.
Instead of receiving treatment only if their "bad," or LDL, cholesterol levels are 130 milligrams per deciliter or higher, they should be given the drugs at 100 or above, a panel of experts recommends.
In addition, the committee suggested a new treatment option for patients at especially high risk of having a heart attack within the next 10 years — reducing their cholesterol levels of LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, to less than 70 milligrams per deciliter.