Medications for hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia is a relatively common clinical disease, and the treatment of hyperlipidemia requires the use of appropriate lipid-lowering drugs. There are three major types of lipid-lowering drugs: the first type, statins, is the most widely used lipid-lowering drugs in the clinic, mainly used to reduce serum total cholesterol, and at the same time, have a certain effect on the improvement of blood glucose, which can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The second category, Betaine, is mainly used to reduce triglycerides. The third category, niacin drugs. Patients with hyperlipidemia not only need to take medication, but also need to strictly limit the diet, low-salt, low-fat, low cholesterol diet, and properly strengthen the exercise to improve the body fat condition.