Alcohol is usually not recommended for patients with high blood lipids who are taking lipid-lowering medications. The main medications used to lower blood lipids are statins and fibrates. The most important site of action of these drugs is the liver. Triglycerides and cholesterol are metabolized mainly in the liver, so the drugs that lower triglycerides and cholesterol also act on the liver. Ethanol is also metabolized in the liver after drinking alcohol. If you take lipid-lowering drugs and drink alcohol at the same time, it will increase the burden on the liver. In this case it is possible that the patient’s liver function will be impaired. At the same time, alcohol will have a decomposition effect on lipid-lowering drugs, thus affecting the efficacy of lipid-lowering. For patients taking lipid-lowering drugs, alcohol affects both the functioning of the drugs and the reduction of blood lipid levels, so it is not recommended that patients with hyperlipidemia drink alcohol while taking the drugs.