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Considering taking medication to treat High cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)? Below is a list of common medications used to treat or reduce the symptoms of High cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia). Follow the links to read common uses, side effects, dosage details and read user reviews for the drugs listed below.

Your search for High cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia) returned the following treatments.

Drug Name IndicationWhat's this? TypeWhat's this? User Reviews
simvastatin Oral     875 User Reviews
Lipitor Oral     814 User Reviews
Crestor Oral     640 User Reviews
Zocor Oral     543 User Reviews
pravastatin Oral     416 User Reviews
Zetia Oral     304 User Reviews
WelChol Oral     291 User Reviews
Tricor Oral     271 User Reviews
Niaspan Extended-Release Oral     265 User Reviews
Trilipix Oral     185 User Reviews
lovastatin Oral     147 User Reviews
Livalo Oral     132 User Reviews
Vytorin 10-40 Oral     128 User Reviews
Vytorin 10-20 Oral     103 User Reviews
Pravachol Oral     97 User Reviews
Simcor Oral     94 User Reviews
fenofibrate Oral     67 User Reviews
Questran Oral     45 User Reviews
Caduet Oral     44 User Reviews
niacin Oral     42 User Reviews
atorvastatin Oral     40 User Reviews
Prevalite Oral     39 User Reviews
colestipol Oral     36 User Reviews
Slo-Niacin Oral     33 User Reviews
Cholestyramine Light Oral     30 User Reviews
Antara Oral     30 User Reviews
Vytorin 10-80 Oral     28 User Reviews
rosuvastatin Oral     26 User Reviews
Vytorin 10-10 Oral     25 User Reviews
Mevacor Oral     24 User Reviews
Colestid Oral     22 User Reviews
cholestyramine (with sugar) Oral     22 User Reviews
Lescol XL Oral     19 User Reviews
Advicor Oral     18 User Reviews
Questran Light Oral     15 User Reviews
Lescol Oral     14 User Reviews
Lipofen Oral     14 User Reviews
Fenoglide Oral     14 User Reviews
Endur-Acin Oral     11 User Reviews
Triglide Oral     11 User Reviews
fenofibrate micronized Oral     9 User Reviews
cholestyramine-aspartame Oral     8 User Reviews
ezetimibe Oral     7 User Reviews
amlodipine-atorvastatin Oral     5 User Reviews
colesevelam Oral     4 User Reviews
ezetimibe-simvastatin Oral     4 User Reviews
Altoprev Oral     3 User Reviews
niacin-simvastatin Oral     3 User Reviews
fenofibric acid Oral     3 User Reviews
Colestid Flavored Oral     2 User Reviews
fluvastatin Oral     2 User Reviews
Lofibra Oral     2 User Reviews
Niacor Oral     1 User Reviews
niacin-lovastatin Oral     1 User Reviews
fenofibrate nanocrystallized Oral     1 User Reviews
fenofibric acid (choline) Oral     1 User Reviews
pitavastatin Oral     1 User Reviews
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