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Why don’t people who are eligible for cholesterol lowering medicines take them? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Why don’t people who are eligible for cholesterol lowering medicines take them? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Johns Hopkins Medicine

July 14, 20251m 4s

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Only about 25 percent of people who need cholesterol lowering medicines based on blood tests take them,  with about 2/3 of those who’ve had a cardiovascular event doing so, a study by Caleb Alexander, a drug safety and efficacy expert at …<p class="read-more"> <a class="more-link" href="https://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/why-dont-people-who-are-eligible-for-cholesterol-lowering-medicines-take-them-elizabeth-tracey-reports/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Why don’t people who are eligible for cholesterol lowering medicines take them? Elizabeth Tracey reports</span> Read More »</a></p>