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

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July 14, 2025 • 1 min

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 …

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