A doctor explains why ultra-low LDL cholesterol matters even without symptoms, and describes new drugs beyond statins that can get you there. Diet, exercise, and avoiding smoking help, but aggressive treatment prevents plaque buildup over time.
We have a very large toolbox of cholesterol-lowering drugs beyond statins. And I will say you can never be too thin, too rich, or have too low an LDL cholesterol. Cholesterol's a risk factor. It has not gotten into your vessels. Yahoo. Diet, exercise, don't start smoking. See you in a few years. Make sure you're still zero. Kick the can down the road. Nothing's going to happen to you in the next few years. You don't have the disease today despite having risk factors. Or, you know, the other options we have now have lots and lots of drugs and tools. And one just got a, a new novel one, which is really mind-blowing. Just got approved yesterday by the FDA. Uh, but anyway, we have a very large toolbox of cholesterol- drugs beyond statins. And I will say, you can never be too thin, too rich, or have too low an LDL cholesterol. And if you think about 20 or 30 years of the same lady, same woman, yeah, I mean, probably at some point that cholesterol will catch up with her and she'll start depositing plaque. But we could say definitively, 100%, in her case, you're a zero, my friend.
