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Ezetimide has been in the news recently. When I started rosuvastatin three years ago the benefits were minimal. After my doctor added ezetimibe as a "booster to make the statin more effective before we increase the statins" my ldl and total cholesterol (100) dropped immediately. 3 years later I learned my calcified plaque score is off the charts, however, the blessing is the calcification rather than obstruction. I fought statins for 20 years and now believe they saved my life. Ezetemibe kept my statin dosage low and I've had zero side effects.
https://www.indiatoday.in/health/story/combining-two-cholesterol-lowering-drugs-statins-ezetimibe-could-reduce-heart-attack-stroke-cases-2700425-2025-03-28

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Thanks for the link to this study. I've been on a statin for more than 25 years and ezetemibe added about 15 years ago. The combination lowered my total cholesterol from 423 to about 178 and LDL from 250 to around 100. Great decrease but family genes said not good enough, so last year Repatha was added to the mix. Total cholesterol down to 87 and LDL at 17 now.