For people with heart disease, taking a combo of two cholesterol drugs (ezetimibe plus a mid-strength statin) works about as well as a strong statin alone at lowering bad cholesterol, helps more people stay on the treatment, and might be easier on the body.

For people at very high risk of heart problems, taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins plus another drug called ezetimibe lowers bad cholesterol more than taking statins alone — by about 13 points on average — and helps them hit their cholesterol targets better.

For people at very high risk of heart problems, taking a cholesterol drug (statin) with another drug (ezetimibe) is just as safe and easy to stick with as taking the statin alone.

For people at very high risk of heart problems, taking a cholesterol drug called ezetimibe along with a statin might lower their chances of serious heart issues more than taking just a statin alone.

For people who've had a recent heart problem, taking ezetimibe with their cholesterol medicine (a statin) helps prevent heart attacks and strokes over 7 years — and doesn't seem to cause extra cancer or liver issues.

If you have high cholesterol and can't take statins, taking a drug called ezetimibe by itself might lower your 'bad' cholesterol by about 18.6%—and it’s just as safe and easy to handle as a sugar pill.