Even if someone with heart disease is already taking cholesterol-lowering drugs and their cholesterol is pretty low, adding a drug called evolocumab can still help protect their heart.

Even if your cholesterol is already pretty low thanks to statins, adding a drug called evolocumab can still help protect your heart and blood vessels.

For people with heart disease who are already taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, adding a medicine called evolocumab can lower their chance of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious heart problems by about 15% over two years.

For people with heart disease who are already taking cholesterol-lowering statins but still have high LDL, adding a drug called evolocumab can lower their chances of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious heart problems by about 15% over two years.

For people with heart disease who are already taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, adding a medicine called evolocumab can cut their risk of heart attack, stroke, or dying from heart problems by 20% over about two years.

For adults with heart disease who are already taking statins, adding evolocumab injections every two weeks or monthly lowers the risk of serious heart problems like heart attack, stroke, or hospitalization for chest pain by about 13% to 17% over about two years, whether or not they have diabetes.