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.

Taking both a statin and ezetimibe together may help prevent strokes better than taking just a statin, especially in people at very high risk.

Taking cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins, ezetimibe, or PCSK9 inhibitors can help people live longer—whether they already have heart disease or not—by slightly reducing their risk of dying from any cause or from heart problems.

If someone with heart disease already has low 'bad' cholesterol on standard statin pills, stepping up their treatment might cut their risk of heart attacks or strokes by almost half.

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.