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.

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Impact of Lipid-Lowering Combination Therapy With Statins and Ezetimibe vs Statin Monotherapy on the Reduction of Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Meta-analysis.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2025 Dec

The study looked at whether adding ezetimibe to statins helps high-risk heart patients, and found it lowers the chance of serious heart problems, just like the claim says.

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Impact of Lipid-Lowering Combination Therapy With Statins and Ezetimibe vs Statin Monotherapy on the Reduction of Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Meta-analysis.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2025.01.018

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For people at very high risk of heart problems, taking both a statin and ezetimibe might help them live longer than taking just a statin alone.

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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.

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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.

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