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Is it safe to to take unperscribed cholesterol lowering pills? like the ones you could just get a natural medication store in the mall or are they unsafe?
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Depends: It depends on their ingredients. For instance, red yeast rice is the same ingredient in Mevacor (lovastatin) and has a very tiny incidence of adverse effects. Generally though, statins are safe and the doses you get in an otc med will be small.
Answered 6/30/2014
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