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A member asked:
Can i take red yeast plus a statin to lower cholesterol?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No: Not a good idea. Red yeast rice is actually a ministatin.- contains a small amount of lovastatin-the first marketed statin. It is not good to mix statins and the addition probably would not benefit you.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Not helpful: Ryr supplements sold in the us cannot by law have more than trace amounts of cholesterol lowering substances (monacolin k which is identical to lovastatin, a statin sold as mevacor). So, (1) not enough statin in ryr supplement to make a difference, and (2) should not mix statins together anyway.
Answered 8/26/2013
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