What Are the Treatments for Hyperlipidemia?
If you have hyperlipidemia, you have excess amount of lipids (a type of fat) in your blood. This fat performs many useful functions, but excess amounts promote problems such as heart disease, heart attack and stroke. If you have hyperlipidemia, chances are you have high cholesterol as well. It is usually caused by lifestyle choices or underlying conditions . Treatments include therapeutic lifestyle changes and certain medications.