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           What LESCOL® XL Does

LESCOL® XL lowers cholesterol. It does this by helping your liver make less cholesterol. LESCOL® XL helps lower the LDL (or "bad") cholesterol and triglycerides in your body, and helps raise the amount of HDL (or "good") cholesterol.

LESCOL® XL is convenient to take—one capsule, just once a day, any time of day that works for you.

LESCOL® XL lowers LDL by a median of 38% after just 4 weeks.1

Studies also show that LESCOL®XL:

  • May be used to slow down the buildup of cholesterol in the arteries of the heart
  • for patients with coronary artery disease2
  • May be used to reduce the risk of needing a second heart procedure (such as angioplasty) to help restore blood flow to the heart
  • for patients with coronary artery disease who have already had such a procedure3
At the same time, LESCOL® XL is proven to be well tolerated.
 
 
  Learn more about the proven tolerability of LESCOL® XL
 


References:
1. LESCOL® XL full Prescribing Information.
2. Herd JA, Ballantyne CM, Farmer JA, et al. Effects of fluvastatin on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with mild to moderate cholesterol elevations (lipoprotein and coronary atherosclerosis study [LCAS]).
Am J Cardiol.1997;80:278-286.
3. Serruys PW, de Feyter P, Macaya C, et al. Fluvastatin for prevention of cardiac events following successful first percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002; 287:3215-3222.

 
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