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Readers Respond: How Are You Sticking to Your Cholesterol-Lowering Medications?

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Updated December 31, 2009

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Taking your cholesterol-lowering medication as prescribed can not only help to keep your cholesterol levels in check, it can also help lower your risk of heart disease. However, if you have never had to take medication before, or are already taking multiple medications, remembering to take the drugs needed to lower your cholesterol may be hard to do. Share with us how you are remembering to take your cholesterol-lowering medications. Whether it is keeping your pill bottle on a counter as a reminder, or using a pill organizer, tell how you are able to remember to take your cholesterol medicine.

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