DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy 50-year-old woman. I asked my doctor to test me for Lipoprotein(a) after reading about it. My level was high, at 41 mg/dL. My doctor told me that it didn’t need to be ...

Leqvio (inclisiran) is a prescription drug used to help treat certain types of high cholesterol. Leqvio comes in a prefilled syringe for injection under the skin. Leqvio contains the active drug ...

Oral semaglutide at a dose of 25 mg may provide an alternative treatment option to injectable semaglutide (2.4 mg) and higher-dose oral semaglutide (50 mg) for persons with overweight or obesity. In a ...

Sometimes diet and exercise are not enough to lower cholesterol levels. Many different medicine options exist, including Leqvio, which can be used alone or with other medicines to help people reach ...

What Is Leqvio, and Why Does It Matter? Leqvio (inclisiran) is a prescription injection that helps lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), often called “bad” cholesterol, which is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inclisiran is now FDA approved as monotherapy for LDL reduction. The drug is no longer required to be used on ...

Leqvio can now be used alone, without addition of statin therapy, as adjunct to diet and exercise for LDL-C reduction in patients with hypercholesterolemia (high LDL-C) 1 4 out of 5 atherosclerotic ...

(RTTNews) - Novartis announced Thursday said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label update for Leqvio (inclisiran), enabling its use as monotherapy along with diet and ...

Leqvio is a brand-name prescription medication containing the active ingredient inclisiran. A healthcare professional administers it as an injection under the skin. Original Medicare Part B covers ...

Among the effective options to reduce "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, statins are the cornerstone of treatment. These drugs reduce the cholesterol your body makes and help ...