*Welcome to the OutUK series looking at gay men and their health brought to you in association with the NHS* website.**
	Each week we'll tackle a different topic in our A to Z of Gay Health. We'll have features and advice on everything from relationships, sexual health, mental and physical conditions and how to stay fit. You can follow any of links provided below for more information direct from the NHS website, or see this week's feature P: Personality Disorders.

Medicines For High Cholesterol

Medicine to lower your cholesterol

You might need medicine to lower your cholesterol if:

Ask your doctor about the medicines you can take.

Statins are the most common medicine for high cholesterol.

They reduce the amount of cholesterol your body makes.

You take a tablet once a day. You usually need to take them for life.

Other medicines may be used if statins do not work or you do not want to take statins.

These include:

other tablets - such as ezetimibe, fibrates, bile acid sequestrants (also called resins) and bempedoic acid
injections - such as alirocumab, evolocumab and inclisiran

OutUK's A to Z of Gay Health continues and you can read this week's feature P: Personality Disorders. We have covered many subjects in this series and you can catch up with all of our Previous A to Z Features. If you want to find out more about this particular topic you can visit the Original article on the NHS website. If you are worried by any aspect of your health make sure you go and see your doctor or book an appointment at your local clinic.
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