Lower cholesterol drugs and their side effects

Merck & Co. reported its trial cholesterol drug MK-859 raised levels of "good" HDL cholesterol by more than 50 percent in medical trials, devoid of high blood pressure or developing heart disease effects.

The drug is a part of the similar class of medicines as torcetrapib, Pfizer Inc.'s high-profile trial medicine that was stopped previous this month after it was connected to high blood pressure and a number of deaths. MK-364 is a new drug to loss weight which is also trialing by Merck. However, Merck said its drug was linked with psychiatric side effects in medical trials.

Lower cholesterol with Cuban sugar cane

A recent study found that Cuban sugar cane does not lower cholesterol. There are many plant products that lower cholesterol like: plant sterols, however, Cuban sugar cane does not seem to be one of the helpful plants for lower cholesterol.

The study which done on 21 men and women showed that Cuban sugar cane does not reduce cholesterol level.

This results against many studies which noted that Cuban sugar cane can be very helpful to reduce cholesterol levels.