Drug combination with Repatha, statins shows potential for helping reverse heart disease : cbsnews

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Drug combination with Repatha, statins shows potential for helping reverse heart disease

Drug combination with Repatha, statins shows potential for helping reverse heart disease

For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, potentially undoing some damage from heart disease.The difference was very small but doctors hope longer treatment will show even better results.Any reversal or stabilization of disease would be a win for patients and a long-sought goal, say experts.The drug, Amgen Inc.'s Repatha, also drove "bad" LDL cholesterol down to levels rarely, if ever, seen before.


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Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease

Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease

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Report: Drug combo could reverse heart disease

Report: Drug combo could reverse heart disease

By Don BishopA combination of two drugs has the potential to undo some of the damage of heart disease.For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries.The difference was very small but doctors hope it will grow with longer treatment.Any reversal or stabilization of disease would be a win for patients and a long-sought goal.