eli5: how does cholesterol medication work?

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eli5: how does cholesterol medication work?

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There are different types of cholesterol medicine that work differently. The goal is to lower over cholesterol and there are a lot ways to do it. The most common type of cholesterol is statins. They are drugs that end in statin, like atorvastatin. They lower the amount of cholesterol that your body naturally produces.