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Is Red Yeast Rice Supplement A Statin Drug?
i am not interested in taking prescription statins. my doctor ask me to take red yeast rice and I am concerned because he called it a statin. is it save I am 78 yrs. old also the bottle says to not take with grapefruit. Please comment. thank you
Mon, 17 Sep 2018
Hello,
A newer statin called Lovastatin is isolated from red yeast and thus red yeast has got potential to reduce blood cholesterol.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain,
General & Family Physician
A newer statin called Lovastatin is isolated from red yeast and thus red yeast has got potential to reduce blood cholesterol.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shinas Hussain,
General & Family Physician
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