Medscape: Controversies in the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia in the Elderly: Who Should be Treated and How? Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2001;10(3) © 2001 Le Jacq Communications, Inc.

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Dear Doctor: Effective treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia is expensive. Are there other options?