Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the United States and
worldwide. Most of this disease is preventable with improvement of lifestyle and medication
to reduce circulating cholesterol. The most common medications prescribed to reduce
cholesterol are statins, which inhibit the hepatic enzyme HMG CoA reductase, the limiting
enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. Unfortunately, statins are rarely prescribed correctly,
resulting in excessive adverse events and very poor patient compliance. In fact, studies have …