Many medications are available for lowering triglycerides, including fibrates, nicotinic acid, and statins. Your healthcare provider may prescribe these drugs if lifestyle changes alone are not enough to change your triglyceride levels. Lifestyle changes for lowering triglycerides include losing weight, exercising, changing your diet, and reducing or stopping alcohol consumption. If other medical conditions are causing your triglyceride levels to rise, you should focus on getting these conditions under control.
(Click Lowering Triglycerides for a list of medications available to lower triglyceride levels and for an explanation of why it is important to control other untreated medical conditions. You can also click on the various links in the box to the right to access specific topics on triglycerides.)
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