{"id":13406,"date":"2024-05-29T14:16:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/?p=13406"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:51:05","slug":"is-medication-necessary-to-treat-high-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/news\/is-medication-necessary-to-treat-high-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfEs necesario tomar medicamentos para tratar el colesterol alto?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El medicamento no es obligatorio para todas las personas que tienen el colesterol alto. Reducir el colesterol de forma natural puede ser posible para ciertas personas. Si tiene el colesterol alto, recibir tratamiento para este podr\u00eda ayudar a disminuir la probabilidad de sufrir un ataque card\u00edaco, un derrame cerebral u otros problemas relacionados con una mala circulaci\u00f3n sangu\u00ednea. Dicho esto, no todas las personas que tienen el colesterol alto realmente necesitan tomar medicamentos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/team\/robert-segal-md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Segal, MD<\/a>, un cardi\u00f3logo de Manhattan Cardiology en la ciudad de Nueva York, la decisi\u00f3n sobre si necesita o no medicamentos para reducir su colesterol depende de su salud individual y de los factores de riesgo que posea actualmente. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodrx.com\/conditions\/high-cholesterol\/medication-high-cholesterol-necessary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aseg\u00farate de leer el art\u00edculo y ver el video.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medication is not required for all individuals who have high cholesterol. 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