What drugs are commonly used to lower the risk of heart and circulatory diseases?

medications include:

statins such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin sodium (Pravachol), and simvastatin (Zocor)

bile acid resins such as cholestyramine

cholesterol absorption inhibitors such as ezetimibe (Zetia)

fibric acid derivatives such as fenofibrate (Tricor)

nicotinic acid such as niacin (Niacor)