title: Ask the doctor. I saw a newspaper column that said red yeast rice is a safer, more effective way to treat high cholesterol than statin drugs. Is that true?
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000628:therapy*; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D032741:Monascus; D012275:Oryza; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D008148:Lovastatin