Medications for High Cholesterol We will mention four classes of medications that are used for high cholesterol and their mechanism of action. The first one is statins and they block a substance that your body needs to make cholesterol. atorvastatin (Lipitor) Fluvastatin (Lescol XL) lovastatin (Altoprev) pitavastatin (Livalo) pravastatin (Pravachol) rosuvastatin (Crestor) simvastatin (Zocor) The […]