Medications can boost or lower HDL. HDL levels are sometimes improved by drugs used to lower LDL and triglyceride levels â such as prescription niacin; fibrates such as gemfibrozil (Lopid); and certain statins, particularly simvastatin (Zocor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor).
Similar scenery is found in several more remote sites nearby, and for hikers, the best place is the 9,799 acre Granite Mountain Wilderness, northwest of Prescott; here a pristine area of chaparral, rocky hills and pinyon-juniper pine woodland is crossed by several trails, all centered on 7,626 foot Granite Mountain.
Granite Falls is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,612 at the 2000 census. It is part of the HickoryâLenoirâMorganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Granite Falls is located at 35Â°48â²1â³N 81Â°25â²59â³W / 35.80028Â°N 81.43306Â°W / 35.80028; -81.43306 (35.800345, -81.432929).