Lescol XL or Fluvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or statins. Lescol XL reduces the levels of the bad cholesterol (Low-density lipoprotein or LDL) and the Triglycerides in the blood and increases levels of the Good Cholesterol or the high-density Lipoprotein (HDL). Lescol XL is used to treat high Cholesterol in Adults and children below ten years of age.When cholesterol is lowered; you are safer from heart diseases and problems like hardening of the arteries. Conditions like a heart attack, stroke and vascular diseases are also being cured with the help of Lescol XL. Some of the other conditions are also being treated with Lescol XL.