Sorry to hear about your mom.

Here is some info on hyperlipidemia:

hyperlipidemia

what is hyperlipidemia?
Hyperlipidemia is an elevation of lipids (fats) in the bloodstream. These lipids include cholesterol, cholesterol esters (compounds), phospholipids and triglycerides. They're transported in the blood as part of large molecules called lipoproteins.

These are the five major families of blood (plasma) lipoproteins:

chylomicrons
very low-density lipoproteins (vldl)
intermediate-density lipoproteins (idl)
low-density lipoproteins (ldl)
high-density lipoproteins (hdl)
what are the types of hyperlipidemia?

When hyperlipidemia is defined in terms of a class or classes of elevated lipoproteins in the blood, the term hyperlipoproteinemia is used. Hypercholesterolemia is the term for high cholesterol levels in the blood. Hypertriglyceridemia refers to high triglyceride levels in the blood.

Take care, I hope your mom feels better.

Thanks for the info. I should have been more clear...I know exactly what the condition is. I just wanted to know if anyone had any advise for someone who has the disease with such high cholesterol and triglyceride levels. I was thinking of looking into specialists?
Any help, advise, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My mom is 54 and has always monitored it w/ medication, diet and exercise. But, it's not working, obviously. Thanks!