A cholesterol-lowering drug dose prescribed to 2.1 million Americans last year may cause life-threatening complications, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Now, the FDA is ...

The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins -- a medicine used to lower 'bad' cholesterol levels -- increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients on the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may be at increased risk of muscle injury, U.S. regulators warned on Friday. Made by Merck & Co and ...

Statins are the go-to medications for lowering "bad" LDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and improving long-term heart health. But is there such a thing as the best statin for ...

Learn what statins are used for, how they work, their benefits, common side effects, and expert answers to concerns about safety, weight gain, and what to avoid while taking them.

Q: I have high cholesterol but cannot tolerate any statin medications, including Zocor, Lipitor and Pravastatin due to severe muscle pain and cramps. I’ve also tried taking them with CoQ10 supplements ...

Though rare, statins-medications that lower cholesterol-can cause side effects, including soreness in large muscle groups such as the shoulders, hips or knees. You may have heard that the antioxidant ...

These are the major findings from the Incremental Decrease in Endpoints through Aggressive Lipid Lowering (IDEAL) study presented during a late-breaking clinical-trials session at the American Heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Statin therapy is a first-line recommendation for all adults with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...

Investigators led by Elisa Pose, MD, PhD, a research fellow in the Liver Unit at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, randomly assigned 237 patients with advanced, mostly ...