If you're one of the millions of women taking medication to protect your heart, you already know how much these prescriptions ...

Which side effects occur will depend on the particular type of statin being taken, although common ones include nausea, ...

If you're over 50 and taking statin drugs—or your doctor just handed you a new prescription—you're in very good company. More than 40 million Americans rely on these cholesterol-lowering medications, ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the outcomes of balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in younger patients. He then explores the comparative effectiveness and safety ...

Purpose: Statins are one of the most prescribed classes of drugs worldwide to treat hypercholesterolemia and dyslipidemia. By lowering the level of cholesterol, the use of statin could cause a ...

A meta-analysis of individual patient data on all adverse events in large-scale, long-term trials of statin therapy found increases in hepatic transaminase and other liver function tests related to ...

PCSK9 inhibitors (PCSK9is) have been developed as an add-on therapy to maximally tolerated statin therapy. To date, high prices have precluded their use as first-line agents but, in the near future, ...

A large meta-analysis has found that using statins is not associated with an increased risk for the vast majority of their listed side effects. These listed side effects include memory loss, dementia, ...

The long list of side effects marked on the packaging of statins can be a turn-off for those who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs. But a new study found only a few of those side ...

Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...