A. Your doctor was correct that depression and suicidal thoughts do not appear in the official prescribing information for evolocumab (Repatha) or a similar drug, alirocumab (Praluent). Both are ...

Repatha works by blocking a specific enzyme in your liver to help your body remove cholesterol more effectively. It is not an immunosuppressant drug, so it doesn’t work by suppressing the immune ...

Q. I developed severe depression while taking Repatha, the injectable cholesterol lowering drug. It took me a horrible nine months to realize the drug was making me suicidal. If I wasn’t sleeping, I ...