A pharmacist has warned that millions of people taking long-term medications could be reducing their effectiveness and ...

Statins rank among the most prescribed medications worldwide, with millions taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs daily to reduce their cardiovascular risk. While these medications effectively lower ...

Dr. Granger answers the question: 'Are Side Effects With Statins Common?' — -- Question: My doctor just put me on a statin. I understand it helps lower cholesterol, but I am worried about ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most people who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins - because of side effects or for another reason - are able to restart the same drug or a similar one without ...

Oct. 15 -- WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have identified a common gene mutation linked to side effects in people taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Statins can reduce ...

Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: I had been on simvastatin for about 18 years when I suddenly became very ill. I was completely fatigued and the right side of my body felt tingly and numb. At the hospital, ...

High cholesterol is a worldwide health issue. This fatty lipid, present in our blood, is required to build cells and hormones ...

Statins lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and improve overall heart health. In the late 1970s, researchers found that a substance called mevastatin, isolated from a ...

Statin medications are prescribed to reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attack. However, their benefits vary from ...

A renowned senior cardiologist in our area has been taking all his patients off statins and putting them on Repatha. He did this for my husband, and the results have been amazing. Within three months, ...

Kathryn Scott with the Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe offers health information to Sharon Williams of Mandeville while Susan Gilbert of Mandeville waits for her cholestrol screening in 2008. The ...