People on cholesterol-lowering statins can be reassured that it is uncommon for the tablets to cause muscle pain, say the authors of a large study. The pills can protect against heart attacks and ...

A study led by an Indian researcher has found a gene known as atrogin-1, which plays a key role in statin-related muscle toxicity. A study led by an Indian researcher has found a gene known as ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

Find out if coQ10 counteracts muscle pain caused by statins and more. Statins are a class of medicines commonly prescribed to ...

However, new, more detailed studies have proven that statin-induced muscle pain is quite rare. Out of 15 people taking a course of statins and reporting muscle pain, just one of those will be due ...

For example, Zocor (simvastatin) may be more likely to cause muscle pain than other statins. Lescol (fluvastatin) may be less likely to cause muscle pain. If you have liver disease, or are ...

However, up to a fifth of people stop taking them due to side-effects such as muscle aches, fatigue, feeling sick and joint pain. Reality Check: Who should take statins? More over-75s 'should take ...

But Doctor Nissen says that up to 15% of the people who need statins experience debilitating muscle pain when they take them. “At some point, they will come to us and they will say ...