Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant lipoprotein changes while avoiding common adverse effects in this statin-intolerant population. Objective: To determine ...

Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are ...

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules using once-, twice- or three-times a week or every-other-day dosing, have been ...

The study included adult patients over 60 without preexisting diagnosed CVDs who met indications for statin treatment from January 2008 to December 2015. Patients with prior statin use ...

Cholesterol-lowering statins such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) are among the most widely prescribed drugs on the market today. Their purpose is to lower blood ...

A solution is to initiate a low-cost combination of a statin plus ezetimibe earlier—even before age 40 years—in individuals at high lifetime risk to reduce the LDL cholesterol burden. For young people ...

The body needs some cholesterol to maintain good health. But for those who need to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, statin drugs lower the level of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipo ...

Some research supports statin use for people with kidney disease or kidney failure and heart disease. Other research recommends caution for those with kidney issues. Heart disease is a major cause ...

Altimmune is redefining success in both obesity and MASH to position Pemvidutide in blue ocean categories. Read why I rate ...

Those drugs have demonstrated efficacy of approximately 50% to 60% reduction in LDL-C when added to statin therapy ... likely at least in part because their dosing route breaks with the well ...