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 ...
Most of the debilitating effects of statins are not caused by the drug, but by people believing it will make them sick, a UK study suggests. The phenomenon is known as the "nocebo effect" and may ...
Statins are wonderful medicines because even though they can cause a problem, you can have a side effect, as you can to any medicine, even Tylenol, with your cholesterol level being elevated ...
Statins rank as some of the most frequently prescribed medications in the United States—the Cleveland Clinic says 92 million U.S. adults take statins to lower their risk of cardiovascular ...
Statin therapy greatly reduces LDL-cholesterol levels and slows progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The small statin-induced increases observed in HDL-cholesterol levels have not, however ...