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Q: There was a lot of conversation regarding the illness called rhabdomyolysis during the recall of Baycol. What can you tell me about this disease as it relates to other statin drugs for lowering ...

Elevated serum cholesterol is a major heart disease risk factor. There can be a genetic link responsible for high cholesterol, but for the vast majority of us, lifestyle and diet will be the key ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

FDA review finds increased risk of muscle damage, kidney failure. June 9, 2011 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended limiting high doses of a widely prescribed ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a question for your column. What is the number of LDL cholesterol that would necessitate taking statins? I am an active 51-year-old female and weigh 126 pounds at 5 feet, 2 ...

Simvastatin is prescribed for high cholesterol. It’s a generic medication, available as the brand-name drug Zocor. It comes as an oral tablet and an oral solution. The cost of simvastatin can vary, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Huifeng Yun, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in Birmingham, AL presented data stating that low adherence to antihypertensive medication may be ...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce the increased risk of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV ...

A new study finds that statins, a drug used to lower cholesterol, do not cause muscle pain. The research found that for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the medication ...