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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 ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many people stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins because they experience muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue.

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 ...

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 ...

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. The ...