Dear H.W.: Adverse effects from medications can be due to a pharmacological effect or from an expectation that the drug will ...

Now, investigators have used serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to track changes in plaque volume in a randomized comparison of rosuvastatin (40 mg daily) and atorvastatin (80 mg daily ...

Rosuvastatin with a 19-h half-life and atorvastatin with an 11–24-h half-life (parent drug and active metabolite) are particularly useful for this approach. Combination therapy with a statin ...