Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

Common statin side effects include muscle pains, weakness and stiffness. “They can also lead to transient liver dysfunction,” ...

high-intensity statins are not able to be well tolerated. Side effects of statins "Statins have been on the market for at least three decades and at least from what we know from long-term studies ...

There haven’t been many studies about starting statins in people as old as you. However, I can tell you that an 84-year-old ...

While they have lots of benefits, statins are also associated with muscular side effects, ranging from muscle pain to ...

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 ...

Nearly eight million people taken them to lower their cholesterol and in turn reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. However, up to a fifth of people stop taking them due to side-effects ...

Statins reduce the build-up of fatty plaques that lead to blockages in blood vessels, though reported side effects and the extent of how often they are prescribed has attracted controversy.

Statins are recommended for people at an increased risk of heart disease, but people with CKD are at a great risk of side effects from these cholesterol-lowering drugs. High levels of LDL (“bad ...

Statins are widely prescribed medications used to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

A research team led by Hong Soon-joon, Cha Jung-joon, and Kim Joo-hyun of the Department of Circulatory Mechanics at Korea ...