Are Statin Drugs Bad
Discovery could make statins work even better
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Heart Disease, Thyroid Disease, and Statins: New Links, New Solutions
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...hypothyroidism. Now come two new studies that suggest statins may help to control your heart... Read more »
Vytorin: Three Things You Need to Know
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...Having said that, Vytorin is more effective than statins alone in lowering bad (LDL)... Read more »
Do Statins Lower Your IQ?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...physicians and medical centers have surfaced claiming that statins are associated with... Read more »
Statin Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer's Disease
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...effective the early cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, were. Of course, I also read a... Read more »
Cholesterol, Stroke, and Statins: Is there a paradox?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...again confirmed. Contrast to the above findings, statins are a class of medications that... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...intensive statin therapy produces greater reductions in LDL and CRP levels, and that the more that statins can lower LDL, the more effective they are in reducing the progression of... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Medications
...blood pressure.The doctor may wantthe patientto slowly decrease the dose before stopping completely.Statins and Other Cholesterol and Lipid-Lowering DrugsIn 2004, the National Cholesterol... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Other Medications
...Beta-blockers are often prescribed along with other drugs such as nitrates, calcium channel blockers, or statins. A 2006 study suggested that beta-blockers and statins may help stabilize coronary... Read more »Stroke Prevention
...for LDL levels of less than 100 mg/dl. Raising HDL levels is important for people at risk for stroke. Statins are now used in most cases.Keep Blood Pressure Low. People in normal health should aim... Read more »Stroke Medications
...patients control their high blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Various drugs, such as statins, diuretics, and ACE inhibitors, can manage these conditions. People with diabetes should... Read more »
Medications
...(such as buspirone, cyclosporine, sirolimus, certain statins including lovastatin, certain... Read more »
This medication is used either alone or with other drugs (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or... Read more »
...drugs (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or "statins"), along with a low ... Read more »
Pravastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
...muscle injury (myopathy) infrequently could occur: "statins" (e.g., lovastatin, pravastatin) ... Read more »
Related News
Gene Variation May Block Cholesterol Drugs
July 01, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A gene variation may be why cholesterol-lowering drugs don't work in some people. The gene variation, called alternative... Read summary »
Higher doses of Lipitor, other statins, may help high-risk patients
October 02, 2008People who suffer from metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease need higher doses of statin drugs to lower their LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels... Read summary »
Reducing Cholesterol
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers have discovered a regulator that could lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy levels of cholesterol and fats.... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Add-on treatment for high cholesterol
November 23, 2008This is a study to determine whether treatment with a new drug, lapaquistat acetate, will help reduce bad cholesterol levels when given with ongoing... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Niacin plus statins to prevent heart disease
October 02, 2008This is a study to determine whether raising "good" cholesterol with a niacin-based drug while lowering "bad" cholesterol with a statin can prevent... Read summary »
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