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New Statin Drug

Statins may benefit COPD patients

August 10, 2009

Patients who have COPD may benefit from taking statin drugs, a new review of published research suggests. Scientists looked at nine studies conducted between 2006 and 2008, and they found that statins reduced the risk of death from COPD, and from all other causes. Patients who took a statin were also less likely to visit an urgent care center because of breathing problems, and had fewer COPD exacerbations. Researchers say the secret could be that the heart drugs reduce airway inflammation. Read more »

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Expert & Community Posts

Should You Trust Your Doctor?

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...newest robotic surgery, a better defibrillator, a new statin drug, the next best... Read more »

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 »

Breaking News - Statins May Help Reduce Asthma Hospitalizations

By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...been looking at the anti-inflammatory effects of statins on asthma, which is an inflammatory... Read more »

Zetia and Your Liver

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...Zocor in one pill. Zetia works differently than statins in treating high cholesterol. It... 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 »

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Health Guide

High Cholesterol: Highlights

...levels but also lowers fatty build-up in clogged arteries. Future research will determine if other statins have a similar positive effect. Rosuvastatin is better at lowering LDL than other statin... Read more »

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 »

Coronary Artery Disease: Highlights

...rosuvastatin (Crestor) reduced fatty build-up in clogged arteries. Future research will determine if other statins have a similarly positive effect.Drug-Coated StentsInserting a drug-coated stent... Read more »

Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors

...PAD. [For more information on these cholesterol-lowering drugs, see In-Depth Report #23: Cholesterol.]Statins. Statins are the most effective drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol. Statins... Read more »

Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Highlights

...patients. A wide range of drugs are being studied for melanoma prevention, including cholesterol-lowering statins and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), used for pain... Read more »

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Medications

Cardizem Oral Drug Interactions

...(such as buspirone, cyclosporine, sirolimus, certain statins including lovastatin, certain... Read more »

Zetia Oral Dosage and Storage

This medication is used either alone or with other drugs (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or... Read more »

Zetia Oral Uses and How to Use

...drugs (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or "statins"), along with a low ... Read more »

Pravachol Oral Uses and How to Use

Pravastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »

Tricor Oral Drug Interactions

...muscle injury (myopathy) infrequently could occur: "statins" (e.g., lovastatin, pravastatin) ... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Drugs commonly used to fight cholesterol may also ward off dementia and memory loss. A new study shows those who take statins... Read summary »

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Zocor, Crestor users won't have to change statins to take torcetrapib

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Zocor and Crestor users do not have to switch statins to reap the benefits of Pfizer's new cholesterol drug torcetrapib. Pfizer had said earlier that... Read summary »

Heart Care Comes Up Short

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Two new studies suggest doctors could do a better job when it comes to caring for the heart. European researchers who surveyed... Read summary »

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