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Problems With Statin Drugs
According to two new studies, high doses of the cholesterol meds known as statins may help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and the need for additional cardiac treatments more than regular doses of the drugs. Researchers found this was true even among patients whose cholesterol levels were already low.
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Heart Failure and Statin Drugs
It's become more common for statin drugs to be prescribed in the treatment of heart failure. However, the type of heart failure you have... Read more »
Type 2 Diabetes, Statin Drugs in High Doses for Cholesterol, Heart...
One of the cliches about treating diabetes is that having diabetes puts you in the same risk category as that of a person who has already... Read more »
Statin Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer's Disease
"This stuff ought to be in the drinking water!" I remember hearing that from doctors when they first found out how effective the early... Read more »
Why Take Fish Oil If You Take a Statin Drug?
Several months ago, I had asked Maureen to add fish oil to her heart disease prevention regimen. "My primary doctor said that I should stop... Read more »
New Warning Label Added to Statin Drugs
Do you take statin medication to keep your cholesterol levels within normal? A warning label is being added to statin medications,... Read more »
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Statin Use Linked to Kidney, Liver, Eye Problems
Scientists in the United Kingdom have found that people who take statins to lower their cholesterol have an increased risk of acute kidney failure,... Read more »
Statin Alternative Shows Promise in New Study
A cholesterol-lowering drug made from laboratory-engineered thyroid hormone has done well in a new, small study. For the study, researchers gave a... Read more »
Q&A: Does CoQ10 prevent statin-related muscle problems?
Pharmacist Richard Harkness answers a reader's question about whether the vitamin-like supplement CoQ10 (coenzyme Q10) can prevent the muscle... Read more »
Statin muscle pain linked to gene mutation
People with high cholesterol know that it's important to steer clear of fatty, unhealthy foods, but experts say adding certain foods may help as... Read more »
Statin, experimental drug combo may treat brain cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found a way to destroy cancer cells by using a combination of the cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor and... Read more »
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