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October 02, 2008
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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 »
Why Take Fish Oil If You Take a Statin Drug?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...adding omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil added to statins? The best data are from the JELIS... Read more »
Statins, Cancer: Not Linked
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...news reports published yesterday implied that taking statins may raise the risk of cancer. At... Read more »
Statin Rage
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...the pharmaceutical companies that keep pushing the statins at us.As a patient I know the statins... Read more »
Grapefruit juice and cholesterol medication
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...the metabolism or break down of some medications, statins being one of the most... Read more »
Health Guide
Cholesterol Risk Factors
...at least among middle-aged and older adults. This decline may be partly due to the increased use of statins and other lipid-lowering medications. However, total cholesterol levels are getting... 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 »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 »Type 1 Diabetes
...LDL levels; the American Diabetes Association recommends LDL levels below 70 mg/dL for these patients.Statins are the best cholesterol-lowering drugs. They include atorvastatin (Lipitor),... 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 »
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 »
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Statins May Prevent Blood Clots
November 13, 2008Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Statins, which are drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol, may help prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots, a... Read summary »
Cholesterol Drugs May Protect Memory
August 07, 2008(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 »
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 »
OTC Statins: Empowering the Individual?
October 02, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some doctors are calling for people to have more control over their own heart health by allowing statins, medications now... Read summary »
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