Statins Lipitor
Does taking medications like Lipitor, Crestor, or Zocor mean that people whose high cholesterol is controlled by these drugs can eat anything they want? Pharmacists Joe and Teresa Graedon answer this common question in an editorial from The People's Pharmacy.
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Cholesterol Education Month: Fiber and Cholesterol
A reader recently asked if eating a significant amount of fiber can diminish the effect of Lipitor (atorvastatin) in reducing cholesterol... Read more »
Do Statins Lower Your IQ?
That’s a question more and more people in the medical community are beginning to wonder. Anectodotal reports from several prominent... Read more »
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Statins like Zocor, Lipitor may slow damage in smokers' lungs
Two recent studies have found more potential benefits for those who take statins. One study showed that the cholesterol-lowering drugs helped slow... Read more »
Lipitor, other statins may prevent second strokes
People who use cholesterol-lowering statins after a stroke cut their risk of repeat strokes or heart attack, researchers report. In a study of 4,700... Read more »
Lipitor, other statins, may help symptoms of systemic sclerode...
Researchers in Japan have found that statin therapy may help relieve symptoms of systemic scleroderma, a disfiguring disease that affects the skin... Read more »
Higher doses of Lipitor, other statins, may help high-risk pat...
People who suffer from metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease need higher doses of statin drugs to lower their LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels... Read more »
Cholesterol meds may reduce asthma symptoms
Asthma patients who take statins make fewer trips to the emergency room, a new study has found. Researchers in Boston found that patients who took... Read more »
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