If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

Compared with standard high-dose statin therapy, combination therapy with a moderate-intensity statin plus ezetimibe seems to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events to a similar degree over 3 years ...

The combination of ezetimibe and a moderate-intensity statin after coronary stenting may be safer and more clinically effective than monotherapy with a high-intensity statin, suggests a "real-world" ...

Atorvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by 50% or more when taken in high doses. Simvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by up to 50% when taken in moderate doses. Both simvastatin and atorvastatin can ...

NEW YORK — It seems that intensive-dose statin therapy is linked with a higher risk of onset diabetes, compared with moderate-dose therapy, according to an analysis published in the Journal of the ...

Elderly adults who start on a statin may see an even bigger drop in their "bad" cholesterol levels than their younger counterparts do, a new study suggests. The study, of nearly 84,000 Danish patients ...

Patients experiencing muscle symptoms from statin therapy can safely participate in moderate-intensity physical activity without fear it will exacerbate skeletal muscle injury or pain, according to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 31 (UPI) --Doctors are routinely "underdosing" statins for patients at risk for heart attacks and strokes due to elevated levels of "bad" cholesterol, even though the drugs have ...