Federal health officials are advising consumers that more than 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication are being recalled due to “failed dissolution specifications.” Several bottle sizes of ...

The recall of a widely used statin taken by those with high cholesterol is raising more attention than recalls sometimes do. Ascend Laboratories issued the announcement that 142,000 bottles of ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive ...

Serum proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) binds to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors, increasing the degradation of LDL receptors and reducing the rate at which LDL cholesterol is ...

Abstract and Introduction Comparative Studies of LDL-C Goal Achievement With Statins Discussion References Comparative Studies of LDL-C Goal Achievement With Statins The expectation that statins with ...

The Atorvastatin and Amlodipine in Patients With Elevated Lipids and Hypertension (AVALON) study has demonstrated that amlodipine 5 mg administered once daily in combination with atorvastatin 10 mg is ...

LIPTRUZET (ezetimibe and atorvastatin) tablets The FDA has approved Liptruzet, combination of ezetimibe and atorvastatin, for the treatment of elevated LDL cholesterol in patients with primary or ...

Cholesterol disorders affect millions of people globally and are among the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. Statins are the first-line therapy for ...

What is Atorvastatin Used for? Atorvastatin belongs to a class of drugs termed “statins”, which are competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme (HMG-CoA) reductase – an enzyme ...

Federal health officials are advising consumers that more than 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication are being recalled due to "failed dissolution specifications." Several bottle sizes of ...