When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved rosuvastatin, early reports indicated that it could cause blood ...

Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant lipoprotein changes while avoiding common adverse effects in this statin-intolerant population. Objective: To determine ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have found that statin use significantly reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ...

Esperion plans to begin two phase III studies on bempedoic acid alone and in combination with ezetimibe in pediatric patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.

For some, cholesterol medications may be a necessity to stay healthy. But while using these can help manage high cholesterol, ...

Statin use in patients with chronic liver disease was associated with a reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and ...

I am 71, and I recently saw my urologist for urinating a lot and not getting enough sleep. He performed a flow test and a ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups ...

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Cholesterol-lowering statins such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) are among the most widely prescribed drugs on the market today. Their purpose is to lower blood ...

Data sources Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing high-intensity statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 20/40 mg) with moderate/mild statin treatment or placebo were derived from ...