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

While statins are the cornerstone of cholesterol treatment, lifestyle changes can be as effective or even more powerful than ...

More Americans than ever are taking statins. But just because you’re eligible, does that mean you should take one? The quick and short answer is, yes! If diet and exercise aren’t enough ...

Up to a third of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented by using cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a study. Trials of one such drug produced impressive evidence of the benefits to ...

Background: Statins are generally well tolerated, but some patients discontinue therapy secondary to adverse effects. Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant ...

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could be available to millions more patients in the UK, if new recommendations from health technology assessment (HTA) organisation NICE are implemented. The new ...

In 2012, we reported encouraging results with alirocumab from phase 2, demonstrating that alirocumab can lower LDL-C by about 70% on top of statins and bring almost 100% of patients to their LDL-C ...

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