Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...

Myalgias are the most common adverse effect causing discontinuation of statins. Before abandoning statin therapy, it is important to determine if muscle complaints are due to the statin medication.

A medical expert has revealed how individuals can reduce their cholesterol levels without relying on statins. The doctor was responding to a patient's query about alternative methods to lower ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

Canadian health officials have warned that Statin drugs used to reduce the levels of LDL cholesterol in the body and improve the levels of HDL can cause serious muscle damage. Canadian health ...

These were conducted mainly to assess whether early initiation of high-dose statin therapy is beneficial in reducing adverse CV events among post-ACS subjects. This trial compared atorvastatin 80 ...