Statins: For statins, the side effects can be surprising. Some people taking these medications have been found to gain weight ...

Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...

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 ...

Muscle weakness can complicate everyday tasks like picking up a box, lifting ourselves out of bed, or the ability to express ...

Millions of people take statins like Simvastatin (above) to lower their cholesterol levels. Newer PCSK9 inhibitor drugs can drop levels even further. Someone in the United States dies from heart ...

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.

Statins are the most widely prescribed, cholesterol-lowering drugs in the world. Despite the expiration of their patents, revenue for statins is expected to rise, with total sales on track to reach an ...