They work by lowering "bad" cholesterol and, by doing so, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. The drugs can be prescribed at different strengths, categorized as low-dose, moderate-dose ...

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader whose statin caused them to feel ill.

OTC availability would result in an expansion of statin use. Patients could benefit from low-dose statins, despite not having a health plan. A 2004 update of the NCEP guidelines, [9] however ...

Combination therapy with a statin plus an intestinal agent can be used in individuals that can only tolerate a low-dose statin or an intermittent dosing of the statin. The combination of a statin ...

Many older people develop chronic kidney disease and are also likely to be on cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of ...

Other groups are patients who have known heart disease and are on high dose statins and still can’t get their cholesterol down low enough. Other patients can’t tolerate statins. They can get ...