Despite being one of the most effective cholesterol-lowering agents, statins remain a controversial topic in healthcare. This ...

Research is unclear on whether CoQ10 supplements can help your heart health or help relieve muscle pain from statin medications. Your doctor can best determine if you may benefit from taking both ...

It has been a long-standing theory that statin-associated muscle pain (myalgia) is caused, or at least partly contributed by, a reduction in CoQ10 levels in muscle mitochondria. One of the main ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, new, more detailed studies have proven that statin-induced muscle pain is quite rare. Out of 15 people taking a course of statins and reporting muscle pain, just one of those will be due ...

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 ...

However, they can also cause a range of side-effects such as muscle pains, nausea and insomnia. Professor Sir Rory Collins, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford puts the case for statins ...

Cholesterol refers to fatty molecules that circulate in the bloodstream, and our diet can significantly impact their levels.

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 ...

Other patients can’t tolerate statins. They can get muscle aches or have liver problems and so that would be another potential, the statin intolerant patient. But the notion of lowering ...