Statin

...as muscle problems. What was the MHRA going to put on the new labels? "Patients should be made aware that treatment with any statin may sometimes be associated with depression, sleep disturbances, memory loss and sexual dysfunction." It...

In this article: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UN, and UK

...in arterial wall thickness were measurably no different between the half who took dual niacin-statin therapy and the rest who remained on statin therapy alone. The results were the same whether they took any one of the three leading...

In this article: Niacin, Johns Hopkins, Cholesterol, Vitamin B, Coronary artery disease, National Institutes of Health, and Rosuvastatin

...a heart attack or stroke, or have diabetes, are covered by NHS guidelines on secondary prevention which recommend statins. Statins can have unpleasant and permanent side-effects; they aren't the 'miracle' drugs they're made out to be...

In this article: Rosuvastatin, Cholesterol, Simvastatin, Royal College of General Practitioners, and AstraZeneca

...the risk of cardiac events by as much as 46 per cent. It is the first data to show that statins offer this protective effect in women. Statins are usually prescribed to patients who already have cardiovascular disease or those at high...

In this article: Crestor, Cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, Royal College of General Practitioners, and London

...wall thickness reductions between those who took 1,500 milligrams a day of extended-release niacin plus a statin and those who took only a statin. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found the results were the...

In this article: Niacin, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Simvastatin, Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin, Cholesterol, B vitamin, and Coronary artery disease

Women could cut their risk of a heart attack in half by taking a statin even if they do not have high cholesterol, a study has found. Research has found that women taking Crestor, also known as rosuvastatin, cut their risk of a heart...

In this article: Cholesterol, Rosuvastatin, Inflammation, Cardiovascular disease, C-reactive protein, Royal College of General Practitioners, and Orlando, Florida

...statins have an impact on the immune system and can dampen down that deleterious component of the immune response," Bernard said. "Statins are extraordinarily efficient at lowering cholesterol by 30 percent to 50 percent. This was a...

In this article: Rosuvastatin, Cholesterol, Aspirin, Google map, Lasik, Ldl-c, and National Institutes of Health

...will develop gallstones over their lifetime. The stones can be extremely painful and in severe cases may require surgery to remove. Statins work by reducing the amount of cholesterol in the body. The fatty substance can collect in...

In this article: Statins, Cholesterol, Surgery, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Basel, Switzerland

...found a gradual reduction in the need for surgery related to how long they had taken statins. For example, 2.6% of the people with five to 19 statin prescriptions required surgery, compared with 2.4% of those not taking the medication.

In this article: Surgery, Cholecystectomy, Journal of the American Medical Association, Cholesterol, Cardiovascular disease, University of Louisville, and Boston University

...percent) or pigment stones (10 percent-20 percent), with cholesterol stones formed on the basis of cholesterol-supersaturated bile. "Statins decrease hepatic [liver] cholesterol biosynthesis and may therefore lower the risk of cholesterol...

In this article: Cholesterol, Surgery, Cholecystectomy, Basel, Switzerland, and Washington