Statins

Statins Side Effects, Muscle Pain, Neuropathy, Liver Damage

Although the usefulness of statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) for patients with coronary artery disease or those at risk of developing related conditions has been well established, these drugs are not without side effects. Ideally, each patient with elevated blood cholesterol levels should be screened and considered on >> Read More ...

What are Statins? Types of Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs

What are Statins? Statins are cholesterol lowering drugs and one of the most commonly prescribed drugs after antibiotics and pain killers. The group as a whole is known as “statins” as all of the drugs in this group have – statin as a suffix in the chemical name. Various studies of the last two decades have >> Read More ...