A long-mysterious statin side effect may finally be explained, researchers say. New studies suggest muscle pain linked to ...

Around 10 percent of people who take statins to lower cholesterol experience mysterious muscle pains, causing many to discontinue these potentially life-saving medicines. Now, researchers from ...

Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and other statins may cause myalgia (muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness) in some people. Actual ...

Statins are a cornerstone of heart health, but muscle pain and weakness cause many patients to quit taking them. Scientists have now identified the precise molecular trigger behind these side effects.

FDA review finds increased risk of muscle damage, kidney failure. June 9, 2011 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended limiting high doses of a widely prescribed ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most people who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins - because of side effects or for another reason - are able to restart the same drug or a similar one without ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received simvastatin plus rifaximin experienced similar rates of complications as those treated ...

One of the biggest medical advances of the 20th century was the discovery of the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. They continue to save lives. Studies show that they decrease major ...

“Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. It’s also impacting people in their 20s and 30s much sooner than it ...

Adding simvastatin to escitalopram did not improve depressive symptoms in patients with major depression and obesity. Add-on simvastatin did lead to significantly greater reductions in LDL-cholesterol ...

We've all recently gotten a crash-course in drug repurposing, thanks to near-daily news reports about efforts to identify existing medicines that could help treat COVID-19 in the early phase of the ...