A new study from Karolinska Institutet suggests that statins—medications used to lower cholesterol—may slow cognitive decline ...

The most common cholesterol-lowering drugs are statins, such as Lipitor and Crestor. These work by reducing the amount of ...

Evolucumab (Repatha) and alirocumab (Praluent) are injectable monoclonal antibodies. They have been joined by inclisiran ...

These drugs would be a logical alternative in cases where cognitive impairment secondary to another statin is suspected. Conclusions: Despite several reports of statin-associated cognitive ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In 2012, we reported encouraging results with alirocumab from phase 2, demonstrating that alirocumab can lower LDL-C by about 70% on top of statins and bring almost 100% of patients to their LDL-C ...