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  2. These Are the Statin Side Effects You Should Know About - AOL

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    Part of the power of statins lies in the fact that they cause few side effects. “Generally, about 90 out of 100 people have no trouble with a stain,” says Dr. Blumenthal. These Are the Statin ...

  3. Fewer people may need statins to prevent heart disease, new ...

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    A new way of determining heart disease risk may result in millions fewer people getting prescriptions for statins, according to new research. Heart doctors warned, however, that more information ...

  4. New Analysis Finds Millions of People on Statins May ... - AOL

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    New research finds that many people currently taking statins to lower cholesterol may not actually need this medication. An analysis, published in JAMA Internal Medicine , investigates how statin ...

  5. Pitavastatin - Wikipedia

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    Pitavastatin is a lipophilic statin. [8] [9] Reports indicate that this statin may lead to fewer muscle side effects than other statins. [10] One study found that coenzyme Q 10 was not reduced as much as with certain other statins (though this is unlikely given the inherent chemistry of the HMG-CoA reductase pathway that all statin drugs ...

  6. Ezetimibe/simvastatin - Wikipedia

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    Ezetimibe reduces blood cholesterol by acting at the brush border of the small intestine and inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol, leading to a decrease in the delivery of intestinal cholesterol to the liver. Simvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or statin. It works by blocking an enzyme that

  7. Cerivastatin - Wikipedia

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    The pharmacological results from cerivastatin show that it is the most active HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitor among reported statins. Due to its high enzyme affinity, it would seem to offer ultra-low dose therapy in the microgram range. However, due to its relatively severe adverse effects in comparison to other statins, its market use was ...

  8. Ezetimibe/atorvastatin - Wikipedia

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    Ezetimibe/atorvastatin (trade names Liptruzet, Atozet) is a cholesterol lowering combination drug.In the United States, it was approved in May 2013, by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in patients with primary or mixed hyperlipidemia as adjunctive therapy to diet. [1]

  9. An alternative to statins may help reduce deaths from heart disease among people with high levels of LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, new research finds.. When taken as a daily pill, bempedoic acid ...