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Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Key Takeaways Atorvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by 50% or more when taken in high doses.Simvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by up to 50% when taken in ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive ...

When I tried statin therapy as part of an experiment, I quickly developed a common side effect. But what concerned me wasn’t ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who has been on 40 mg of atorvastatin for years. During the past year or two, I started feeling tired all the time. I did have spurts of energy at times, but ...

NHS guidance instructs those on statins to discontinue their medication and get urgent medical help if they develop certain specific warning signs. Statins are prescribed to lower levels of ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy with anthracyclines, statins may be cardioprotective, according to the STOP-CA trial. “These data support the use of atorvastatin among ...

Millions of people take statins to lower their cholesterol levels, but there are some side effects to watch out for ...

Two high-intensity statin regimens showed similar clinical efficacy when directly compared in secondary prevention, but one was associated with a greater risk of diabetes and cataracts in results from ...