SaveHealth reports on cholesterol medications, detailing common types like statins, their effects, and safety considerations ...

The erroneous findings emerged from data taken from a large managed-care-organization group of patients who had taken either atorvastatin or simvastatin. Within this cohort of approximately 80 000 ...

If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

Efficacy of switching statin therapy from generic simvastatin was examined in a VA population. Ezetimibe/simvastatin was more potent than atorvastatin or rosuvastatin in lowering LDL. Treatment of ...

SaveHealth reports on popular statin medications that lower cholesterol and cardiovascular risks, highlighting their benefits and side effects.

Patients Who Switched from Established Lipitor Therapy to Simvastatin Experienced a Significant 30 Percent Increase in Relative Risk of Cardiovascular Events or Death, New Observational Study Shows ...

I'm taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and am considering switching to the generic form of Zocor (simvastatin) because it's cheaper and my insurance doesn't have a prescription-drug program.

Cholesterol disorders affect millions of people globally and are among the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. Statins are the first-line therapy for ...

India's largest maker of generic drugs won approval Wednesday to sell a generic version of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor. The world's top-selling drug ever lost U.S. patent protection earlier in the ...

The FDA said Ranbaxy has agreed to stop manufacturing Atorvastatin. Nov. 30, 2012 — -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., the company that makes a generic version of the cholesterol-controlling ...