Most side-effects linked to statins are not caused by the drugs, a new study suggests.After a comprehensive review of side-effects linked to the cholesterol-busting drugs, academics from the ...
Many listed adverse reactions of widely used medicine to reduce cholesterol are not supported by evidence, it says ...
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Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not cause most of the side effects attributed to them on package ...
Many people who should be taking statins avoid them for fear of side effects. A large new study says most of those side ...
Statins have been blamed for everything short of causing bad hair days—especially by the alternative-medicine crowd, who ...
Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, and erectile and sexual dysfunction, ...
Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and other statins may cause myalgia (muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness) in some people. Actual ...
The side effect affecting some statin users has puzzled doctors since the 1980s ...
FIFTEEN million more people should take statins as side effect fears are overblown, say top heart doctors. A review found the ...
Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, according to the most ...