Cholesterol-Drug Side Effects – Memory Loss

May. 16 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering drugs. A University of Arizona research...

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Also Reduces The Risk Of Prostate Cancer

May. 6 | According to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are significantly less likely to die from their cancer than men who don’t take such medication....

Investigational Amgen Drug Slashed Cholesterol By 81 Percent

Apr. 20 | Amgen announced about the positive results from a Phase 1b clinical study of AMG 145, an investigational PCSK9 inhibitor, in patients with high cholesterol who were taking statins. The study demonstrated that multiple doses of AMG 145 significantly reduced...

Is Statins Safe In Lieu Of Preventing Heart Attacks

Apr. 27 | A new study published in the Cochrane Library has revealed the growing list of serious negative side effects caused by statin drugs which now includes memory loss and depression. Researchers discovered that the vast majority of drug trials allegedly showing...

Statins Not So Dangerous For Liver Patients

Dec. 10 | According to a study that published in The Lancet long-term use of statins, a drug widely prescribed to prevent artery-blocking cholesterol, is not so dangerous than thought for patients with a common form of liver disease. Statins work by blocking a...

Statins May Help Fight Infections, Say Experts At ICAAC

Sep. 29 | Statins, a class of drug used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, may also help fight infections, according to a new Danish study. Presented at the recently held 50th annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial...