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What You Need to Know About Statins
Why Doctors Prescribe Statins Doctors prescribe statins to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. What are Statins?…
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Prescription heart medications are so common — millions of Americans currently take at least one to treat everything from high blood pressure and high cholesterol to heart failure and stroke — that it’s easy to assume that they are easy on your system, that the side effects must be minor because so many people take them. Not so. One of the two top reasons patients give for not taking heart drugs as prescribed is “fear of side effects.”
5 Things to Know About Statin Alternatives
Statins are used to lower cholesterol, but some people have side effects or don’t want to take meds. Find out…
If you have high cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factors, you may be prescribed a statin. Should you be concerned about…
Quick Hits: Statins and Seniors & More
Quick Hits: Almost half of patients 65 and over that are prescribed statins stop taking them within a year –…
Doubt on Statin Benefits New research is casting doubt on the benefits of statin medications beyond reducing the risk of…
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