News tagged with statins
Rethinking statins: A wonder drug or 'false hope'?
As the world's most-prescribed class of medications, statins indisputably qualify for the commercial distinction of "blockbuster." About 24 million Americans take the drugs - marketed under such commercial names as Pravachol, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function
Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Statins can protect against Alzheimer's disease
High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Drug that increases good cholesterol reduces clogging of arteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug that raises levels of 'good' cholesterol, when taken in addition to standard statin therapy to lower 'bad' cholesterol, can reduce the furring up of arteries in patients with established ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Common Gene Mutation Linked to Statin Side Effects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Common genetic mutations may help explain why some people develop side effects that lead to discontinuing the use of cholesterol-lowering statins. Duke University Medical Center researchers who identified ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A common cholesterol drug fights cataracts, too
Statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels, have been successfully fighting heart disease for years. A new study from Tel Aviv University has now found that the same drugs cut the risks of cataracts in men ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Statins may treat blood vessel disorder that can lead to fatal strokes
In a finding that could save thousands of lives a year, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have shown that a blood vessel disorder leading to unpredictable, sometimes fatal, hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, paralysis ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Cholesterol drugs for the healthy still debatable
(AP) -- Should healthy people with low cholesterol take a pill to lower their cholesterol even more in hopes of preventing heart problems? The question is dividing heart doctors and confusing patients.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 28, 2010 |
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First comprehensive paper on statins' adverse effects released
A paper co-authored by Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of UC San Diego's Statin Study group cites nearly 900 studies on ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help prevent stroke recurrence
People who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins after a stroke may be less likely to have another stroke later, according to research published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 25, 2009 |
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Study: Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival
(AP) -- A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves - cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Statin cuts heart problems after artery surgery
(AP) -- Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Study shows why statins protect some against cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Weill Cornell researchers report almost half of Caucasians taking statins are probably not protected against cancer as well as other people because of a particular inherited gene variant.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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If you take simvastatin to control cholesterol, watch out for infection says new report
Simvastatin might help us control our cholesterol, but when it comes to infection, it's an entirely different story says a new research study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology. In the research report, scientists from I ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Muscle damage may be present in some patients taking statins
Structural muscle damage may be present in patients who have statin-associated muscle complaints, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) .
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Statin
The statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels in people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease.
They lower cholesterol by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which is the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate pathway of cholesterol synthesis. Inhibition of this enzyme in the liver results in decreased cholesterol synthesis as well as increased synthesis of LDL receptors, resulting in an increased clearance of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from the bloodstream. The first results can be seen after one week of use and the effect is maximal after four to six weeks.
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