A cholesterol-lowering pill reduced major cardiovascular events in a large trial involving people unable or unwilling to take ...

Atorvastatin Recall 2025: Statins have long been the first-line treatment for high cholesterol, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed a nationwide recall of over 140,000 bottles of ...

Credit: Getty Images This fact sheet explains what other drugs are used as statin alternatives. A heart-healthy diet limits food that is high in saturated fats, such as some meats, dairy products, ...

For millions of people whose cholesterol remains dangerously high despite taking statins—or who cannot tolerate the drugs at ...

More than a quarter of Americans over 40 take medications to lower their cholesterol, most of them statins. But not everyone can tolerate statins or wants to. Now a new study confirms that bempedoic ...

More than 140,000 bottles of a widely prescribed cholesterol medication have been pulled from the market after failing to meet quality standards. Ascend Laboratories of New Jersey issued the recall ...

Every 36 seconds, someone in the United States dies of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular diseases cause about 659,000 deaths per year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. According to the World Health ...

Raj Patel, who describes himself as the ‘Straight-Talking Pharmacist’ on TikTok, has more than 100,000 followers and 611,000 ...

When I tried statin therapy as part of an experiment, I quickly developed a common side effect. But what concerned me wasn’t just the sensation of pain — it was what that pain might represent.