Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily ...

A high total cholesterol is bad news primarily because ... recommended that I take a low dose of a statin drug to improve my cholesterol profile. What? Wait! Hold on! My diet was pristine, and ...

Statins: For statins, the side effects can be surprising. Some people taking these medications have been found to gain weight ...

Both types are effective at managing cholesterol, but researchers have uncovered some surprising side effects. Weight Gain: ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

An effective way to mandate wider drug prescribing is to exert influence on ... 9 Soon, doctors began to recommend screening children and infants for high cholesterol to identify potential statin ...