Muscle weakness with statins deserves a black-box warning - Two correspondents - in WDDTY vol 12 no 11 and vol 13 no 3 - reported muscle weakness after taking simvastatin. Statins block the body’s synthesis of...

High cholesterol - High cholesterol, or hypercholesterinaemia, is conventionally treated with a low-fat diet, and a statin or anion-exchange resin drug. The drugs, howev...

Acute respiratory distress: long-term muscle weakness after hospital t - Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may breathe easier after being in hospital, but a Canadian study shows that persistent muscle...

Case study: Zocor (simvastatin) - the side effects - I was on Zocor (simvastatin), made by Merck, for 18 months to lower my cholesterol levels. I would never have taken it had my doctor told me of the s...

High cholesterol: - First up this week is the reader seeking suggestions to bring down her stubbornly high cholesterol level. Lecithin seems to be top of the list of bad-...

Cholesterol drug causes muscle disease - The cholesterol lowering drug simvastatin may cause the development of the muscular disorder poly myositis in some patients. ...

Cholesterol drugs cause muscle abnormalities - Statins, commonly used to treat high cholesterol levels, may also cause symptoms of muscle tenderness and weakness.

High cholesterol: - It's great to hear that some commercial health products actually do live up to their hype.