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• Widespread Overprescribing of Lipitor, Similar Cholesterol Drugs Likely, Study Finds

  June 13, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that statins were widely overprescribed following 2013 guidelines, placing millions of consumers at unnecessary risk of adverse side effects from drugs like Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor.

• Lipitor, Zocor, Similar Cholesterol Drugs May Increase Risk of Diabetes Progression, Hyperglycemia: Study

  October 8, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  The findings of a new study indicate taking cholesterol drugs like Lipitor and Zocor could speed up the progression of diabetes, increasing the risk of adverse health complications.

• FDA Removing Pregnancy Warning From Cholesterol Drugs Like Lipitor, Zocor

  July 21, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA wants the makers of Lipitor, Crestor and similar cholesterol drugs to remove contraindications from the labels banning use by pregnant women, saying some may need the drugs due to a high risk of heart problems.

• Lipitor, Zocor, Similar Cholesterol Drugs May Increase Dementia Risks: Study

  June 22, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  A new study links some popular cholesterol drugs, which can affect the brain, to an increased risk of dementia.

• Computerized Reminder Led To Spike in Statin Prescriptions: Study

  October 15, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  A new study found that computerized prompts led to an increase in statin prescriptions, but targeted them toward the patients who really needed the cholesterol drugs.

• Many Patients Receive No Benefit From Cholesterol Drugs: Study

  August 10, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that cholesterol guidelines have not led to a decrease in cardiovascular deaths, even when they lowered cholesterol levels to target numbers.

• Skin Infection Risk Linked to Lipitor, Zocor, Other Popular Cholesterol Drugs in New Study

  November 13, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study links the use of cholesterol drugs like Lipitor and Zocor to an increased risk of skin and soft tissue infections.

• High Doses Of Statins May Increase Risk Of Osteoporosis: Study

  October 10, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that high doses of cholesterol drugs, like Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor, could increase the risk of osteoporosis.

• Study Links Lipitor, Crestor, Similar Drugs To Increased Muscle Inflammation Disease

  August 8, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study links the side effects of cholesterol drugs to an increased risk of serious muscle inflammation, and warns that these cases may become more common as prescriptions of the drugs increases.

• Study Finds No Link Between Statins, Hypertension Drugs, and Erectile Dysfunction

  February 6, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A nest study finds no link between the use of Crestor and Atacand and an increased risk of erectile dysfunction.